Let's give up the seat to the woman（）a baby（）her arms.

,he’d been unemployed，and with winter raging on the chill had finally hit home.Most of his friends had already left the Midwestern town,but he stayed on.After all,he was born here.

It was getting dark and light snow was coming down.He almost didn’t see the old lady,but in the dim light of day,he could see she needed help.He pulled up in front of her car and got out.

Even with a smile on his face,she was worried.Was he going to hurt her？He didn’t look safe;he looked poor and hungry.Joe knew how she felt and said to her,“I’m here to help you,ma’am.Why don’t you wait in the car where it’s warm.”She had a flat tire and Joe set about replacing it immediately.All this put the woman at ease.She then rolled down her window and began to talk to him，telling him that she was from St.Louis and was only passing through.Then the thankful woman asked Joe how much she owed him.But Joe told her that he had been given a hand in the past and if she wished to pay him back,she could give the money to someone who needed her help next time.

A few miles down the road the lady went into a small café.A waitress brought a clean towel to wipe her wet hair.The waitress was nearly eight months pregnant,but she never let the strain and aches change her attitude.The old lady wondered how someone who had so little could be so giving to a stranger.When the waitress came back to give the lady her change from a hundred dollar bill,she found a message on a napkin：“Take this.Someone once helped me out the way I’m helping you now.If you really want to pay me back，here’s what you can do. Don’t let the chain of love end with you.”

That night when she got home from work and climbed into bed，the waitress was thinking about what the lady had written.How could the lady have known that she and her husband needed the money？With the baby due next month,it was going to be hard.Knowing how worried her husband was,she whispered soft and low to him，“Everything’s gonna be alright，I love you，Joe.”

1. Many of Joe’ s friends left because. ()

(A). it was too cold there

(B). it was a lonely town

(C). they had lost their jobs

(D). they were not born there

2. The woman was worried because. ()

(A). she had been attacked

(B). she was poor and hungry

(C). no one offered to help her

(D). she was afraid of Joe’ s looks

3. Joe refused to be paid by the woman because. ()

(A). he did not need the money at all

(B). others had helped him in the past

(C). the woman appeared to be pitiable

(D). it was not difficult to replace a flat tire

4. Which of the following is probably true？ ()

(A). The woman left the cafe when the waitress was getting her change.

(B). The woman knew who the waitress was and decided to help her out.

(C). Joe told the woman that his wife worked in a small cafe not far away.

(D). Joe knew that the woman would go into the cafe and meet the waitress.

5. The best title for the passage is. ()

(A). Acts of Kindness

(B). Sympathetic Hearts

(C). A Lonely Country Road

(D). A Woman from St.Louis

Brain-dead Mother Dies after Giving Birth

A brain-dead woman who was kept alive for three months so she could deliver the child she was carrying was removed from life support on Wednesday and died, a day after giving birth.

"This is obviously a bittersweet time for our family," Justin Torres, the woman's brother-in-law, said in a statement.

Susan Torres, a cancer-stricken, 26-year-old researcher at the National Institutes of Health, suffered a stroke in May after the melanoma (黑瘤) spread to her brain.

Her family decided to keep her alive to give her foetus (胎儿) a chance. It became a race between the foetus' development and the cancer that was destroying the woman's body.

Doctors said that Torres' health was getting worse and that the risk of harm to the foetus finally outweighed the benefits of extending the pregnancy.

Torres gave birth to a daughter by Caesarean section (剖腹产手术) on Tuesday at Virginia Hospital Center. The baby was two months premature and weighed about a kilogram. She was in the newborn intensive care unit.

Dr Donna Tilden-Archer, the hospital's director of neonatology (新生儿学), described the child as "very vigorous." She said the baby had responded when she received stimulation, indicating she was healthy,

Doctors removed Torres from life support early Wednesday with the consent of her husband, Jason Torres, after she received the final sacrament (圣礼) of the Roman Catholic Church.

