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On a snowy evening, a rich lady was standing by the road. She was very worried. Her 1 broke down. Just then a poor man named Robert came. He was on his way back 2 from work as usual.
The lady thought, “Is the man going to 3 me? But he looks tired.” But to her surprise, he 4 and said with a smile, “Can I help you, Madam?”
After forty 5, the car was fixed. The lady wanted to pay him.
“No, that’s 6, Madam,” he said. “I was just helping someone in 7. If you want to pay me back, I hope you can help others in need.”
A few minutes later, the lady 8 a shabby(破旧的) house by the road. She remembered Robert’s words, 9 she stopped.
The lady entered the room and saw it was a 10 family and that they needed help. When the hostess was making tea in the kitchen, she 11 500 dollars and went away 12.
Then Robert came home, sadly, thinking how 13 their life was. His wife was ill but there was not 14 money. But she gave him a kiss and said, “Don’t worry, dear! Everything is going to be all right. A stranger has 15 us out.”
Let’s always be ready to help others because helping others is helping ourselves.
()1. A. bike B. car C. truck D. bus
()2. A. factory B. shop C. office D. home
()3. A. help B. save C. punish D. visit
()4. A. ran B. agreed C. stopped D. left
()5. A. days B. hours C. minutes D. weeks
()6. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
()7. A. picture B. rain C. danger D. need
()8. A. saw B. heard C. smelt D. felt
()9. A. so B. if C. because D. since
()10. A. beautiful B. sad C. poor D. rich
()11. A. borrowed B. forgot C. gave D. left
()12. A. quietly B. noisily C. gently D. sadly
()13. A. exciting B. interesting C. hard D. happy
()14. A. many B. enough C. some D. few
()15. A. worked B. put C. helped D. taken

【短文大意】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一位穷人帮助了一位富人，穷人不求回报，只愿富人传递善良，去帮助有困难之人。凑巧的是，富人后来帮助了穷人的妻子。
1. B 【解析】根据第三段中的“the car was fixed”可知，这位女士的车坏了，故选 B。
2. D 【解析】根据第七段中的“Then Robert came home...”可知，他是在下班回家的路上，故选 D。
3. A 【解析】通过前文可知，这位女士的车坏了，想要有人帮助她，所以她这里想的是罗伯特会不会帮助她，故选 A。
4. C 【解析】前文提到罗伯特是在下班回家的路上，所以他是停下来问这位女士是否需要帮助，故选 C。
5. C 【解析】这里应该是四十分钟后车修好了，其他选项的时间都太长了，不合理，故选 C。
6. D 【解析】这位女士要给罗伯特报酬，但是他拒绝了，所以这里他的回答是“这没什么”，故选 D。
7. D 【解析】根据后文“I hope you can help others in need”可知，应选 D。
8. A 【解析】句意：几分钟之后，这位女士看到路边一所破旧的房子。根据句意可知，应选 A。
9. A 【解析】这位女士停下来的原因是她记得罗伯特的话，因此这里存在着因果关系，故选 A。
10. C 【解析】根据“shabby”可知，这家人是贫穷的，故选 C。
11. D 【解析】句意：当女主人在厨房倒茶的时候，她（富人）留下了500美元就悄悄地离开了。根据句意可知，应选 D。
12. A 【解析】这位女士是趁女主人在厨房倒茶的时候留下钱离开的，因此她应该是悄悄地离开的，故选 A。
13. C 【解析】根据后文可知，这位女士帮助的就是罗伯特的妻子，通过前文的描述，我们可以知道罗伯特在想生活是多么的艰难，故选 C。
14. B 【解析】根据前文说到这个家的穷困可知，罗伯特的妻子没有足够的钱看病，故选 B。
15. C 【解析】根据语境可以推断妻子说的是有一位陌生人帮助了他们。work out 意为“解决，计算出，计划，了解，锻炼”；put out 意为“熄灭，伸出，出版”；help out 意为“帮助摆脱（困境）”；take out 意为“取出，减去，发出，发泄，把……带出去”。故选 C。