阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A、 B、 C、D 四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
One day a father and his 5-year-old son were decorating（装饰） the Christmas tree. A little boy about six years old came to the front door begging. In Mexico, people taking begging as a normal ____1____ of life. People just accept it and they give ____2____ they have.
When they saw the little boy, the father and the son went to the front door. The little boy was ____3____ dressed and seemed very cold. The father went back with his son and said to him, “give him one of your___4___.” The little boy opened his box and ____5____ an old one, but his father said to him, “No, no---give him your ____6____”And the little boy, like a little tiger, shouted, “no way!” He cried and refused to give what he liked best to the little boy. ____7____ the father insisted (坚持) softly, “No, you must give him one of your favorite toys. He may not have a mom or dad. It’s ____8____ outside, yet he can’t stay at home to sit by a fire to enjoy the ____9____ of Christmas.”
Hearing that, the boy, with his ____10____ down, picked out a toy he had just got. He walked to the front door with the toy in his hand, and the father ____11____ in the living room.
After about ten ____12____, his son came running back into the living room.
“Daddy, can I give him ____13____ one” shouted the little boy happily.
The father did not know what had happened to his son and the little boy, yet he felt very ____14____ that his son finally understood the joy of ____15____.

—        is it from your home to the cinema, Mike?

— It is only about ten minutes’ walk.

A．How far           B．How long          C．How soon         D．How often

阅读短文，根据短文内容回答下列问题或翻译句子。
It was very cold .It snowed heavily and blew very strongly . It was not a good night to go out . But David had to walk home from work ."I can be warmer ," he thought ,"I wear my coat backwards (反方向地)."He took off his coat and put it on backwards "That’s much better." He thought and walked on . About ten minutes later a car hit him. The driver stopped his car and got out of it .He ran to help David .
Soon a police car arrived .The policeman ran to look at David ."I’m afraid he’s dead. " The policeman told the driver .
The driver could not believe it ." He can’t be dead ."He cried, "I did not touch him. Look at my car. There is not a mark on it."
"He’s dead ." The policeman said again .
"I don’t understand it ." The driver said ,"As soon as I hit him. I ran to help him. He was lying on the road , but he was breathing and there was no blood."
"Did you touch him ? " The policeman asked .
"Yes," The driver said ,"but I only turn his head around the right way ."
【小题1】Why was David walking in such bad weather ?
【小题2】How did David make himself warmer ?
【小题3】Did the driver run to help David ?
【小题4】Who killed David ?
【小题5】把画线的句子译成汉语。