【正文】 f my house?” Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbours that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “ Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked. He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him ing back, but he was not ing fast. He was carrying his little crippled (殘疾 ) brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car. “ There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’ t cost him a cent. And some day I’ m going to give you one just like it ? then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas windows that I’ ve been trying to tell you about.” Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shiningeyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unfettable holiday ride. 16. The street urchin was very surprised when ________. A. Paul received an expensive car B. Paul told him about the car C. he saw the shining car D. he was walking around the car 17. From the story we can see the urchin ________. A. wished to give his brother a car B. wanted Paul’ s brother to give him a car C. wished he could have a brother like Paul’ s D. wished Paul could be a brother like that 18. The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ________. A. to show his neighbours the big car B. to show he had a rich friend C. to let his brother ride in the car D. to tell his brother about his wish 19. We can infer（推斷） from the story that ________. A. Paul couldn’ t understand the urchin B. the urchin had a deep love for his brother C. the urchin wished to have a rich brother D. the urchin’ s wish came true in the end 20. Paul gave the brothers a ride probably because _________. A. he was free during the Christmas holiday B. he thought he should help all crippled people C. he was moved by the older brother’ s wish D. he wanted to take them to buy Christmas gifts Passage 3 Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery: givingaway makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you lack money. This is how I experimented with givingaway. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store flashes to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper. One discovery I made about givingaway is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though the return often es in an unexpected form. One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home, though it was addressed to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation. More than a year later I needed a postoffice box for a new business I was starting. I was told at the window that there were no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list. As I was about to leave, the postmaster appeared in the doorway. He had overheard (無意中聽到 ) our conversation. “ Wasn’ t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?” I said yes. “ Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you. You don’ t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get nothing but plaints.” 21. From the passage, we understand that ____________. A. the author did not understand the importance of giving until he was in late thirties B. the author was like most people who were mostly receivers rather than givers C. the