【正文】 rican web business which allows you to rent out your spare room to holidaymakers. It says it operates in 34,000 cities and it has 800,000 listings of rooms and apartments. 37 A British pany is doing something with parking spaces. Just Park39。 I?m married and I love my wife!?” 21. Why did the man have a black eye? A. He had a terrible headache. B. He didn?t sleep well the night before. C. He was hit in the eye by his wife. D. He fell over and knocked onto the table. 22. The wife did so much for her husband that morning probably because _____. A. she thought it was her duty B. her husband got drunk for her C. she was moved by his words D. she wanted to give him a surprise 23. The passage is intended to _____. A. tell us a funny story B. show us how to care a drunken person C. warn us how dangerous it is to be drunk D. persuade us not to get drunk B Several dollars equal nothing for some people, but make a difference for others. Steve has just lost his wife to cancer and everything they had is gone due to the treatment. He now lives in the shelter for the homeless. So we know each other. Just like other homeless people, he didn?t think he needed anything. But once he mentioned to me he needed eye glasses. His voice hesitated a bit, he looked down, and it appeared like he thought such a request was just a dream. Too much to hope for? It was as if his wish were known by me only. I submitted an application for him to a program that is supposed to provide a free eye examination and glasses. Three months later, I phoned to ask what was up with the appointment but they told me there was a cash flow problem until late summer. Steve showed disappointment, thanked me and started to walk away. I said, “Hold on, I will figure out a way to get you an eye examination and glasses.” His face lit up a tiny bit. He had seen some of the things I have done for other people in our shelter and to me it looked like he might have a line of hope. I took a picture of him and posted his picture and his story in the Twitter. In about 4 days, eight people from around the world donated $25 each and one person donated $40 and I made up the rest to get him an eye exam and glasses. Steve picked up his glasses on Wednesday: May 11th, 2021. Today Steve has returned to a previous job he had in a nearby car wash. Because he now has glasses he will be able to see what he is doing while cleaning the vehicles. He is starting a second job at a pet center next week! 24． We can learn from the first two paragraphs that ______. A. it took a long time to treat Steve?s wife B. homeless people never ask for anything C. the author and Steve have been friends for years D. Steve was too embarrassed to ask for help 25． The program failed to satisfy Steve because ______. A. it was already out of business B. Steve didn?t submit the application himself C. it had some trouble in finance D. it?s not designed for people like Steve 26． What can be inferred from the passage? A. The program was closed three months ago. B. The author might be a volunteer in the shelter. C. Steve got $240 in total from kindhearted people. D. Steve used to work as a salesman in a car factory. 27． The best title for the passage is probably ______. A. Money can sometimes talk B. Two heads are better than one C. Small help can really count D. God helps those who help themselves C Last year I ruined my summer vacation by bringing along a modern convenience that was too convenient for my own good: the iPad. Instead of looking at nature, I checked my . Instead of paddling a small boat, I followed my Twitter feed (推特簡訊 ). Instead of reading great novels, I stuck to reading four newspapers each morning. I was behaving as if I were still in the office. My body was on vacation but my head wasn?t. So this year I made up my mind to try something different: withdrawal (退出 ) from the Inter. I knew it wouldn?t be easy, since I?m bad at selfcontrol. But I was determined. I started by giving the iPad to my wife. The cellphone signal at our house was worse than in the past, making my attempts at cheating an experience in frustration . I was trapped, forced to go through with my plan. Largely cut off from , Twitter and my favorite newspaper websites, I had few ways to connect to the world except for radio and how much radio can one listen to, really? I had to do what I had planned to all along: read books. This