In the tenth grade, I began volunteering at a vet hospital in order to get experience for what I thought would be my future job. As it turned out, the experience I got at the hospital taught me the opposite: my future was not in vet medicine. However, there is one particular Saturday morning that taught me something maybe more important.
The hospital was in the middle of one of the poorer sections of the city and we often had people come in who could just only pay for the most basic treatments. This Saturday a man and his young son, who was probably about 7 years old, walked in with a small cat in a cardboard box. I remember the cat had an eye infection (感染) but the man could not afford to pay for the cost of the medicine in addition to the exam. When he asked where the nearest the animal shelter（庇护所） was, his son cried and started to argue with his father. Out of the blue, an older woman who was sitting in the waiting room stood up, walked up to the counter, and told the man that she would pay for anything that he could not afford. The man thanked her and the son got to keep a healthy cat.
I had always thought it was the right thing to help out a needy person, but it was only seen on TV or in movies. The woman in the vet’s office taught me that these things do happen in real life, and should happen more often. When I am hesitant (犹豫) to help someone who is in need, I remember that woman, and have the courage to do it. Sometimes other people follow.
【小题1】Why did the writer work at the vet hospital?

Mrs. Smith often felt lonely when her husband went to work．The room was small and she always spent only half an hour tidying it．She couldn’t get up early in the morning, so Mr. Smith had to cook breakfast himself．She usually had some bread and milk for lunch and only cooked supper for herself and her husband．They had no television．Mr. Smith always went to bed at nine．

It was a winter morning．The sun was shining and it was warmer outside than it in the room．The woman sat on the step of a shop, looking at the busy traffic．At that moment a man with a map in his hand was coming towards her．

"Excuse me, madam," said the man．"Could you tell me how to get to the nearest hospital, please?"

Mrs. Smith looked at him up and down．"He seems a farmer," the woman said to herself．"Let me laugh at him．"

Then she turned to him said．"Lie down in the middle of the street and you'll soon be sent to a hospital．"

"Please set an example (示范) to me, then," said the man．

She had to tell the way to him and then she said, "I think you've been in a city for the first time．It's much more beautiful than the field．Is that right?"

"Yes, madam," said the farmer with a smile．"But I think it is built on the field!"

1．Mrs. Smith was very lazy，so                    ．

A．she felt lonely

B．she didn't cook breakfast

C．she spent half an hour in tidying the room

D．she wouldn't stay in the small room

2．Mr. Smith always went to bed at nine because                   ．

A．he was in poor health

B．he was very tired in the day-time

C．he had to cook breakfast the next day

D．he had nothing to do in the evening

3．Mrs. Smith sat on the step to             ．

A．look at the traffic                          B．wait for her husband

C．bask (晒太阳) in the sun-light                  D．buy some cheap things in the shop

4．The woman thought          , so she was going to laugh at him．

A．the man was poor                         B．the man was a traveller

C．the man came from a village                  D．the man would ask her the way

5．Which of the following is true?

A．Mrs. Smith laughed at the farmer．

B．Mrs. Smith got the farmer into trouble．

C．The farmer cleverly answered the woman．

D．The farmer didn't know how to answer the woman．