One Sunday afternoon, I went shopping at Wal-Mart . But I never thought I would have a life changing experience at WalMart.
Although my thoughts were only on speed, the checkout line I was standing in wasn’t moving as quickly as I wanted, and I looked towards the cashier.
There stood a man in his seventies, wearing glasses and a nice smile. I thought, well, he’s an old guy!
For the next few minutes I watched him. He greeted every customer before scanning the items. Sure, his words were the usual, “How’s it going？” But he did something different—he listened to people carefully and then he would reply to what they had said
I thought it was strange. I has grown used to people asking me how I was doing simply out of conversational habit. I could say, “I just found out I have six months to live，” and someone would reply, “Have a great day！”
But that wasn't the end.
He gave them the change, walked around the counter (柜台), and hugged them with his right hand in an act of friendship. He looked at the customers in the eyes. “I want to thank you for shopping here today,” he told them. “You have a great day. Bye-bye.”
The smiling looks on the faces of the customers were priceless. All had been touched by his simple gesture—and in a place they never expected. They would gather their things and walk out, smiling.
Of course, he did the same to me and I got to know his name—Marty.
Who was that guy? It was as if Sam Walton (沃尔玛的创始人)had come back from the dead and invaded this old guy’s body.
I had never walked away from that shop feeling like that.
The underlined word “customer” mean________ in Chinese.
| A．营业员 | B．顾客 | C．经理 | D．供货商 |
The checkout line the writer was standing in moved slower than expected because _______．
| A．there were some big purchases |
| B．the writer was not patient enough |
| C．the cashier couldn't work as fast as others |
| D．the cashier did more than scanning the items |
According to the writer, when common people ask you “How’s it going？” ________．
| A．they don’t really care what you may answer |
| B．they are just practicing their conversation ability |
| C．they are asking for your personal information |
| D．they don’t expect to hear any answers |
What do you think of the cashier-Marty?
| A．clever and imaginative | B．strange andstubborn |
| C．kind and sincere | D．practical and creative |
What does the writer want to express through the text?
| A．Our everyday life is always full of surprises. |
| B．Most customers enjoy being treated this way. |
| C．Being different is a good way of doing business |
| D．A little positive (积极的)action can make a big difference. |
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Annie lived alone in Chicago. One day, she fell down in her bedroom and broke her leg. So she tried to call her friend Lisa. But she dialed(拨打) a wrong number. The call reached Taylor, an 18-year-old girl. She was a college student and she lived hundreds of miles away from Chicago.
At that time Taylor was reading in bed. She thought it was somebody playing a joke. When she was going to hang up the phone, she heard a woman saying “Help! Help! ” From it Taylor thought something bad must have happened to the woman. After she got the woman’s name and address, Taylor called 911 at once. Then she tried to make Annie feel comfortable. She spoke to Annie on the phone till the doctors arrived at Annie’s house. At last Annie was taken to hospital in time.
As soon as Annie felt better, she wrote a letter to Taylor to thank her.Who answered the telephone?
How did Taylor help Annie?
Why did Annie write the letter to Taylor?
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A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 A. The party will begin at 2:30pm. B. The party will be held at home. C. The party won’t be interesting. |
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A. the ad B. the news C. rules A. It can’t run over 60km per hour. B. It should have only 7 seats. C. It doesn’t need a GPS. |
Long ago, people lived on wild animals, fruits and other plants and they didn’t need to use money.
As time passed, families had more products(产品) than they needed, such as animals and crops. So they needed to trade(交易) with others. They began to use money to make it easier. However, it was not like the money we use today. They used shells, rice, salt or large stones.
During the 600s BC, people began using coins as money. Because they were easier to carry than goods(货物), countries began to make coins as their money.
The Chinese were the first to use paper money, probably in the 11th century. An Italian traveler, Marco Polo, saw the Chinese use paper money when he visited China in the 1200s. After his travel, he told the western people what he saw. But European countries didn’t start using paper money till the1600s.
Today we have many ways to pay for things, such as coins, paper money and cards. Some prefer to pay by card. That’s because paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of “real” money. People began to use money because they ______.
A. lived on plants B. raised animals C. needed to tradePeople used ______ as money during the 600s BC.
A. shells B. coins C. cardsWhich country used paper money first?
A. Japan. B. USA. C. China.The passage tells us the ______ of money
A. history B. use C. collection
I will never forget the lesson about my window. Four years ago, I moved to a house in a large town. One of my new neighbors’ house was only a few feet away from mine. There lived a woman. Through one of my windows, I could see her reading by her window every afternoon.
Several months later, I found I couldn’t see the woman clearly. I thought her window was too dirty. I said to myself, “Why doesn’t she clean her window? It looks terrible!”
One afternoon, I decided to clean my house including(包括) the window. I felt tired after three hours of hard work. So I sat down by the window for a rest. What a surprise! I could see the woman reading there clearly again! By that time, I realized that my own window was too dirty, not hers! I really felt ashamed for myself. I had been watching her through my dirty window in the past days!
The experience is very important for me. So I try to clean the window of my heart before judging(评判) others. How long has the writer lived in the house according to the passage?
A. Two years. B. Three years. C. Four years.The writer couldn’t see the woman clearly because ______________.
A. the writer’s window was dirty
B. the woman’s house was too far
C. the woman didn’t open her windowThe underlined word “ashamed” means _________________.
A. 高兴的 B. 放松的 C. 羞愧的According to the passage, the writer has learnt how to __________________.
A. clean the house B. judge others C. help neighbors
阅读下面的短文，判断文后的句子是否符合短文内容。符合的写“T”，不符合的写“F”，短文未涉及的写“N”。
Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881. His father was an artist and also anart teacher. He gave little Picasso the first lesson in drawing. The boy showed great interest in it and learned it very quickly. Picasso drew so well that he won a prize — “Science and Charity” for his first important painting at the age of 15. Later he studied in several cities in Spain. But no one could teach him because he had known so much.
When he was 19, he visited Paris. At that time, Paris was the center of the world for artists. Everything in the painting world was new to Picasso. When he was 23, he moved to Paris to live and spent the rest of his life in France.
In his 80s, Pablo Picasso still worked like a young man. He kept on looking for new ideas and new ways to work. He never stopped painting all his life.
Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest artists in the world, died in 1973. Pablo Picasso was born in Spain.
Pablo Picasso won a prize of “Science and Art” at the age of 15.
Pablo Picasso was the only son of his parents.
Pablo Picasso lived in France for 91 years.