Question

The Wal-Mart in Cleburne, Texas, was crowded. People were waiting in long lines at checkout counters to pay for small things that would be next-morning treasures under someone’s Christmas tree.
The woman standing in cashier Jeffrey Kandt’s line seemed to be living on the edge of subsistence（生计）. Her clothes were worn and her hands were those of a person who’d worked hard for what she had. She held a single item in her arms as she patiently waited to move to the front of the line — a Sony CD player. She had saved all year for this. With tax, the total would be close to $ 220.
As the woman got close to the cashier, she suddenly shouted, “Where’s my money? All of my money fro my son’s gift! Oh no!”
“Why my line?” Kandt thought as he watched the poor woman searching through her clothes. He was going to have to call his manager to avoid the sale but it would mean a long wait for the customers behind her. “I am going to go home late tonight,” Kandt thought.
Then an amazing thing happened. At the back of the line, a man took out his wallet, pulled out $100 and passed it forward. As the cash moved up the line, a twen5ty-dollar bill was added here, and a ten-dollar bill was added there. When the collection finally reached the registewr, Kandt counted $ 220.
Strangers had fulfilled a poor woman’s Christmas wish.
The poor in his line at the Wal-Mart in Cleburne, Texas, had come together on Christmas Eve, 2002.

1. 1.
   According to the passage, the woman’s Christmas wish was to ______.
   1. A.
      collect $ 220 for her family
   2. B.
      buy her son a CD player as a gift
   3. C.
      buy enough food for her family
   4. D.
      organize a big party for her son
2. 2.
   Which of the following statements is TRUE about Jeffrey Kandt when the woman couldn’t find her money?
   1. A.
      He was impatient and wanted to go home.
   2. B.
      He wanted to see whether the woman had money or not.
   3. C.
      He wanted the woman to stand in another line.
   4. D.
      He didn’t think about the customers waiting behind the woman.
3. 3.
   What does paragraph 5 mainly talk about?
   1. A.
      a description of a man standing in the line
   2. B.
      the cashier, Jeffery Kandt
   3. C.
      the collection of $ 220
   4. D.
      a reason why the strangers collected he money
4. 4.
   What can we learn from the passage?
   1. A.
      The woman collected money by herself.
   2. B.
      The woman seemed to be poor, but in fact had lots of money.
   3. C.
      Strangers in the line volunteered to help the woman.
   4. D.
      The woman had never ay money.

Answer 1

BACC
1.依据第二、三段提供的信息可知，“她”的愿望是为“她的”儿子买一份圣诞礼物。）
2.依据第四段的信息“avoid the sale”及“I am going to go home late tonight”可知，选项A是正确答案。）
3.第五段第一句为主题句，后面几句都围绕这一主题叙述，所以选项C是正确答案。）
4.从第五段的情节可知，陌生人是主动帮助这位妇女的，故正确答案为选项C。）