阅读理解：

　Five months ago, I went to Beijing on business, While I was coming out of the Beijing Railway Station, a middle-aged woman came to me with a younger woman.

　“Hi, sir, where did you come from?” she asked.

　“I've just come from Hefei.” I answered at once, thinking that people in Beijing were so kind.

　“My younger sister came from the northeast. She needs a little bit of money to send a telegram（电报）to her family asking to post her some money. Can you lend her some? My sister is too shy to ask.” I felt sorry for them . Maybe some day I would also get into such trouble. So I gave them enough money to send a telegram.

　Five days later, I was coming into the Beijing Railway Station to take the train back to Hefei. Almost at the same place, another middle-aged woman came to . “Hi, sir, where are you going?”

　“I'm going to Anhui.”

　“I'm from the northeast. I want to send a telegram to my home for some money. Can you ...?”

　Once bitten, twice shy（一次被咬，下次胆小）.I shook（摇）my head.

　“No .There are too many people like you. I just can not afford（提供）it!”

　The woman made a long face at once.

　“If you have no money, that's all right . But what are you saying?”

　“I'm saying there are too many strangers asking me to give them money to send telegrams,” I raised （ 提高）my voice, Then she said something in a low voice and went away.

(1) The word “Railway” means ________.　　　

[　　]

A．train　　　  　　B．bus

C．shop　　　　    　　　D．plane

(2) When he arrived at the station, ________.　　　

[　　]

A．he was welcomed

B．he met two kind women

C．he was fooled

D．he met two good women

(3) He did not give the second middle-aged woman any money because .

[　　]

A．he had no money left

B．he had little money

C．she made money in the same way

D．she needed money

(4) These women came from _________ really.　　　

[　　]

A．the northeast　    　　B．Beijing

C．Hefei　　　　　  　　D．We don't know

(5) Which is true?　　　

[　　]

A．People at the station need money very much.

B．The women were poor.

C．The women lied to him.

D．The women lost their money.

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　　I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother’s who owned a book shop hired（雇佣） me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very 　1　 　to earn my own pocket money and my parents 　2　 　interfered（干涉）with how I spent it, even when I was spending it foolishly. They believed that by earning money, spending it, and learning from the 　3　 , I would become more mature（成熟的） and responsible about how to handle work, relationships with others, and money.
　　Like many American parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they 　4 　　a great deal. When I was sixteen, for example, after I finished high school and before I entered university, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around Europe. My mother was against the idea of my traveling alone at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great 　5　 　for me. In the end, my father won the argument（争论） on the 　6　 　that I limited（限定）my traveling to France, my mother’s home, where I had many uncles, aunts and cousins spread out through the country who could 　7　 　shelter（住处）and help if I needed them.
　　Three years later, my younger brother decided to 　8　 　a year off after his first year in university and travel through the United States and the Caribbean. Again my mother was very worried and not eager to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a(n) 　9　 　year working his way on trains and ships to 　10 　　passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.
　　These kinds of experiences are probably rare（稀少的）for children in many countries but in the US they are fairly common. Most parents start 　11　 　their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. By the time they have finished high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, have selected the university they plan to attend and maybe even 　12　 　on their future career, and so on.