When Danny Wallace, 26, got bored, he put an ad on the worldwide web reading simply: “Join Me. Send a passport photo.” A year and a half later his east London flat is the headquarters for a global internet-based “club” whose members carry out good deeds for strangers every Friday.
It’s not common for people in London to talk to strangers. If you see someone struggling with something, part of the brain goes “I want to help”. But the trained part of the brain says: “They will think you are mad or going to mug them”, so you walk away.
Join Me now has about 3,000 members around the world who do an act of kindness every Friday. For example, I’m usually out on a Friday so I go for one of the standard acts — the unexpected cup of coffee. You might be sitting in a cafe and see an old man in the corner drinking coffee or tea, and you walk up with another cup of whatever they are drinking , and say: “ I’ve bought you a coffee” and walk away. It’s a pleasure to see the look of surprise on their faces. There can be some suspicion, but I think that was mostly in the early days when I didn’t know how to do it properly. I would walk up quite nervously like I was doing something wrong and I didn’t know when to leave. In the end, I learned through trial and error. Sometimes it worked, other times it didn’t. I discovered that you have to walk up with confidence and humour and not “get in their faces”. You say: “This is for you”, then you go. It’s hit-and-run kindness. And there is no point in doing it half-heartedly. You’ve got to do it because you really mean it.
Join Me is without geographical boundaries, but there are quite a few members in London, and such stories about things happen on the underground or on the buses. One lady got on the bus and put a £10 note down and said: “That’s for me and the next nine people”. So at every stop, anyone who got on was told it was paid for. A lot of people were doing this sort of thing anyway. For them it’s an excuse or reason to do something nice for a complete stranger, and it gives them the confidence to walk up and start chatting.
1.When Londoners see someone in trouble, they _______.
A. often give a hand
C. pretend not to have seen it
B. stop and ask questions
D. telephone the police
2.According to the passage, members of Join Me often _______.
A. put an advertisement on the worldwide web
B. go out and make friends with strangers
C. do an act of kindness every Friday
D. buy coffees for the strangers
3.The underlined expression in the third paragraph possibly means _______ .
A. finding something very difficult
B. doing something without much effort
C. making a few mistakes
D. experimenting to get the right result
4.Which would be the best title for the passage?
A. Hit-and-run Kindness B. History of Join Me
C. Danny Wallace and Join Me D. Why not Join Me
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When Danny Wallace, 26, got bored, he put an ad on the worldwide web reading simply: “Join Me. Send a passport photo.” A year and a half later his east London flat is the headquarters for a global internet-based “club” whose members carry out good deeds for strangers every Friday.
It’s not common for people in London to talk to strangers. If you see someone struggling with something, part of the brain goes “I want to help”. But the trained part of the brain says: “They will think you are mad or going to mug them”, so you walk away.
Join Me now has about 3,000 members around the world who do an act of kindness every Friday. For example, I’m usually out on a Friday so I go for one of the standard acts — the unexpected cup of coffee. You might be sitting in a cafe and see an old man in the corner drinking coffee or tea, and you walk up with another cup of whatever they are drinking , and say: “ I’ve bought you a coffee” and walk away. It’s a pleasure to see the look of surprise on their faces. There can be some suspicion, but I think that was mostly in the early days when I didn’t know how to do it properly. I would walk up quite nervously like I was doing something wrong and I didn’t know when to leave. In the end, I learned through trial and error. Sometimes it worked, other times it didn’t. I discovered that you have to walk up with confidence and humour and not “get in their faces”. You say: “This is for you”, then you go. It’s hit-and-run kindness. And there is no point in doing it half-heartedly. You’ve got to do it because you really mean it.
Join Me is without geographical boundaries, but there are quite a few members in London, and such stories about things happen on the underground or on the buses. One lady got on the bus and put a £10 note down and said: “That’s for me and the next nine people”. So at every stop, anyone who got on was told it was paid for. A lot of people were doing this sort of thing anyway. For them it’s an excuse or reason to do something nice for a complete stranger, and it gives them the confidence to walk up and start chatting.
