This is a story from 28 years ago. My dad was a used car salesman. Every Thursday night, he would head off to Shreveport, LA for an auction. Most of the time, I drove a car over there for him so he could sell it at the auction.
One day, I was riding with my dad when he noticed a hitch-hiker with a backpack. Without hesitation, he pulled the car over and offered him a ride. Dad asked him his name, and proceeded to talk to him about all sorts of things. Dad asked him where he was going. The hitch-hiker told him he was heading for the west. I can’t recall why but he told Dad a lot of things that had occurred to him and that persuaded him to make that decision. He talked about the tragic events that occurred to him several years before. He was low in spirits, but I could see that the hitch-hiker’s attitude was changing as someone was really listening to him.
We drove 45 minutes before the hitch-hiker got off. We pulled over and Dad told him to keep his head up and things would start looking up for him soon. He reached into his pocket and handed the hitch-hiker a twenty-dollar bill. The guy smiled. He nearly lit up right there on the cold, dark highway.
We drove on and my dad did not say a single thing. I was still completely amazed by what I had just witnessed. I was always told by everyone never to pick up a hitch-hiker and yet my dad did it every single time he saw one. While reflecting upon that story I came to understand that just one single kind act could change someone’s life, and I am sure that my father’s deed made that poor man’s day.
小題1:The underlined words “that decision” in Para. 2 refer to ___________.
A．catching the carB．heading for the west
C．talking about his experiencesD．driving 45 minutes
小題2:What made the hitch-hiker become less upset?
A．The writer’s father offering him a free ride
B．The writer’s father really listening to him
C．The writer’s father agreeing to driving him to his destination
D．The writer’s father talking to him about all sorts of things
小題3:When his father helped the hitch-hiker, the writer ___________.
A．was deeply movedB．strongly disagreed
C．a(chǎn)dmired his fatherD．couldn’t understand
小題4:Which of the following words cannot be used to describe the father?
A．willing to helpB．easy-goingC．far-sightedD．full of sympathy
小題5:The author wrote the text mainly to _________.
A．show his respect for his father
B．tell a story about his kind father
C．prove his father is the best teacher
D．a(chǎn)dvise people to learn from their fathers

小題1:B
小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:C
小題1:B
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“I know, sir,” answered the soldier.
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“What shall I do, sir?” asked the poor driver.
“Get your spade and throw some sand over the shadow, of course!” answered the officer.
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A．there were a lot of trees where the soldiers were stationed
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A．The nets with which they covered their trucks were made of small pieces of cloth.
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C．The nets covering the trucks were painted pale green, yellow and brown.
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    Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything -- tutors, cards, special learning centers -- in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic(天主教的) school.
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Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head(搖動(dòng)), "No."
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A．Because he could eat well there.
B．Because he could learn more about nuns.
C．Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math.
D．Because his parents didn't want him to learn math any more.
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B．a(chǎn)te so much at dinner
C．kissed her hello after school
D．worked so hard but said too little
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A．用功B．捶書C．發(fā)泄D．振作
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C．Tommy was afraid of being nailed
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Driving to a friend’s house on a recent evening, I was struck by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftops, huge and round, yellow through the dust and smoke of the city. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking what a pity it was that most city livers---myself included---usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.
My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.
I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest house with no electricity or hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon.
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A．Most people living in the city failed to see the beautiful moon.
B．There was too much pollution in the city.
C．There were too many modern inventions.
D．There was too much traffic on the road.
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C．The high mountains in India.D．All kinds of modern inventions.
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A．Camping outside at nightB．Returning to the nature
C．Writing booksD．Watching the moon
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B．The Pleasure of Being out at Night
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