Bringing up children is hard work, and you are often to blame for any bad behavior of your children. If so, Judith Rich Harris has good news for you. Parents, she argues, have no important long -term effects on the development of the personality of their children. Far more important are their playground friends and neighborhood. Ms. Harris takes to hitting the assumption, which has dominated(支配) developmental psychology for almost half a century.

Ms. Harris's attack on the developmental psychologists’ "nurture" argument looks likely to reinforce(加强） doubts that the profession was already having. If parents matter, why is it that two adopted children, brought up in the same home, are no more similar in personality than two adopted children brought up in separate homes? Or that a pair of identical twins, brought up in the same home, are no more alike than a pair of identical twins brought up in different homes?

Difficult as it is to track the clear effects of parental upbringing, it may be harder to measure the exact influence of the peer(同龄人) group in childhood and adolescence. Ms. Harris points to how children from immigrant homes soon learn not to speak at school in the way their parents speak. But acquiring a language is surely a skill, rather than a characteristic of the sort developmental psychologists hunt for. Certainly it is different from growing up tensely or relaxed, or from learning to be honest or hard -working or generous. Easy though it may be to prove that parents have little impact on those qualities, it will be hard to prove that peers have vastly more.

Moreover, mum and dad surely cannot be ignored completely. Young adults may, as Ms. Harris argues, be keen to appear like their peers. But even in those early years, parents have the power to open doors: they may choose the peers with whom their young associate, and pick that influential neighborhood. Moreover, most people suspect that they come to resemble their parents more in middle age. So the balance of influences is probably complicated. Even if it turns out that the genes they pass on and the friends their children play with matter as much as affection, discipline and good example, parents are not completely off the hook

28．According to Ms. Harris,______.

A．parents are to blame for any bad behavior of their children

B．children's personality is largely shaped by their friends and neighbors

C．nature rather than nurture has a significant effect on children' s personality development

D．parents will affect greatly the children's life in the long run

29．The developmental psychologists think    .

A. children are more influenced by their peers

B. identical twins raised in the same home are different in personality

C. twins raised in two separate families are different in personality

D. upbringing has a less significant effect on children’s personality development

30．According to Paragraph 3, we know that    .

A. it is easier for children to gain a language at home

B. it is harder to follow the effects of parental upbringing

C. immigrant children avoid speaking the same way as their parents at school

D. it is proved that peers have a greater effect on children’s qualities

31．What does the author mean by saying parents are not completely off the look at the end of the passage？

A. Parents should control the situation.

B. Parents should give their way to children.

C. Parents should spend more time on children.

D. Parents should take on their responsibility.

  This past Thanksgiving Day the boss of the company I work for decided to serve a Thanksgiving meal for the poor. I couldn't  41  this and decided that I wanted to   42   ! I could deliver foods and send out my smile card.

I arrived at my  43    around 11 and found a line of families waiting outside the doors. I wasn't sure   44   I wanted to give my card to because there were so many people there  45   I knew I wanted to give it to a mother.

I served  46  table plates of turkey with all the fixings and slices of pumpkin pie for desert. Everyone was so happy and honestly seemed   47   for what my co-workers and I were doing.

At my last  48  there was an older lady with about eight kids. She looked tired, but  49     that her children were  50  . Smiling at her, I exchanged a few words   51   her and knew that she was a foster mom(养母) and that  52   she would have liked to cook at home she couldn't    53_it because of the size of her family. She then thanked me for  54  time with my family to serve hers.

She burst  55    a smile and gave me a hug__56_ .I gave my smile card to her.

At the end of the day I didn't think about how I gave up time with my 57   to do this because I got so  58    out of this special and unforgettable experience,  59   made me so incredibly thankful for   60   I have and I now realize it is important to give back, and not just on the holidays.

