1 . It could happen anywhere at any time. It’s often unexpected, but almost never unappreciated. Most people have been on the receiving a random act of kindness—the moment when a complete stranger stops to offer aid, generosity or compassion. In a sometimes cold world where people can be so focused on what they’re doing, a random act of kindness can make all the difference.

They can be relatively insignificant. Hannah Bailey from London, for example, told the Metro newspaper about how she was given her fruit and vegetable shopping for free. The seller did her a kindness when it emerged she didn’t have any change to pay. She was happy about it all day.

The city of Naples has long had a tradition called “caffe sospeso”. When buying coffee, a person who has recently been lucky would purchase two cups but only drink one, leaving the second one out of the goodness of their heart, for a poor person to claim for free. This tradition is now more common worldwide.

However, in some cases, these little acts can be a matter of life and death. Take, for example, the unnamed commuter, who in June 2018 fell off a station platform onto an electric railway track in Toronto, Canada. A quick-thinking, but even now unknown, bystander selflessly leapt down to pull him to safety.

Or Jonny Benjamin, who in London in 2008 was persuaded not to commit suicide by a passer-by. He had been considering jumping from a bridge. He later found the Good Samaritan and thanked him. He may one day find a way to pay him back in kind—though that’s not the point.

So, why do it? Often, the acts aren’t paid back. The people never meet again. According to UK charity The Mental Health Foundation, acts like these can “give our lives new purpose, show us other perspectives on our own problems and even make us feel euphoric. ”

So give it a try. Hold open a door for someone, deliver a compliment even give up your seat on a bus. Help someone who is in need. It takes all kinds. It needn’t be anything huge. One day, whether you need it or not, someone might help you in your hour of need.

1. How did Hannah Bailey feel after she received a random act of kindness?

A．She was pleased about it for the rest of the day.	B．She was shamed about it all day.
C．She wanted to pay back the money.	D．She thought it insignificant.

2. What happens to the second coffee in a “caffe sospeso”?

A．It is wasted after the man left.	B．It is left at the cafe to be donated to a poor person.
C．It is for the commuter only.	D．It can only be drunk at the cafe shop.

3. According to the Mental Health Foundation, why do people commit random acts of kindness?

A．They help us earn more money.

B．They can add up some good reputation to us.

C．They give our lives new purpose and a feeling of pleasure.

D．They make problems for us.

4. What is the meaning of the underlined word in paragraph 6?

A．Ambitious.

B．Sorrowful.

C．Awkward.

D．Delighted.

2 . Every man wants his son to be somewhat of a clone, not in features but in footsteps. As he grows you also age, and your ambitions become more unachievable. You begin to realize that your boy, in your footsteps, could probably accomplish what you hoped for. But footsteps can be muddied and they can go off in different directions.

My son Jody has hated school since day one in kindergarten. Science projects waited until the last moment. Book reports weren’t written until the final threat.

I’ve been a newspaperman all my adult life. My daughter is a university graduate working toward her master’s degree in English. But Jody? When he entered the tenth grade he became a “vo-tech” student. They’re called “motorheads” by the rest of the student body.

When a secretary in my office first called him “motorhead”, I was shocked. “Hey, he’s a good kid,” I wanted to say. “And smart, really.”

I learned later that motorheads are, indeed, different. They usually have dirty hands and wear dirty work clothes. And they don’t often make school honor rolls(光荣榜).

But being the parent of a motorhead is itself an experience in education. We who labor in clean shirts in offices don’t have the abilities that motorheads have. I began to learn this when I had my car crashed. The cost to repair it was estimated at $800. “Hey, I can fix it,” said Jody. I doubted it, but let him go ahead, for I had nothing to lose.

My son, with other motorheads, fixed the car. They got parts from a junkyard, and ability from vo-tech classes. The lost was $25 instead of $80.

Since that first repair job, a broken air-conditioner, a non-functioning washer and a non-toasting toaster have been fixed. Neighbors and co-workers trust their car repairs to him.

These kids are happiest when doing repairs. They joke and laugh and are living in their own relaxed world. And their minds are bright despite their dirty hands and clothes.

I have learned a lot from my motorhead: publishers need printers, engineers need mechanics, and architects need builders. Most important, I have learned that fathers don’t need clones in footsteps or anywhere else.

My son may never make the school honor roll. But he made mine.

1. What used to be the author’s hope for his son?

A．To avoid becoming his clone.	B．To resemble him in appearance.
C．To develop in a different direction.	D．To reach the author’s unachieved goals.

2. What can we learn about the author’s children?

A．His daughter does better in school.	B．His daughter has got a master’s degree.
C．His son tried hard to finish homework.	D．His son couldn’t write his book reports.

3. The author let his son repair the car because he believed that_______.

A．His son had the ability to fix it.	B．it would save him much time.
C．it wouldn’t cause him any more loss	D．other motorheads would come to help.

4. In the author’s eyes, motorheads are _______.

A．tidy and hardworking

B．cheerful and smart

C．lazy but bright

D．relaxed but rude

3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Old Man and the Sea, a great novel     1     (write) by the American author Ernest Hemingway, was published in 1952. The     2     (succeed) of the book made him well-known and contributed to     3     honor he received in 1954— the Nobel Prize in Literature .It was Hemingway's last major work of fiction.

The story concerns an old Cuban fisherman named Santiago who     4     (not catch) a fish for 84 days.     5     (convince) that he will change his bad luck, Santiago takes his boat far out into the Gulf Stream, where the water is very deep, and hooks a giant marlin fish,     6     is even longer than his fishing boat.     7     all his great experience and strength, he struggles with the fish for three days and eventually succeeds in catching it,     8     his hard work then goes for nothing-- sharks eat the captured fish when he can return to the harbor.

Hemingway is famously interested in ideas of men proving their worth by     9     (face) and overcoming the challenges of nature. Through the old man's struggle, he shows the ability of human spirit bearing hardship and suffering in order     10     (obtain) greater success and victory.