"We thank all of those who prayed and provided support for Susan, the baby and our family," Jason Torres said in a statement. "We especially thank God for giving us little Susan. My wife's courage will never be forgotten."

English-language medical literature contains at least 11 cases since 1979 of irreversibly brain-damaged women whose lives were prolonged for the benefit of the developing foetus, according to the University of Connecticut Health Center.

Dr Christopher McManus, who coordinated care for Susan Torres, put the infant's chances of developing cancer at less than 25 per cent. He said 19 women who have had the same aggressive form. of melanoma as Torres have given birth, and five of their babies became iii with the disease.

Susan Torres died soon after

A．she suffered a stroke.

B．she became brain-dead.

C．she was diagnosed with cancer.

D．she gave birth to a baby.

In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon(外科医师), but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.

Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital , she also set up the first medical school for women.

(1) Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon？

A.She couldn’t get admitted to medical school.

B.She decided to further her education in Paris.

C.A serious eye problem stopped her.

D.It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States.

(2) What main obstacle almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming for a doctor？

A.She was a woman.

B.She wrote too many letters.

C.She couldn’t graduate from medical school.

D.She couldn’t set up her hospital.

(3) How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital？

A.Eight years B.Ten years

C.Nineteen years D.Thirty-six years

(4) According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell,

A.became the first woman physician.

B.was the first woman doctor.

C.and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children.

D.set up the first medical school for women.

(5) Elizabeth Blackwell spent most of her lift in_______.

A.England

B.Paris

C.the United States

D.New York City

阅读理解“Are you going to 181st Street？” asked an old woman.

The younger woman leaving the supermarket was in a hurry, but she stopped and turned to look. She saw an old lady with a small bag of groceries at her feet. She was breathing hard.

“If you’re going toward 181st street, could you carry my bag for me？”

“I don’t have the time for this,” the younger woman thought. But when she saw the old woman, who looked very tired, she said,” Of course.”

The old woman took hold of the younger woman’s arm and they walked together slowly and talked. They were neighbors but they didn’t know each other. The old woman lived alone and the younger woman lived with her family. They talked about the difficulty of living in a big city: the younger woman talked about the cost of food and the problems of raising children, the older about loneliness.

They finally reached the old woman’s apartment house. She seemed reluctant(迟疑的) to go in. she reached into her purse. “Let me give you a dollar for your trouble,” she said.

“Oh, no. It was no trouble.”

“Well, we’re neighbors,” the old woman said. “We’ll see each other again.”

“I hope so.”

The old woman took her bag and started to go in. Then she turned and said sadly, “But then, perhaps we’ll never see each other again.”

1. Where did the two women meet？

A. On a bus.

B. In a supermarket.

C. Along the street.

D. In the neighborhood.

2. What can we learn about the old woman？

A. She knew the younger woman before.

B. She lives with her family.

C. She lives on 181st Street.

D. She lives in the countryside.

3. Why did the young woman hesitate(犹豫) when the old woman asked for help？

A. Because she was in a hurry.

B. Because she had a lot of groceries herself.

C. Because she was very tired.

D. Because she did not know the old woman.

4. What did the old woman talk about on her way back home？

A. the cost of food

B. loneliness

C. difficulty of raising children

D. the past of her life

5. Why did the old woman stop before she entered her apartment house？

A. She wanted to pay the young woman for her help.

B. She wanted to invite the young woman in for dinner.

C. She wanted to borrow some money from the young woman.

D. She wanted to spend more time talking with the young woman.

6. What can we learn from the last paragraph？

A. Both women in the story are quite busy.

B. The old woman knows she is going to die soon.

C. The two women in the story live far from each other.

D. People seldom communicate in that neighborhood.

Five days off work is a harsh penalty for dragging a woman alongside a bus by her arm？ Baxa said, "Any time you take money away from someone, it is a harsh punishment. The driver makes $14 an hour. Multiply that by 40 and you can see what he lost. "

Yes, that comes to $560, a tidy sum. But we know that people in the private sector are fired for far less every day. If the people who run the CTA think that the loss of a week's pay is more than enough, I offer them a sporting proposition: Give me a bus. Then have their wives stick their arms in the doorway of the bus, and I'll slam the door shut, stop the gas pedal and take them for a fast one-block jog. And I'll pay $560 to anyone who is bold enough to try it. Any takers？ Mr. Baxa？ Anybody？ I didn't think so.