41．A.   escape       B.    accept       C.     forget         D.    miss

42．A.   ignore        B.    sign        C.     help         D.  take

43．A.   factory       B.    company    C.   home         D.    farm

44．A.   what               B.    when         C.     who         D.    where

45．A.   but          B.    so          C.     and         D.   while

46．A.  an amount of       B.    a number of  C   the series of  D.    the number of

47．A.   thankful      B.    regretful    C.     confused           D.    amused

48．A.   round         B.    table             C.     turn         D.    desk

49．A.   surprised          B.    upset        C.     happy        D.    curious

50．A.   sitting         B.    singing      C.     laughing           D.    eating

51．A.   with         B.   for          C.     about         D.    over

52．A.   in case       B.    as though        C.     even if        D.    so that

53．A.   pay         B.    think          C.     succeed      D.    afford

54．A.   putting up     B.    giving up          C.     taking up           D.    making up

55．A.   in            B.    out         C.     onto               D.    into

56．A.   hardly        B.    slightly      C.     carefully     D.    immediately

57．A.   family         B.    friend        C.     boss          D.    co-workers

58．A.   much          B.    little        C.     many          D.    few

59．A.   as           B.    which        C.     what               D.    it

60．A.   Something   B.   Somebody   C.   everything     D.    Everybody

Swedish businessman Nile Bergqvist is delighted with his new hotel,the world’s first igloo（冰屋）hotel.

   61  (build)in a small town,it has been attracting lots of visitors but soon the fun will be over.In two weeks’ time Bergqvst’s ice creation   62  (be)nothing more than a pool of water.“We don’t see it as a big problem,”he says.“We just look forward to   63  (replace)it.”

Bergqvist built his first igloo in 1991 for an art exhibition.It was   64   successful that he designed the  present one,  65  measures roughly 200 square meters.Six workmen spent more than eight weeks   66  (pie)1,000 tons of snow onto a wooden base;when the snow froze,the base  67  (remove).

After their stay,all visit receive a survival certificate recording their success.  68  no windows,nowhere to hang clothes and temperatures below 0℃，it may seem more like a survival test   69   am relaxing hotel break.“It’s great fun,”Bergqvist explains,“as well as a good start in survival training.”

The  70  (popular)of the igloo is beyond doubt:it is now attracting tourists from all over the world.At least 800 people have stayed at the igloo this season even though there are only 10 rooms.

Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, and this is especially true ____ it comes to classroom tests.

     A. before     B. since     C. when     D. after

在学习生活和工作中,与人合作是非常重要的。请你根据下表中所提供的信息,写一篇题为 “Cooperate with others”的英文演讲稿。

注意:

1.对所给要点,逐一陈述,适当发挥,不要简单翻译;

2.词数120左右。开头和结尾已经写好,不计入总词数;

3.演讲稿中不得提及考生所在学校及本人姓名。

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The most famous animal said to be capable of counting was a horse in Germany at the beginning of the 19th century called Clever Hans. The horse’s owner  21   that animals could think and reason as we can and that this   22   could come from training them. He trained Clever Hans to give the    23  to arithmetic (算术的) problems; the horse gave the correct answer by   24   the right number of times with its forefoot. The animal gave the correct answers not only to additions but to other arithmetic, too. It also gave the right answers when the questions were shown to it on a card.

This   25   was talked about so much that scientists studied the horse’s    26   . The committee, after a(n)    27  study, found that Clever Hans’ owner and trainer was   28    . He had not deliberately trained his horse to stop tapping by giving it a slight  29  . Members of the committee got the right answer from Hans  30 when the owner wasn’t there,  31   that this type of trickery (诡计) hadn’t happened.

It looked as if the horse really could think and   32  . But soon after this another scientist found that if the horse was asked questions to which none of the people there knew the answers, then the animal    33  gave a correct answer. The questions were asked by showing the horse a card that the questioner himself had not   34  .

This biologist soon discovered that the horse had actually   35   to very slight unconscious (下意识的) movements of head or body made by a questioner who knew the   36   number of taps. He counted the taps to himself, and when the horse got to the right number, the questioner’s tension (紧张感) was   37   by a small, unconscious movement of his head or body. The horse then   38  tapping. Questioners who didn’t know the answer didn’t do this. The horse had really   39  itself to answer these very small    40  during its training.

