Katie Steller has her own salon （美发院）． She often wheels her red chair and scissors around the city to give free haircuts．

    Edward was her first lucky customer． He looked to be in his 60s． He was balding and missing a few teeth． While she was cutting his greying hair， he told her about moving closer to his adult children．

    Till now， Steller has offered about 30 such haircuts． These people are all living a hard time， and she is aware of the power of her cleanup job．

    "It’s more than a haircut，" she says． "I want it to be a gateway， to show value and respect， but also to get to know people． I want to build relationships． "

    Steller knows that a haircut can change a life． As a teen， she had a very serious disease and her hair thinned terribly． Her mother took Steller for her first professional haircut．

    "To sit down and have somebody look at me and talk to me like a person and not just an illness， it helped me feel cared about and less alone，" she says．

    After that， Steller knew she wanted to have her own salon so she could help people feel the way she’d felt that day． In 2019， she began her Red Chair Project．

    She says， "I can’t fix their problems with free haircuts，but maybe I can help them feel less alone for a moment．"

     Early this year she started the Steller Kindness Project， in which people who do acts of kindness （volunteering for snowstorm relief， helping neighbors in need） are invited for a free haircut at Steller’s salon． In exchange， they tell their stories， which Steller shares on her website． Her hope is that by reading about kind acts， others will spread their own．

    So far Steller has had people reach out from around the country．

（1）Why did Steller start her Red Chair Project？　　

A． To help her neighbors in need．

B． To attract customers to her salon．

C． To help the lonely people feel less alone．

D． To invite customers to tell their kind acts．

（2）What does Steller mean by the sentence "It’s more than a haircut" in Paragraph 4？　　

A． A haircut can fix people’s problems．

B． A haircut is what people need most．

C． Haircut stories are well reviewed on her website．

D． A haircut is a simple act to show care， value and respect．

（3）Which best describes Katie Steller？　　

A． Lonely and inactive．

B． Kind and thoughtful．

C． Doubtful and generous．

D． Serious and careful．

（4）Which sentence best expresses the theme of the story？　　

A． Simple acts of kindness like a free haircut will spread．

B． Haircuts need practice and practice makes perfect．

C． It’s heartbreaking to see how lonely people look．

D． We can win great respect by giving free haircuts．

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