1.The nurse half-entered one of the buses because____.

A、the bus they wanted didn't stop there

B、she wanted the driver to stop the bus

C、she wanted to get some information from the driver

D、she and her uncle couldn't wait any longer at the corner

2.The reason why the woman trotted alongside the bus was that____.

A、she couldn't get herself away from the bus

B、the driver closed the door before she heard the answer

C、she was dragged by the bus driver

D、she wanted to get the driver's badge number

3.How many blocks was the woman away from the corner where she waited when the bus driver finally let her off？ ____

A、Almost one block.

B、Almost two blocks.

C、Probably three blocks.

D、Probably five or six blocks.

4.The bus driver's punishment was____.

A、being dismissed from the CTA

B、being out of work for a week

C、paying a fine of $560

D、working without pay for five days

5.Why did the author offer a sporting proposition？ ____

A、Because the CTA paid little attention to the incident.

B、Because the bus driver had not been fired.

C、Because he wanted to threaten the CTA people.

D、Because he thought the penalty was not a harsh on

Moreover, the traffic-safety agency estimates that even among parents who always strap their children in, 85% are not doing it properly. They often don't know where best to place the kids, don't use the proper restraint for their age and weight, or don't install the safety seats properly. Despite the reports about front seats collapsing onto back seats when certain car models get in accidents, the safest place in the car for any child up to the age of 12 is still the back seat. Babies up to 9 kg and one year old should ride in rear-Facing infant seats.

Never place a child under age 12 in the front seat with a working passenger-side air bag. These devices are discharged at 320 km/h and can be triggered by low-speed fender benders. They have killed 77 kids in the U.S. since 1993. If you must place a child in front, make sure the paasengar-side bag is switched off.

Children over age one should ride in forward-facing safety seats with a five-point harness system. A child who weighs at least 18 kg or at least 1m high can graduate to a booster seat that elevates her so that the standard shoulder and lap belt fits properly.x

What does the author mainly discuss in this passage？

A．How to avoid car crash.

B．How to design safer baby equipment.

C．How to educate children properly.

D．How to properly secure children in the ear.

It turned out that the woman, Natalie Smith, had read something on a friend’s refrigerator: “Practice random (随意的) kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” The phrase impressed (使某人印象深刻) her so much that she copied it down.

Judy Foreman saw the same phrase on a warehouse wall far away from home. When it stayed on her mind for days, she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down. “I thought it was beautiful,” she said, explaining why she’d taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters, “like a message from above.” Her husband, Frank, liked the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students, one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson, a local news reporter. Alice put it in the newspaper, saying that though she liked it, she didn’t know where it came from or what it really meant.

Two days later, Alice got a call from Anne Herbert, a woman living in Marin. It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper, after turning it around in her mind for days.

“Here’s the idea,” Anne says. “Anything you think there should be more of, do it randomly.” Her fantasies include painting the classrooms of shabby schools, leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town, and giving money secretly to a proud old lady. Anne says, “Kindness can build on itself as much as violence (暴力) can build on itself.”

The acts of random kindness spread. If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been encouraged to do for someone else later. Like all great events, kindness begins slowly, with every single act. Let it be yours!

Why did Natalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her？

A.She had seven tickets.

B.She hoped to please others.

C.She wanted to show kindness.

D.She knew the car drivers well.

Judy Foreman copied down the phrase because she ___ .A.thought it was beautifully written

B.wanted to know what it really meant

C.decided to write it on a warehouse wall

D.wanted her husband to put it up in the classroom

Who came up with the phrase according to the passage？A.Judy Foreman.

