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A warm smile，a quick hello，an offer of directions or perhaps maybe a place to stay. The kindness of strangers is one of my fondest experiences and memories from my travels.
When arriving in Slovenia from Croatia just before dark，I made a line to my hotel on the map，thinking I could easily find it. After walking around in circles for what felt like hours，I approached(靠近) a bus driver and tried to explain where I was heading. After a few failed tries because of our different languages，he signaled to me to get on the bus and took me to my hotel free of charge.
Once again，I got lost in Turkey. After almost running my rental car empty，luck would have it that I found a gas station and another kind person. The young cashier did not speak a word of English，but pulled his phone out and opened a translation app(应用软件). We managed to have a whole conversation of broken English/Turkish. I even wrote “tesekkür ederim”(thank you)and if his kindness hadn’t already melted(软化)my heart，his smile certainly did!
And finally，my favorite act of kindness：My husband and I had just boarded a bus heading from Nice to Menton in France. A lady sitting across from us noted our accents and upon finding out that we had traveled all the way from New Zealand，stood up and offered us her window seat. We kindly refused. But she insisted，“There is nothing quite like watching the sunset over the ocean on the French Riviera”. Not only did her kindness take me by surprise，we got to see one of the most beautiful sunsets in the world.
Strangers owe(欠) you nothing. Their acts of kindness show you that the world is an amazing place. So，enjoy the kindness of strangers and the unexpected human connections they bring.
1.Why did the author ask the driver for help?
A.To get a free ride.
B.To borrow some money.
C.To help her find a place to live.
D.To find out how to get to her hotel.
2.Which can best describe the conversation between the author and the cashier?
A.Painful. B.Boring.
C.Pleasant. D.Serious.
3.Why did the lady offer her seat to the author and her husband?
A.She noticed they felt unwell.
B.She found they were too tired.
C.She would get off to watch the sunset.
D.She wanted them to enjoy the window view.
4.What can we learn about the author?
A.She enjoys helping strangers.
B.She has toured some foreign places.
C.She speaks many foreign languages.
D.She likes making friends with strangers.
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Christmas Eve means a warm get-together with friends, a candlelight dinner, or perhaps a celebration at a pub for students. But for Cai Yingjie, 1.unusual night has a different meaning: helping beggars and the homeless.
Cai, who is a student in journalism at Tsinghua, could be2.find) at Beijing’s Wudaokou Light Railway Station that special evening. 3.she saw an old beggar, she took the cold, rough hands of the woman with her warm, clean hands, 4.(give) the woman some warm bread and helped her put on a pair of new gloves. The woman was surprised for a few seconds, then burst into tears, saying “For the first time I feel 5.(respect)”.
Cai said, “A beggar’s life is much6.(hard) today. That’s why I want to help them.” They brought bread and gloves with them, and stopped to greet beggars and offer 7.some of the warm food. Each beggar greeted them 8.a look of surprise.
“I know the9.(active) can’t help much, but it’s meant10.(show) our respect and care for beggars and the homeless who have been neglected for so long,” said Sun, head of the group.
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Christmas Eve means a warm get-together with friends, a candlelight dinner, or perhaps a celebration at a pub for students. But, for Cai Yingjie, the night has a different meaning: helping beggars（乞丐）and the homeless(people without homes).
Cai, who is a student in journalism at Tsinghua, could be found at Beijing’s Wudaokou Light Railway Station that special evening. When she saw an old beggar, she took the cold, rough hands of the woman with her warm, clean hands, and gave the woman some warm bread and helped her put on a pair of new gloves.
The woman was surprised for a few seconds, then burst into tears, saying “for the first time I feel respected”.
Cai said, “A beggar’s life is very hard. That’s why I want to help them.”
Cai was one of 14 Tsinghua students spending Christmas Eve among the poor. They walked in the cold wind along the streets from 4 to 7 pm on Friday, visiting 15 beggars in Beijing’s Haidian District.
They brought bread and gloves with them, and stopped to greet beggars and offer them some of the warm food. Each beggar greeted them with a look of surprise.
“I know the activity can’t help much, but it’s meant to show our respect and care for beggars and the homeless who have been neglected for so long,” said Sun, head of the group. “And Christmas is a good time for that.”
1.What does Christmas Eve mean to the 14 Tsinghua students?
A．Taking 15 beggars to Tsinghua.
B．Getting together with friends.
C．Showing care to the beggars and the homeless.
D．Selling bread and gloves to the beggars.
