About ten years ago, a very successful businessman named John was travelling down a neighborhood street. He was going a little too  1   in his expensive new car.

    Suddenly, a brick（砖） hit his new car and broke the  2  .The   3   driver jumped out of the car, caught the kid who threw the brick and shouted, "What are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to   4    a lot of money. Why did you do it?"

    "I'm sorry for breaking your new car, but I didn't know   5  to do," the young boy apologized（道歉）. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop!"

With   6   on his face, the little boy said, "It's my elder brother. He fell out of his wheelchair. Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's too  7   for me to lift him up. "The driver was greatly moved. He quickly lifted the   8   boy back into the wheelchair and checked to see that he was going to be OK.

"You are a nice man. Thank you." the little child said. The businessman watched the little boy push the wheelchair down the sidewalk toward their home.

    After that, John   9   the hole in his window to remind（提醒） him of this message "Don't go through life so fast that   10  has to throw a brick at you to get your attention."

    The world sends a message and speaks to our hearts. We all have the choice to listen…or wait for the "brick".

1．A．fast                         B．slow                      C．slowly

2．A．seat                        B．door                      C．window

3．A．glad                       B．angry                    C．happy

4．A．cost                     B．save                     C．get

5．A．how else                 B．which else               C．what else

6．A．happiness                  B．tears                    C．smiles

7．A．small                      B．old                      C．heavy

8．A．disabled                   B．healthy                  C．illness

9．A．kept                     B．repaired                   C．filled

10．A．no one                   B．someone                 C．anyone

Making sense of how the US shows humor
Living in a new country gives me many surprises. The first surprise was the way that the US people speak
One day I saw someone was having a public speech in a square. I thought it would be a serious speech. But I soon found it became a kind of entertainment show.
The speaker told the audience to protect the environment with humorous words. Later he said some people’s behavior didn’t go with their words. He took the example of Taylor Swift’s song We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.[
He said that since Swift doesn’t want to be with the boy any more, she doesn’t need to speak it aloud, she doesn’t need to sing unless she still keeps in touch with that guy. It sounds like she is a hypocrite.
Then he sang the song in a funny way. The audience laughed out loudly. I felt a little angry because Swift is my favourite star. I couldn’t understand why they laughed at Swift.
As time goes on, I find many US people make fun of others. But they don’t mean to hurt them. They do that to show closeness and humour. And people who are laughed at seldom get angry. Now I understand the speaker at the square. Now I’ve got used to the way the US people speak.
It’s easy to find culture shock when you’re in a new place. But everyone should learn to understand different cultures and customs. 
【小题1】The man in the square was _______________.