Just a Little Smile
Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw the boy in front of turn fall over and drop all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman (隨身聽). Mark stopped and helped the boy pick up these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Mark knew that the boy's name was Bill, that he loved computer games, basketball and history, and that he was having lots of troubles with his other subjects and that he had just
broken up with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited(邀請) in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed happily with a few laughs and some small talk, then Mark went home. They often saw . each other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then they both finished middle school. They ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill asked Mark if he still remembered the day years ago when they had first met. "Did you ever think why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker(鎖柜) because I didn't want to leave anything for anyone else. I had put away some of my mother's sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, ! began to understand that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life. "
【小題1】 When Mark met him the first time, Bill was going
| A．to have a basketball game | B．to his classroom | C．to see Mark | D．back home |
【小題2】From what Bill was carrying, we can know that he
.
| A．was a good student |
| B．liked sports and music |
| C．liked all the subjects in school |
| D．was a good friend |
【小題3】Mark and Bill
.
| A．were in the same middle school and high school |
| B．were in the same middle school but not in the same high school |
| C．of ten had lunch together at school |
| D．had known each other before they began to study in middle school |
【小題4】 In this passage, the phrase "break up" means"
".
| A．相處很好 | B．和好如初 | C．關系破裂 | D．保持聯(lián)系 |
【小題5】 When Mark helped Bill to pick up some of his things, he.
.
| A．knew he could save Bill's life |
| B．knew who Bill was and wanted to help him |
| C．didn't know why he was going to help him |
| D．didn't know what he was doing was very important to Bill |