2.What does the beggar mean by saying “for the first time I feel respected”?
A．The beggar has been waiting for Cai for long.
B．The beggar hasn’t been shown care for so long.
C．The beggar has been respecting Cai for a long time.
D．This is the first time the beggar has seen Tsinghua students.
3.What did each beggar feel when they received greetings?
A．Sad. B．Amazed.
C．Frightened. D．Proud.
4.The word “neglected” in the last passage means _______.
A．protected B．found
C．taken care of D．given no enough care
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Bring the plants into a warm room ________ they will grow quickly.
A. or B. and C. but D. for
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When help, one often says, “Thank you”, or “It’s kind of you．”
A．offering
B．to offer
C．to be offered
D．offered
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When ______ help, one often says “Thank you.” or “It’s kind of you.”
A．offering B．to offer C．to be offered D．offered
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When _______ help, one often says “Thank you” or “It’s kind of you”.
A. offering B. to offer C. to be offered D. offered
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When _____ help, one often says “Thank you.” or “it’s kind of you”
A．offering B．to offer C．to be offered D．offered
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When _______ help, one often says “Thank you.” or “It is kind of you “
A．offering B．to offer C．to be offered D．offered
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On the day after Thanskgiving in the US, or Black Friday, lots of stores offer special discounts to mark the beginning of holiday shopping season. In China, a similar day falls on Nov. 11 when millions of Chinese shoppers go to Tmall.com and Taobao.com, two e-commerce websites operated by Alibaba.
The 11.11 Shopping Festival, as the event is now called, is also known in China as Singles Day. The shopping festival first started in 2009 and Alibaba said it chose the date because it was easy to remember. Last year, Tmall and Taobao together produced 19.1 billion in sales on that day, according to Alibaba. This year’s shopping festival kicked off with an even stronger start—sales hit 100 million yuan 55 seconds after midnight and reached 35 billion at the end of the day.
The shopping spree(狂欢) drew the attention of China’s leaders, as Premier Li Keqiang recently praised Alibaba’s founder, Jack Ma, for creating a day for consumption. China is trying to lead the country’s
economy to a slower, more sustainable（可持续的）growth model based on domestic (国内的) consumption instead of investment and exports. Online shopping is no doubt a growth point that will release spending potential. China had 564 million regular Internet users by the end of last year. It has surpassed the US to become the world’s largest e-commerce market, with its online sales over 1 trillion US dollars (6 trillion yuan) by 2020.“The real-time nature of online consumption attracts millions of people to spend money and enjoy life. E-commerce opens a new channel for China to encourage domestic demand,” Liu Yin, vice-president of the China International Electronic Commerce Center said. More importantly, it promotes employment and the logistics (物流) industry with its sales model of “online purchasing plus express delivery”, he added. Convenience, choice and low prices have increased online shopping, but there are still some problems with the one-day shopping spree.
Some online shops, driven by the huge profits, took this opportunity to play price tricks. They raised prices to twice those of the originals in the early October and then offered discounts on Nov 11. Many consumers, driven by the advantage they could take, just went along for the ride. “They spend lots of time online to check what to buy and are happy to get what they don’t really need at a lower price,” wrote Jia Ge, an Internet analyst, on his Sina weibo.
1.In the US, a holiday shopping season refers to _________.
A. a spree in a holiday like Thanksgiving
B. one of the four seasons in a year like spring
C. a shopping spree when stores offer special discounts
D. a holiday when people can relax themselves by shopping
2. In this year’s 11.11 Shopping Festival, Tmall and Taobao produced ______in all.
A. 19.1 billion yuan B. 100 million yuan
C. 35.1 billion yuan D. 35 billion yuan
3. What Liu Yin said is mainly about _______.
A. the advantages of e-commerce
B. the advantages of express delivery
C. the development of online shopping
D. the development of logistic industry
4.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _______.
A. most online shops played price tricks on consumers to make huge profits
B. driven by the huge profits, many consumers bought what they didn’t really need
C. some prices of the goods were raised at first and sold at the original price on Nov. 11
D. many consumers were cheated by the online shops and bought unnecessary goods
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economy to a slower, more sustainable（可持续的）growth model based on domestic (国内的) consumption instead of investment and exports. Online shopping is no doubt a growth point that will release spending potential. China had 564 million regular Internet users by the end of last year. It has surpassed the US to become the world’s largest e-commerce market, with its online sales over 1 trillion US dollars (6 trillion yuan) by 2020.