21.A. remembered        B. believed         C. expected         D. doubted

22.A. ability               B. knowledge            C. method           D. chance

23.A. answers           B. information          C. explanations     D. facts

24.A. jumping               B. dropping             C. moving           D. tapping

25.A. problem               B. case                 C. program          D. model

26.A. interests             B. hobbies              C. ability      D. habits

27.A. simple                B. careful              C. general          D. extra

28.A. independent           B. creative             C. honest           D. patient

29.A. praise                B. trust                    C. hint                 D. attention

30.A. even                  B. nearly                   C. still                D. only

31.A. knowing           B. considering          C. proving          D. pretending

32.A. work                  B. count                    C. play                 D. argue

33.A. ever                  B. sometimes            C. always           D. never 

34.A. designed              B. answered             C. improved         D. read 

35.A. compared          B. returned                 C. complained       D. responded

36.A. correct               B. various                  C. strange          D. direct

37.A. ignored               B. checked              C. offered              D. shown

38.A. practiced             B. continued            C.  began           D. stopped

39.A. permitted             B. regretted                C. taught           D. forced

40.A. tricks                B. movements        C. questions       D. instructions

 ----What impresses you most when you visit the Acropolis? 

   ---________ it is that has brought the former grand palace into today’s terrible scene.

   A. What            B. Where              C. How           D. When

Two businessmen flew to Australia to play in a weekend golf match. Their team won and they both received green   61   (jacket). On their last night in Australia, they  62   (stay) up late drinking beer. They were still drunk in the morning, but they drove their rented car  63   the airport. The road was empty.   64   (sudden). something jumped in front of the car. The driver couldn’t stop in time and the car hit it，

The men got out of the car and found a large kangaroo  65  (lie) on the road. The drunken men began to laugh and decided to take some photos with the "dead" kangaroo. One of the men decided to put the jacket on 66  kangaroo. So they dressed the poor kangaroo in a green jacket .Then they posed with it for some photos. Suddenly, something  67   (amaze) happened. The kangaroo opened its eyes. It was not dead. But it was very angry. The kangaroo hit the two men and knocked them out. Then it ran away. .In the kangaroo’s new green jacket  68   (be) the car keys ,a passport, and the air tickets.

Later that day, a motorist phoned the police.”You’re not going to believe this .”he said, “but a kangaroo in a green golf jacket  69   (run) along the road to the airport ” The police finally found out the whole story, and they punished the two  70  (drink) men.

 It suddenly occurred to me_____ there was a short cut to the history museum.

  A. if         B. that         C. whether        D. as if

        Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson River must remember the Catskill Mountains. They are a branch of the great Appalachian family, and can be seen to the west rising up to a noble height and towering over the surrounding country. When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print their beautiful shapes on the clear evening sky, but sometimes when it is cloudless, gray steam gathers around the top of the mountains which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will shine and light up like a crown of glory(华丽的皇冠).

At the foot of these mountains, a traveler may see light smoke going up from a village.

In that village, and in one of the houses (which, to tell the exact truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years ago, a simple, good-natured fellow by the name of Rip Van Winkle.

Rip’s great weakness was a natural dislike of all kinds of money-making labor. It could not be from lack of diligence, for he could sit all day on a wet rock and fish without saying a word, even though he was not encouraged by a single bite. He would carry a gun on his shoulder for hours, walking through woods and fields to shoot a few birds or squirrels. He would never refuse to help a neighbor, even in the roughest work. The women of the village, too, used to employ him to do such little jobs as their less helpful husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to everybody’s business but his own.

If left to himself, he would have whistled life away in perfect satisfaction; but his wife was always mad at him for his idleness(懒散). Morning, noon, and night, her tongue was endlessly going, so that he was forced to escape to the outside of the house—the only side which, in truth, belongs to a henpecked husband.

21．Which of the following best describes the Catskill Mountains?

A. They are on the west of the Hudson River.

B. They are very high and beautiful in this area.

C. They can be seen from the Appalachian family.

D. They gather beautiful clouds in blue and purple.

22．The hero of the story is probably ______.

A. hard-working and likes all kinds of work

B. idle and hates all kinds of jobs

C. simple, idle but very dutiful

D. gentle, helpful but a little idle

23．The underlined words “henpecked husband” in the last paragraph probably means a man who _______.

A. likes hunting     B. is afraid of hens

C. loves his wife    D. is afraid of his wife

24．What would be the best title for the text?

A. Catskill Mountains.          B. A Mountain Village.

C. Rip Van Winkle.              D. A Dutiful Husband.

A good friend of mine from           I was born showed up at my home right before I left for Beijing．

A．how               B．whom

C．when              D．which

A new phone app uses vibrations(振动) from smart phones to alert people about earthquakes. The phone app recognizes sudden shaking of the earth’s surface through sensors in smart phones. The new app is called MyShake. It is the work of four researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. They said they created a worldwide warning system that would inform people and give them time to prepare.

