Compassion is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into actions. An experience last weekend showed me this is true. I work part-time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly. These old people are our main customers, and it’s not hard to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register (收款机) with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash, had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day.

I couldn’t help staring at him. I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if luck had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world. I told him that I was sorry, but store rules didn’t allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job.

Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. If anything, he looked more pitiable. “Charge it to me,” was all he said.

What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft and safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed either. Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.

What does the word “compassion” underlined in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. pity for the sufferings of others

B. feeling or expression of sorrow

C. liking for each other produced in people who have similar opinions or tastes

D. something for which to be thankful

The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits _____.

A. promised to obey the store rules        

B. forgot to take any money with him

C. hoped to have the food first and pay later

D. could not afford anything more expensive

Which of the following best describes the first old gentleman?

A. kind and lucky            B. poor and lonely

C. friendly and helpful        D. hurt and disappointed

The writer acted upon the store rules because _____.

A. he wanted to keep his present job    

B. he felt no pity for the old gentleman

C. he considered the old man dishonest

D. he expected someone else to pay for the old man

What does the writer learn from his experience?

A. Wealth is more important than anything else.

B. Helping others is easier said than done.

C. Experience is better gained through practice.

D. Obeying the rules means more than compassion.

Started in 1636,Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in the United States.Yale,Princeton,Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.

In the early years,thers schools were much alike.Only young men went to college.All the students studied the same subjects,and everyone learned Latin,Greek and Hebrew.Little was known about science then,and one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world.When the students graduated,most of them became ministers or teachers.

In 1782,Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors.Later,lawyers could receive their training in Harvard’s law school.In 1825,besides Latin and Greek ,Harvard began teaching modern languages,such as French and German.Soon it began teaching American history.

As knowledge increased.Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects.Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them.

Today,there are many different kinds of colleges and universities.Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with special fields of learning.There’s so much to learn that one kind of school can’t offer it all.

56.The oldest university in the US is__________.

A.Yale           B.Harvard            C.Princeton          D. Columbia

57.From the second paragraph,we can see that in the early years, __________

A.those colleges and universities were the same

B.people,young or old,might study in the colleges

C.students studied only some languages and science

D.when the students finished their school,they became lawyers or teachers

58.Mondern languages the Harvard taught in 1825 were__________

A.Latin and Greek               B.Latin,Greek,French and German

C.American history and German    D.French and German

59.As knowledge increased,colleges began to teach__________

A.everything that was known      B.law and something about medicine

C.the subjects that was known     D.many new subjects

60.On the whole,the passage is about__________

A.how to start a university         B.the world-famous colleges in America

C.how colleges have changed       D.what kind of lesson each college teaches

 

    Started in 1636,Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in the United States.Yale,Princeton,Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.

    In the early years,thers schools were much alike.Only young men went to college.All the students studied the same subjects,and everyone learned Latin,Greek and Hebrew.Little was known about science then,and one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world.When the students graduated,most of them became ministers or teachers.

    In 1782,Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors.Later,lawyers could receive their training in Harvard’s law school.In 1825,besides Latin and Greek ,Harvard began teaching modern languages,such as French and German.Soon it began teaching American history.

    As knowledge increased.Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects.Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them.

    Today,there are many different kinds of colleges and universities.Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with special fields of learning.There’s so much to learn that one kind of school can’t offer it all.

56.The oldest university in the US is__________.

A.Yale           B.Harvard            C.Princeton           D. Columbia

57.From the second paragraph,we can see that in the early years, __________

A.those colleges and universities were the same

B.people,young or old,might study in the colleges

C.students studied only some languages and science

D.when the students finished their school,they became lawyers or teachers

58.Mondern languages the Harvard taught in 1825 were__________

A.Latin and Greek               B.Latin,Greek,French and German

C.American history and German    D.French and German

59.As knowledge increased,colleges began to teach__________

A.everything that was known      B.law and something about medicine

C.the subjects that was known     D.many new subjects

60.On the whole,the passage is about__________

A.how to start a university         B.the world-famous colleges in America

C.how colleges have changed       D.what kind of lesson each college teaches

In the early years, these schools were much alike (similar).Only young men went to college. All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Little was known about science then, and one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world. When the students graduated, most of them became ministers or teachers.

In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors. Later, lawyers could receive their training in Harvard’s law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began teaching modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began teaching American history.

As knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects. Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them.

Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with(涉及)special fields of learning. There’s so much to learn that one kind of school can’t offer it all.

56. The oldest university in the US is _______.

A. Yale     B. Harvard      C. Princeton      D. Columbia

57. From the second paragraph, we can see that in the early years, ______.

A. those colleges and universities were the same

B. people, young or old, might study in the colleges

C. students studied only some languages and science

D. when the students finished their school, they became lawyers or teachers

58. Modern languages the Harvard taught in 1825 were _______.

A. Latin and Greek                B. Latin, Greek, French and German

C. American history and German    D. French and German

59. As knowledge increased, colleges began to teach _______.

A. everything that was known     B. law and something about medicine

C. many new subjects            D. the subjects that interested students

60. On the whole, the passage is about ________.

A. how to start a university      B. the world-famous colleges in America

C. how colleges have changed    D. what kind of lesson each college teaches

                                   

Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling or swimming, winter skating or skiing in winter. It may be a game of some kind, football, hockey, golf or tennis. It may be mountaineering（爬山）.

Those who have a passion（热情）for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks on high mountains? This astonishment is caused probably by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure.

Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of a different thing that it would be dangerous to ignore（忽视），but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.

If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no“matches”between“teams”of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.

The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than men. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities

A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty, and most international tennis champions are in their early twenties. But it is not unusual for a man of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they probably climb with more skill and less waste of efforts and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.

Mountaineering involves       .

A．cold B．hardship C．physical risk    D．all of the above

The difference between a sport and a game has something to do with the kind of        .

A. activity B. rules    C. uniform  D. participants

Mountaineering can be called a team sport because       .

A．it is an Olympic event

B．teams compete against each other

C．mountaineers depend on each other while climbing

D．there are 5 climbers on each team.

Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Mountaineering Is Different from Golf and Football k

B．Mountaineering Is More Attractive than Other Sports

C．Mountaineering

D．Mountain Climbers