1.When Londoners see someone in trouble, they _______.
A. often give a hand
C. pretend not to have seen it
B. stop and ask questions
D. telephone the police
2.According to the passage, members of Join Me often _______.
A. put an advertisement on the worldwide web
B. go out and make friends with strangers
C. do an act of kindness every Friday
D. buy coffees for the strangers
3.The underlined expression in the third paragraph possibly means _______ .
A. finding something very difficult
B. doing something without much effort
C. making a few mistakes
D. experimenting to get the right result
4.Which would be the best title for the passage?
A. Hit-and-run Kindness B. History of Join Me
C. Danny Wallace and Join Me D. Why not Join Me
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Bob Wallace was 25 minutes from home in Tennessee, on a cold December night in 2015 when he got a cell phone call from his mother. “The mountain is on fire,” she screamed, “and Brian’s up there!”
Wallace’s family owned a dozen rental cabins (小屋) on Shields Mountain, and Wallace’s friend and fellow rental-cabin owner, Brian McGee, aged 56, was up there trying to put the fire out by himself. Wallace, 32, lived on the mountain too.
Wallace turned around and headed for a dirt road. He made it about halfway up the steep, winding path before his front-wheel-drive car gave up. He called McGee, who drove down in his pickup so they could fight the fire together.
They headed first to their rental cabins. “I wanted to make sure our guests were gone. They were,” says Wallace. At that point, he had a choice: try to save his cabins or rescue people renting other cabins nearby. “On the moun¬tain, you don’t have many locals. They’re mostly tourists who don’t know their way around,” he says.
Over the next two hours, the two friends drove through the smoky moun¬tain, knocking on doors and leading panicked people to safety. “I know that mountain so well,” Wallace says, “I could drive and know exactly where I am just by time traveled.” Thanks to their brave and immediate action, the two helped 14 people out of the danger.
Fourteen people died that night in Sevier County. But the fire didn’t take away a single life on Shields Mountain. And though his home and business were destroyed, Wallace remains calm. “I wasn’t worried about my loss, not when I saw those families trapped on the mountain,” he says, “I knew I was gonna help them.”
1.Where was Wallace when the fire broke out?
A. On the way to visit his mother. B. Away from his home.
C. On the way to the cabins. D. On a dirt road.
2.What is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Wallace’s car broke down halfway.
B. Wallace was picked up by McGee on the path.
C. Brian tried to put the fire out by himself.
D. They hadn’t planned to save their guests first.
3.What was the main reason why the two friends could rescue the people?
A. They gave up their own cabins.
B. They turned to locals for help.
C. Wallace was familiar with the area.
D. They put out the fire before it spread.
4.Which of the following words can best describe Wallace?
A. Satisfied. B. Intelligent.
C. Wise. D. Selfless.
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(2013·湖南高考)He ________ sleep, although he tried to, when he got on such a hunt for an idea until he had caught it.
A．wouldn't B．shouldn't
C．couldn't D．mustn't
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He ________ sleep, although he tried to, when he got on such a hunt for an idea until he had caught it.
A. wouldn't B. shouldn't
C. couldn't D. mustn't
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He ________ sleep, although he tried to, when he got on such a hunt for an idea until he had caught it.
A．wouldn’t B．shouldn’t C．couldn’t D．mustn’t
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He________sleep，although he tried to，when he got on such a hunt for an idea until he had caught it. (2013·湖南，32)
A．wouldn’t B．shouldn’t
C．couldn’t D．mustn’t
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Was it ______ he was playing volleyball on the playground_________ he got hurt?
A．that; when B．when; that
C．that; where D．where; that
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-- Jack’s car broke down on the way home and when he finally got home, he found he had left his key in the office.
-- _______________.
A. Oh, it’s not his day. B. It made his day.
C. These things happen. D. Forget it.
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When you saw Jack at the dance, what did he_______ ?(西安市)
A. put on B. wear C. dress D. have on
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When he was a little boy，he ______ on the farm.
A. used to working B. used to work
C. got used to work D. was used to work
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