B.Natalie Smith

C.Alice Johnson.

D.Anne Herbert

What can we infer from the last paragraph？A.People should practice random kindness to those in need

B.People who receive kindness are likely to offer it to others.

C.People should practice random kindness to strangers they meet.

D.People who receive kindness are likely to pay it back to the giver.

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration.

All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony and to partake of the festivities and celebrations. All had a wonderful time.

The bride was gorgeous in her white wedding gown and the groom was very dashing in his black tuxedo. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.

A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a proposal,

“I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage,” she offered.

“Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives happier together. ”

Her husband agreed. So each of them went to a separate room in the house and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other. They thought about this question for the rest of the day and wrote down what they came up with.

The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their lists.

“I'll start,” offered the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it. Enough to fill 3 pages in fact. As she started, reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband's eyes.

“What’s wrong？” she asked.

“Nothing,” the husband replied, “keep reading your list.”

The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her husband. She neatly placed her list on the table and folded her hands over the top of it.

“Now，you read your list and then we'll talk about the things on both of our lists, ” she said happily.

Quietly the husband stated, “I don't have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the way that you are. I don't want you to change anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn't want to try and change anything about you. ”

The wife, touched by his honesty, the depth of his love for her, and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.

(1)Which is NOT true according to the passage？

A、The man and his girlfriend had a great wedding.

B、The woman wanted reasons for a divorce.

C、The man respected his wife very much.

D、The woman was moved by her husband's kindness.

(2) The woman suggested writing down another's weak points, in order to ________.

A、make her marriage better

B、show her annoyance with her husband

C、let other people know

D、help her husband think independently

(3) What is the writer's attitude to the husband's behavior？

A、Positive

B、Ironical(讽刺的)

C、Opposite

D、None of the above.

(4) According to your understanding, why did tears appear in the husband's eyes？

A、Because his wife was too perfect.

B、Because he accepted her as a whole, but she didn't.

C、Because he loved her more than she loved him.

D、Because his wife was too rude (粗鲁的).

(5) It can be inferred from the passage that the wife

A、would shorten her list.

B、would not let other people know her husband's bad aspects.

C、would learn to respect and accept her husband fully.

D、would be confused.

In an article on the new manners, Ms. Holmes says that a perfectly able woman no longer has to act helplessly in public as if she were a model. For example, she doesn't need help getting in and out of cars. She also says there is no reason why a man should walk on the outside of a woman on the sidewalk.

As far as manners are concerned, I suppose I have always been a supporter of women's liberation. Over the years, out of a sense of respect, I imagine, I have refused to trouble women with outdated courtesies.

It is usually easier to follow rules of social behaviour than to depend on one's own taste. But rules may be safely broken, of course, by those of us with the gift of natural grace. For example, when a man and woman are led to their table in a restaurant and the waiter pulls out a chair, the woman is expected to sit in the chair. That is according to Ms. Ann Clark. I have always done it the other way, according to my wife.

It came up only the other night. I followed the hostess to the table, and when she pulled the chair out I sat on it, quite naturally, since it happened to be the chair I wanted to sit in.

"Well, "my wife said, when the hostess had gone, "you did it again."

"Did what？" I asked, utterly confused.

"Took the chair."

Actually, since I'd walked. through the restaurant ahead of my wife, it would have been awkward, I should think, not to have taken the chair. I had got there first, after all.

Also, it has always been my custom to get in a car first, and let the woman get in by herself. This is a courtesy I insist on as the stronger sex, out of love and respect. In times like these, there might be attackers hidden about. It would be unsuitable to put a woman in a car then shut the door on her, leaving her at the mercy of some bad fellow who might be hiding in the back seat.

It can be concluded from the passage that______.

A．men should walk on the inside of a sidewalk

B．women are becoming more capable than before

C．in women's liberation men are also liberated

D．it's safe to break rules of social behaviour