Last week, while visiting my dad with my daughter, we went to a restaurant for dinner. When we were seated, my dad asked the waitress if there were any soldiers eating at the restaurant. Then waitress said there was a soldier having dinner with his friend. My dad told the waitress to tell the soldier and his friend that their dinner was paid for! He also said that he did not want to be known as the benefactor(施主).

       Then waitress later commented on my dad’s thoughtful behavior saying that she had never seen anything like this before. At a local college, she had studied opera and so she  used this to thank my dad by performing a piece from The Pearl Fisherman. Her voice brought me to tears because it sounded perfect!

       After a while, the soldier appeared at out table(I don’t  know how he knew my dad paid the bill for him.) and said that he would be sent to the front the next morning and that he could not leave this country without saying “thanks” to my dad. My dad replied that it was he who wanted to say “thanks”. They shook hands as the soldier left.

       Before we left, the waitress came by again. She did a magic show as another way to show her “thanks” to my dad. Her show was really great. My dad left her a note with email address asking for her next performance time in addition to a $ 50 tip.

       Everyone witnessed something exemplary(可作榜樣的) in the human spirit that night. I can only hope to see more of this in the future.

36.My dad offered help to the soldier and his friend in the restaurant probably because________.

A. he wanted to thank them for all they them

B. he wanted to know more about tmen

C. he wanted the waitress to thank him

D. he wanted the soldiers to know his kindness

37. the waitress performed The Pearl Fisherman in the restaurant because____.

A. she was asked to perform to the guests

B. she wanted to show off her wonderful skills

C. she wanted to show her respect and thanks to the author’s dad

D. she wanted to attract more and more guests

38. What did the soldier do in response to the author’s father’s kindness?

A. He gave something to author’s dad.

B. He gave a big tip to the waitress.

  C. He said thanks to the author’s dad in person.

D. He did a magic show for the author and her father.

39. The author considered her father’s action to be ____.

A. funny            B. understandable         C. worthless          D. honorable

40. The  passage mainly tells us that we should ____.

A. learn to be grateful to others               B. find ways to thank others

C. try to learn from each other                D. respect soldiers and waitresses

    About one year ago，a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me．I never heard any noise from the children．Instead，I often heard the parents yelling  l6  at the kids，not in a nice tone，but in a   17   one．   

  We often   18   in the hallway．I always greeted them，but the only   19    I ever got was a” hello” from the eight-year-old girl．I usually 20  to see my doctor and one day when I returned they were just   21    their apartment and the little girl was     the outside door open for the others．I   23   in the car doing  24   things because 1 wasn’t  eager to he snubbed(冷落)again．Finally，I got out of my car and walked towards the door．The parents were telling their daughter to hurry and get into the car，  25   the little girl was still holding the door， 26   me！I hurried although I was still in pain from my injury．

    I forgot to tell her how    I was for her kindness．I wrote a note saying how much her act of kindness had   28   an old man’s heart．

The next day there was a   29    on my door and it was the little girl and her father．She was quite 30  of her behavior and thanked me．Then I noticed her mother standing there too．Her parents   31   me．

From then on when we met in the hallway we always greeted each other，in a friendly  32 ．

    Last night there was a heavy snow．I looked out at my ear and  33  how I was going to keep my doctor’s．     because I could only walk for a short time．This morning when I opened the front door，all the snow was removed．

    Isn’t  it  35   that the small kind act of an 8-year-old girl can changes so many things for the better？It is said that good things come from small acts．

I      you off yesterday，but I didn’t  have time．

 A．hope to have seen                      B．hope to see

 C．hoped to have seen                    D．hoped to see

I would have come earlier，but I          that you were waiting．

A．didn’t  know    B．hadn’t   known    C．wouldn’t  know   D．haven’t  know

I am at least      age       Robert if I am not older than he．

A．the same；as       B．the same；with   C．a(chǎn)s same；as   D．a(chǎn)s same；with

Mr Green didn’t  understand      made his daughter so absent-minded this morning．

A．how that was     B．what was it     C．why it was that   D．what it was that

So important　　　　　　it is to get on well with people around me．

A．I have found                        B．have I found

C．I have recognized                 D．do I have recognized

He found it increasingly difficult to read，　　　　his eyesight was beginning to fail．

A．a(chǎn)nd    　　　　B．but    　　　　C．or 　　　　　　D．for

From 1902 to 1904，Pieasso painted a series of pictures      the main color was blue．

A．which          B．that           C．where         D．when

When the earthquake happened in Sichuan，to protect students many teachers would lose lives   escape first．

A．rather than      B．mere than      C．other than     D．less than