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　　A
　　Last week, while visiting my dad with my daughter, we went to a restaurant for dinner. When we were seated, my dad asked the waitress if there were any soldiers eating at the restaurant. Then waitress said there was a soldier having dinner with his friend. My dad told the waitress to tell the soldier and his friend that their dinner was paid for! He also said that he did not want to be known as the benefactor(施主).
　　Then waitress later commented on my dad’s thoughtful behavior saying that she had never seen anything like this before. At a local college, she had studied opera and so she used this to thank my dad by performing a piece from The Pearl Fisherman. Her voice brought me to tears because it sounded perfect!
　　After a while, the soldier appeared at our table (I don’t know how he knew my dad paid the bill for him.) and said that he would be sent to the front the next morning and that he could not leave this country without saying “thanks” to my dad. My dad replied that it was he who wanted to say “thanks”. They shook hands as the soldier left.
　　Before we left, the waitress came by again. She did a magic show as another way to show her “thanks” to my dad. Her show was really great. My dad left her a note with email address asking for her next performance time in addition to a $ 50 tip.
　　Everyone witnessed something exemplary(可作榜样的) in the human spirit that night. I can only hope to see more of this in the future.
　　1.My dad offered help to the soldier and his friend in the restaurant probably because________.
　　A. he wanted to thank them for all they had done
　　B. he wanted to know more about them
　　C. he wanted the waitress to thank him
　　D. he wanted the soldiers to know his kindness
　　2.The waitress performed The Pearl Fisherman in the restaurant because________________.
　　A. she was asked to perform to the guests
　　B. she wanted to show off her wonderful skills
　　C. she wanted to show her respect and thanks to the author’s dad21cnjy.com
　　D. she wanted to attract more and more guests
　　3. What did the soldier do in response to the author’s father’s kindness?www.21-cn-jy.com
　　A. He gave something to author’s dad.
　　B. He gave a big tip to the waitress.
　　C. He did a magic show for the author and her father.
　　D. He said thanks to the author’s dad in person.
　　4. The passage mainly tells us that we should ___           __________.
　　A. find ways to thank others B. learn to be grateful to others
　　C. try to learn from each other     D. respect soldiers and waitresses
　　B
　　When you have a question about something, where do you go? For many people the answer is simple as they can go online to a search engine like Google or Yahoo. But what about people in rural or underdeveloped areas who may have no way to get on the Internet?
　　A business and international development professor in California, Rose Shuman, found an answer for them: Question Box. Question Box is a service that provides answers---free of charge---for people who cannot search the Internet directly. The users of Questions Box might be those who might not be able to read, or simply have no access to the Internet.
　　Question Box began three years ago in India. People used a metal call box with a push-to-taltton to connect a live operator. Rose Schuman explained,” You just need to push a big green button on the box which will connect you directly to our operators who are sitting in front of computers, and spear language. You can ask them any sort of question you want, and they’ll loop in English or in Hindi, or whatever the main language is, and translate the answer back for you.”【来源：21•世纪•教育•网】
　　The service is currently offered in two villages. The latest version of the box uses mobile phone technology, and solar panels in case the electrical power fails. Rose Shuman says the aim was to make the box as easy as possible for users, “It is very efficient (效率高的). Rather than try to bring a lot of difficulties to them and expect them to spend a lot of time to learn how to use the Internet, the idea was to make a technology that even Grandma could use.”
　　In April 2009, Question Box was introduced to Uganda. Forty community workers with mobile phones connected villagers to call center operators in Kampala. The community workers went around telling people about the service. They wore T-shirts that said “Ask me.” But Internet service in Uganda proved slow and undependable. So Question Box teamed up with a local technology company to store information on a local server. That way, the researchers in Kampala could quickly search the database for answers.