【正文】 single light in a ground floor window. I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice. After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase. I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car. She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s no thing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.” “Oh, you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?” “It’s not the sho rtest way,” I answered quickly. “Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on my way to a h ospital. I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.” I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(計(jì)價(jià)器 ). For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl. Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing. At dawn, she suddenly said,” I’m tired. Let’s go now.” We drove in silence to the address she had given me. “How much do I pay for you?” she asked. “Nothing.” I said. “You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.” 22. How was the old woman? A. She was fine, but she wanted to have a family. B. She missed her hometown very much. C. She was ill, but not serious. D. She was ill and she was dying. 23. The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ________. A. show she was familiar with the city B. see some places for the last time C. let the driver earn more money D. reach the destination on time taxi driver did not charge(收費(fèi) ) the old woman because he ________. A. wanted to do her a favor B. shut off the meter by mistake C. had received her payment in advance D. was in a hurry to take other passengers 25. What can we learn from the story? A. Giving is always a pleasure. B. People should respect each other. C. An act of kindness can bring people great joy. D. People should learn to appreciate others’ concern. D English teenagers will receive cooking lessons in schools. The idea is to encourage healthy eating to solve the problem that many people are overweight. Also, it worries people that basic cooking and food preparation skills are being lost because parents use too much preprepared fast food. Cooking was once regarded as an important part of education in Englandeven if it was mainly for girls. In recent years cooking has bee less important in schools. But the rising level of obesity(肥胖的 ) has led to rethink about the food that children are given and the skills they should be taught . “What we want is to teach young people how to do basic, simple meals, which they can use now at home and then in their life,” said Ed Balls, an education expert. The new lessons will start in September, but some schools without kitchens will be given a longer time to prepare. Also, there may be a shortage of teachers with the right skills, since schools have been teaching food technology rather than practical cooking. Besides, the lessons for handon cooking will only be one hour a week for one term. But the wellknown cookery writer, Pru Leith, believe it will be worth it. “If we’d done this thirty years ago we might not have to face the problem about obesity and lack of knowledge about food and so on. Every child should know how to cook, not just so that they’ll be healthy, but because it’s a life skill which is a real pleasure.” The renewed interest in cooking is an effort to reduce the obesity rate, which is almost the highest in Europe, and according to the government, half of all British people will be obese in 25 years if present trends(趨勢(shì) ) are not halted. 26. The passage mainly talks about ________. A. the reason for obesity B. the lost cooking skills C. the healthy eating D. the cooking classes 27. Which of the following is NOT the aim of bringing back cooking lessons in Britain? A. To encourage teenagers to eat healthy food. B. To reduce the country’s increasing obesity rate. C. To prevent basic cooking and food preparation skills from being lost. D. To encourage parents to use more preprepared fast food. 28. How will cooking lessons do good to the students? A. All of them will bee good cooks in their later life. B. Students will be healthy and enjoy the pleasure of such a life skill as well. C. Students will