Compassion is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into actions. An experience last weekend showed me this is true. I work part-time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly. These old people are out main customers, and it’s not hard to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register（收款机）with a box
of biscuits. He said he was out of cash (现金), had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day.
I couldn’t help staring at him. I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if luck had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world. I told him that I was sorry, but store rules didn’t allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job.
Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. If anything, he looked more pitiable. “Change it to me, ” was all he said.
What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft and safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed either. Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.
1.The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits_________ .
A．hoped to have the food first and pay later
B．promised to obey the store rules
C．forgot to take any money with him
D．could not afford anything more expensive
2.Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?
A．kind and lucky B．friendly and helpful
C．poor and lonely D．hurt and disappointed
3.The writer acted upon the store rules because_________ .
A．he felt no pity for the old gentleman
B．he considered the old man dishonest
C．he expected someone else to pay for the old man
D．he wanted to keep his present job
4.What does the writer learn from his experience?
A．Wealth is more important than anything else
B．Experience is better gained through practice
C．Obeying the rules means more than compassion.
D．Helping others is easier said than done
After years of experience, Brenda was faced with a challenge in Sunday School. However, she just didn’t know how to it in a good way. She had never been asked to teach a child quite like Cindy!
Cindy, you see, was . She came from a broken home. And although she was really
, she thought she was so bad that she could not be successful. , Cindy needed care, and most of all, Cindy needed love! There just had to be a way of her. Day after day, Brenda would pray for Cindy, yet Sunday would come and go and she saw , if any, change.
Then one day Brenda asked Cindy if she could a role in a Christmas programme the children were to do. Cindy’s answer was, “Don’t you think you can find someone better than me?”
“Better than you?” came Brenda’s . “What makes you think there is better than you?”
“Well, I’ve been asked to do anything before because I’m not good. I won’t get the part and then everyone will be mad at me for messing up（弄糟）their ,” came Cindy’s answer.
“Oh, Cindy,” said Brenda in a voice. “I am so that you think that, but you are so wrong. Don’t you realize how you are?”
“No,” a reply in a low voice because Cindy was now in .
“But Cindy, in my eyes, you are special and you can also do somethin g well like others,” Brenda said.
“Really? Do you think so really? Thank you, Miss Brenda! Nobody has believed in me like you. I’ll have a try,” said Cindy as she a hug from her teacher for the first time!
1.A. share with B. deal with C. do with D. go with
2.A. average B. naughty C. different D. ordinary
3.A. clever B. foolish C. lovely D. friendly
4.A. In return B. In turnC. In all D. In fact
5.A. stopping B. keeping C. helping D. knowing
6.A. much B. little C. some D. few
7.A. study B. like C. replace D. play
8.A. asking B. beginning C. planning D. learning
9.A. reply B. noise C. sound D. problem
10.A. no one B. anyone C. none D. everyone
11.A. ever B. often C. always D. never
12.A. good B. bad C. right D. poor
13.A. environment B. programme C. invention D. homework
14.A. gentle B. high C. loud D. clear
15.A. glad B. lucky C. proud D. sorry
16.A. happy B. sad C. valuable D. beautiful
17.A. said B. came C. received D. went
18.A. silence B. troublesC. public D. tears
19.A. Then B. But C. As D. Because
20.A. refused B. expected C. received D. separated
Wouldn’t you rather your child____ successful with his study and on the scholarship?
A. become B. became
C. would become D. becomes
The party will be held in the garden, weather_____.
A. permitting B. to permit
C. permitted D. Permit
–Why do you choose to work in an international travel agency?
-- Well, you know, English is my _______. So it is my best choice.
A. strength B. talent
C. ability D. skill
She will tell us why she feels so strongly that each of us has a role _____ in making the earth a better place to live in.
A. to have playedB. to play
C. to be played D. to be playing
