Last weekend, my kids along with a few other kids from the neighborhood volunteered to help me wash my car. My 10-year-old daughter came up with the idea of washing other people’s cars as well. It was pretty hot outside. She further wanted to give juice for a low cost but not free. I felt happy and decided to help her.
She asked me, “What if we make this ‘a(chǎn) smile car wash’, mommy? ”I couldn’t hold back my tears and encouraged her and other kids to go inside the house and come up with ideas. While I kept myself busy in drying the car, the kids walked up to me with a board of beautiful signs of smiles. They had “Free Car Wash” written on it and the theme of their exercise was “Smile”. It was pretty natural to see a team of kids 5 to 11 years with the task to do something for others.
All that seemed natural and came right from their heart. Nothing seemed to matter to them: their playtime, and then heat outside—they just wanted to help and do something nice in the community!
I helped them make some fresh juice and brought out some waste materials to help clean cars. Passers-by were amazed and one even shouted at them saying “Good kids”. One of them even tried giving them 5 dollars, which they refused. A pretty heart-warming scene!
The following weekend, I saw the idea of the week, the theme of which was “Global Kindness”. I was moved by such wonderful and loving souls. They made me smile!
One of the slogans (標(biāo)語(yǔ)) on their flag was: “Do not fear! Smile retrievers(挽回者) are here.”
小題1:Who raised the idea of washing other people’s cars for free?
A．The mother
B．One of the passers-by
C．The writer’s 10-year-old daughter
D．One of the writer’s neighbors’ kids.
小題2:Why couldn’t the author hold back her tears when she knew her daughter’s idea?
A．She was moved by her daughter’s kindness.
B．She felt sorry for those passers-by in hot weather.
C．She was sorry for not helping the kids.
D．She thought of too much hardship of the kids.
小題3:Why did the kids want to wash others’ cars for free?
A．They wanted to earn money.
B．They were asked to do that by their teacher.
C．They just wanted to help and do something nice in the community.
D．They wanted to exercise in smiling.
小題4:Which of the following did NOT the writer do to help the kids?
A．She supported the kids’ ideas.
B．She prepared some fresh juice for the passers-by.
C．She brought out some waste materials to help the kids.
D．She gave the kids some money.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:D
文章講述的是作者的女兒和社區(qū)的孩子免費(fèi)幫別人洗車的事情。
小題1:實(shí)施細(xì)節(jié)題，根據(jù)第一段的My 10-year-old daughter came up with the idea of washing other people’s cars as well可知，是作者的女兒想出了這個(gè)主意。
小題2:推理判斷題，根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知，作者因?yàn)楹⒆用赓M(fèi)幫助別人洗車這個(gè)善舉而感動(dòng)了。
小題3:實(shí)施細(xì)節(jié)題，根據(jù)第三段they just wanted to help and do something nice in the community可知，他們只是想幫助社區(qū)做一些事情。
小題4:實(shí)施細(xì)節(jié)題，根據(jù)第四段可知，作者并沒有給他們錢，其他的都做了。
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