Smart phones are equipped with accelerometers. They measure acceleration movement of earth. Like that of a car of airplane. They can also measure the shaking of a machine, building or other structure. Accelerometers are used in activity trackers and apps that count steps or other exercise. They also are used in global positioning system apps, also called GPS.

MyShake uses phone accelerometers to measure seismic(地震的) activity. It has been programmed to know the difference between normal activity and earthquake movement. The software developers say their app right 93 percent of the time.

A smart phone sends seismic information to the app developers. If the developers receive several notifications from one area, it recognizes that an earthquake may be taking place or will take place soon. Using information sent from the app, the network then estimates the location and strength of the quake in real time. MyShake can record magnitude(震级) 5.0 earthquakes at distances of 10 kilometers of less. MyShake uses very little power, according to its developers. Only when seismic activity is sensed by the app does it become active and sends data to the network.

MyShake can add to information collected by the U.S Geological Survey. That U.S agency has created the Earthquake Early Warning System, also known as the EEW. The EEW has deployed(安置) sensors for measuring quakes in many areas . In places where no such equipment exists, MyShake may be the only method of early quake detection. “Our goal is to build a worldwide seismic network and use the data to reduce the effects of earthquakes on us as individuals and on society as a whole,” say the researchers. The developers say they hope to add a feature that would warn people about a possible tsunami, or the huge waves after an earthquake.

33. Which of the following is a function of accelerometers?

A. Positioning the location of a car of airplane.

B. Measuring speedup movement of earth.

C. Keeping track of smart phones.

D. Creating a worldwide warning system.

34. According to the text, MyShake can              .

A. add to information collected by the U.S. Geological Survey

B. record magnitude 5.0 earthquakes at distances of 10 km or more

C. be the only method of early quake detection

D. use phone accelerometers to prevent seismic activity

35. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. An instrument to warn people about tsunami.

B. A smart phone to measure the movement of earth.

C. A phone app to warn people about earthquakes.

D. A phone app to reduce the effects of earthquakes.

Most Americans use about 50 to 70 gallons of water each day in their homes. It is easy to waste water when you are not thinking about it. Make an effort to track how much water use when you brush your teeth, shower, cook, do your dishes, or clean your home, and look for ways to minimize water use at each step.

About 10 percent of all the water used in your home is used in the kitchen, primarily for dishwashing, cooking, drinking, and cleaning. Here’s how to save water in each of those areas. A recent study made by researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany found that washing dishes with a dishwasher uses half the energy, one-sixth the water, and much less soap than washing dishes by hand. If you don’t have a dishwasher, or if you just like to wash your dishes by hand, minimize running water by filling one sink with soapy water and one with washing water.

It’s important to drink a lot of water every day. Keep a bottle of drinking water in the refrigerator. This way you don’t have to run the tap to get a cool drink. Water helps remove toxins (毒素)from the body. Bottled water uses more energy and resources in its production and shipping than tap water, and it is often of similar quality. Americans throw away about 22 million water bottles each year, increasing landfills as well as resources. And according to the Natural Resource Defense Council’s four-year study on the bottled water industry, water that comes from a bottle is not cleaner or safer than water that comes from the tap. In fact, their study found that at least 25 percent of bottled water is actually just bottled tap water. Save money and resources by carrying your own reusable bottle filled with tap water, instead.

