6 . It was a busy morning and I had several things to do before the day became too hot to be outside the house. As I was walking by the side of a busy road, I saw an old lady, maybe in her 80s, standing dangerously close to the traffic. Although my mind was preoccupied, I thought to myself that I should warn her not to stand so close to the busy traffic rushing by. When I reached the spot where the old lady was standing, I noticed that she was trying to get attention of passers-by who of course were too busy to take note of her.
She kept pointing to the middle of the road. When I tried to gently move her back further away from the edge of the busy road, she said that she was standing there because she dropped her house key in the middle of the road and was unable to enter her house without the key. I looked around and no one seemed to be interested in the two of us. I knew I was getting delayed but decided to help.
The traffic was busy on the road with people on two-wheelers or in cars as well as school buses rushing with school children. It was the worst time of the day to cross a busy road without a traffic light. I asked the old lady to stay at a safe distance, took a deep breath, and carefully stepped onto the road waving my hands crazily, fearing to be hit by an oncoming vehicle. At first one lane (车道) stopped and then I moved further on to the middle of the road continuing to wave my hands.
I quickly picked up the key and ran back to the old lady waiting by the side of the road and returned the key to her. As I turned to continue my hurried walk, the old lady pulled me by my hand and gave me a big warm hug. I felt so happy to have helped this old lady.
1. What was the author’s worry about the old lady?
| A．She couldn’t get into her house. | B．She might lose her key on the road. |
| C．She could be hit by the passing cars. | D．She might get lost on the busy road. |
2. What can be inferred about the situation from paragraph 3?
| A．It was dangerous to cross the road. |
| B．People had little sense of traffic safety. |
| C．People got tired of driving on the road. |
| D．No one on the road would help the old lady. |
3. How did the old lady feel in the end?
| A．Scared. | B．Concerned. | C．Energetic. | D．Grateful. |
4. Which word can be used to describe the story?
| A．Eventful. | B．Heart-warming. | C．Breath-taking. | D．Life-changing. |
