Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying，along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered（零散的） articles.
Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they walked Mark discovered the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history, and that he was having lots of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with a few laughs and some shared small talks, then Mark went home. They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both graduated from junior high school. They ended up in the same high school where they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the long awaited senior year came and three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill reminded him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to commit suicide(自杀). But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if I had killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life.”
How did Bill and Mark get to know each other?

A．They were attending the same junior high school.

B．They were living in the same neighborhood.

C．Mark was once invited to Bill’s home to play video games together.

D．Mark once lent Bill a hand when he dropped all things the was carrying.

The underlined word “tripped” in Paragraph One probably means   .

A．stopped	B．scattered
C．trapped himself	D．caught his foot on something

According to the passage, we learn that ________

A．Bill would have gone to another school if Mark hadn’t met him that day.

B．Mark would have been informed of Bill’s death shortly after

C．Bill would have killed himself

D．Bill’s mother would find out his secret

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The boy took so many books with him because he was about to graduate soon.

B．In fact Mark knew from the beginning that he had saved his friend’s life.

C．Bill actually wanted to have a good sleep because he was too tired.

D．After they entered Bill’s house they had a drink together.

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