28. In the passage the author intends to             .

A. stress the importance of water in life          

B. give advice on how to save water

C. reminds us of the most water-wasting        

D. advise us to give up bottled water

29. You can observe daily water consumption            .

A. to strengthen water-saving consciousness     

B. to find ways to take place of water

C. to know how wasteful Americans are         

D. to calculate the total amount of water

30. When washing dishes in your kitchen,            .

A. you must use a dishwasher to save water      

B. you can avoid using soap on the dishes

C. you’d better not let the tap run all the time     

D. you should wash the dishes by hand

31. The author thinks that             .

A. refrigerator is useful in saving water   

B. running the tap too often means wasting water

C. water can stop toxins forming in the body      

D. all the bottled water is of poor quality

某英语刊物正在进行有关旅游的征文活动，请根据以下提示，以Travelling为题目，用英语写一篇短文，以便向该刊投稿。

1．旅游好处很多：领略大自然以及其他城市的美丽风景；呼吸新鲜空气；结交新朋友；放松自己，强身健体；

2．旅游常见问题：天气因素；被人偷；可能受伤；

3．旅游的准备工作：了解天气情况；找个旅伴(travelling companion)相互照应；小心谨慎；避免意外。

注意：

1.内容必须包括以上所有要点；

2.可适当增加内容，以使行文连贯；

3.词数：120左右。

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共

有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Some day I happened to find a chatting room in my QQ, there people were chatting in English. I tried to chat with some of them. To my surprised, I found the oral English of some junior students were better than me. I asked them for advice and they told me to practise more on QQ. But every day after that I would spend one hour practise my oral English on QQ. Day by day I learned from many useful words and expressions. With time go by, I found that I could even communicate some college students freely.

Recently some American scientists have given a useful piece of advice to people in industrialized nations．They say people should eat more of the same kind of food eaten by humans living more than 10,000 years ago．36_______    

The scientists say that the human life has changed greatly．Our bodies have not been able to deal with these changes in lifestyle and this had led to new kinds of sicknesses．37_______ So they are called "diseases of civilization"．Many cancers and diseases of the blood system are examples of such diseases.

Scientists noted that people in both the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age enjoyed very little alcohol or tobacco, probably none．38_______  However, a change in food is one of the main differences between life in ancient times and that of today.

Stone Age people hunted wild animals for their meat, which had much less fat than domestic ones．They ate a lot of fresh wild vegetables and fruits．They did not have milk or any other dairy products, and they made very little use of grains．39________  We eat six times more salt than our ancestors．We eat more sugar．We eat twice as much fat but only one third as much protein and much less vitamin C.

40________ But scientists say that we would be much healthier if we eat much the same way the ancient people did, cutting the amount of fatty, salty and sweet food.

    A．Stone Age people lived a simple life.

    B．But today, we enjoy eating a lot of these.

    C．In that case, they would live much healthier.

    D．Ancient people also got lots of physical exercise.

    E．These new sicknesses were not known in ancient times.

    F．People today probably don't want to live like our ancestors.

    G．Modern people used to suffer from "diseases of civilization".

Monthly Talks at London Canal Museum

Our monthly talks start at 19:30 on the first Thursday of each month except August. Admission is at normal charges and you don’t need to book. They end around 21:00.

November 7th

The Canal Pioneers, by Chris Lewis. James Brindley is recognized as one of the leading early canal engineers. He was also a major player in training others in the art of canal planning and building. Chris Lewis will explain how Brindley made such a positive contribution to the education of that group of early“civil engineers”.

December 5th

Ice for the Metropolis, by Malcolm Tucker. Well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering. Malcolm will explain the history of importing natural ice and the technology of building ice wells, and how London’s ice trade grew.

February 6th

An Update on the Cotswold Canals, by Liz Payne. The Stroudwater Canal is moving towards reopening. The Thames and Severn Canal will take a little longer. We will have a report on the present state of play.

March 6th

Eyots and Aits—Thames Islands, by Miranda Vickers. The Thames has many islands. Miranda has undertaken a review of all of them. She will tell us about those of greatest interest.

Online bookings:www. canalmuseum. org. uk/book

More info:www. canalmuseum. org. uk/whatson

London Canal Museum

12-13 New Wharf Road, London NI 9RT

www. canalmuseum. org. uk      www. canalmuseum. mobi

Tel:020 7713 0836

5. When is the talk on James Brindley?

A. November 7th.                      B. March 6th.

C. February 6th.               D. December 5th.

6. What is the topic of the talk in February?

A. The Canal Pioneers.

B. Ice for the Metropolis.

C. Eyots and Aits—Thames Islands.

D. An Update on the Cotswold Canals.

7. Who will give the talk on the islands in the Thames?

A. Chris Lewis.         B. Malcolm Tucker.

C. Miranda Vickers.     D. Liz Payne.

    A new study has found that social media could be affecting the sleep of young adults.

    The study is a project of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine.They found that young people who often use social media are more likely to suffer from sleep disorders than those who use social media less. The researchers say doctors should ask young adults about their use of social media when treating sleep issues.

    “This is one of the first pieces of evidence that social media use really can influence your sleep,” said Jessica C.Levenson.She was the lead author of a report on the study.

    The researchers set ort to examine the connection between social media use and sleep among young adults.Levenson noted that these young adults are possibly the first “generation to grow up with social media”.

    The researchers wanted to find out how often young people used social media sites like Facebook,Twiter,Credit and Tumblr. For the study, they gave questionnaires to nearly 1,800 adults,aged 19 to 32.On average,members of the study group used social media sites one hour a day .They also“visited various social media 30 times per week.”

    Thirty percent of the study’s participants reported having seriousproblems with sleeping.Those people who used social media a lot were three times more likely to have a sleep disor-der.And those who spent the most time on social media were two times as likely to suffer from sleep disturbances.

    Levenson said the number of times a person visits social media is a better predictor of sleep problems than overall time spent on social media .If this is true,she adds,then practices that stop such behaviors may be the most effective.

29.What’s the main idea of the text?

A.The researchers focus on social media.

B.The researchers manage to handle sleep problems.

C.Social media affects sleep.

D.Doctors treat young patients.

30.When treating sleep problems,doctors are advised to _______.

A.offer some advice about giving up social media

B.ask the patients about young adults’ use of social media

C.give young adults some medicine

D.ask about the patients’living conditions

31.How did the researchers mainly carry out the study?

A.By doing online research       B.By doing questionnaires

C.By collecting published data     D.By giving an example

32.What can be inferred from the text?

A.Men are more likely to suffer from a sleep disorder than women.

B.People often using social media are less likely to have a sleep disorder.

C.Using computers less helps avoid sleep problems completely

D.Sleep problems can be determined by the times of a person visiting social media

  There are as many varieties of English as there are speakers of it. English         61            

 (speak) as an official language in more than 60 countries, and it can sound very different from place to place.         62          is easy for us to tell British English         63            American English.

There is not really a standard form that everyone can agree on and English is          64              

(wide) spoken, so it is hard to tell which English is correct. As long as speakers can understand each other,         65          (correct) doesn't matter.

Australian  English has traces of both Irish and cockney speech patterns, because the first speakers were prisoners         66           came from all over Britain. Many of the Aboriginal words

         67         (pass) into the language.         68       the main differences lie in the individual sounds and intonation patterns.

But this is not the case, the variety of English         69          (speak) in Jamaica has some of the grammatical features of the American languages.

On the         70      side of the world, in Singapore, English is spoken by about half the population. Sentences often end with the word lah. English here has been influenced especially by Malay and the Chinese dialect Hokkien.

Our non­profit organization had just received a large donation of clothing. As three of us walked home for dinner, we saw a woman begging by the bridge. She was old and had no legs. She shivered in her thin sari(纱巾), which offered little protection from the cold wind. Her hunger forced her to beg. My friends and I looked at each other：here was a perfect opportunity, but first it was necessary to do a little bit of research.

We went up to the woman to hear her story. She spoke very little due to her poor health and fear, but we learned enough. She lived alone in her small home. She had no one to look after her and ate whatever people gave her. The desire to help her grew stronger. After speaking to her, we headed back to get something to keep her warm. Finding the perfect sweater, we set out again to see the woman. This time, the fear was replaced by distrust as we presented her with the sweater.

“Are you robbers？” she asked. “You came here before and are back so suddenly with clothes.” I was surprised by her principles．Even in her state, she did not want to wear anything that was stolen and gained through ill means.

“No, we are out doing service work.” Her shoulders relaxed a bit. I then helped her put the sweater on and said, “Please don't sell the sweater.” “I swear, I won't，” she said.

A week later, I was out walking with my mother to get some food when I saw the woman again. This time the picture was a little different. She was still begging, but with the gray sweater wrapped around her body and a smile on her face when she saw us. I guarantee that the smile on my face was bigger.

28. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. The organization had too many clothes.

B. The writer offered help without hesitation.

C. The woman wanted to make a fortune by begging.

D. The writer was careful before offering help to the beggar.

29. What do the underlined words “her principles” in the third paragraph refer to?

A. She never trusted strangers.

B. She never accepted donations from the poor.

C. She wouldn't accept anything gained illegally.

D. She wouldn't take advantage of others' kindness.

30. What contributed to their smiles at last?

A. Kindness and trust.         B. Caution and fear.

C. Doubt and distrust.          D. Optimism and generosity.

31. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Trusting the Beggars       B. A Beggar’s Morality

C. The Sweater to a Beggar    D. Learning to Judge a Real Beggar