【正文】 ed them to leave their home and move next door to us. The wife told me that she never destroyed the bills. They also had a “nosy neighbor” who looked through their garbage cans which they actually thought was pretty strange. Little did they know that this “nosy neighbor” was collecting their personal information from their rubbish. Then all their money was taken out from the bank by their neighbor. It was a very painful experience for all of them and they wanted to leave it all behind so they left. I was very thankful. They were not nosy neighbors. They simply didn’t want us to experience the same thing that they did. 21． What made the author angry? A. His neighbor’s wife was looking through his rubbish. B. His neighbors were mowing their lawn one morning. C. His neighbors got too close to his own home. D. His neighbors came to knock at his door at night. 22． Why did the couple e to the author’s home? A. To introduce themselves to the author. B. To get to know each other better. C. To return the documents to the author. D. To borrow some money from the author. 23． Which of the following can we infer from the last paragraph? A. The author was kind and helpful to the neighbors. B. The neighbors had to move from place to place. C. The neighbors didn’t have enough money. D. The author changed his idea about his neighbors. You may not pay much attention to your daily lift ride. Many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it. But Lee Gray, PhD, of the University of North Carolina, the US, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. He is known as the “Lift Guy” ． “The lift bees this interesting social space where etiquette( 禮儀 ) is sort of odd(奇怪的 )， ” Gray told the BBC. “They (Lifts) are socially very interesting but often very awkward places.” We walk in and usually turn around to face the door. If someone else es in, we may have to move. And here, according to Gray, lift users unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. He told the BBC what he had observed. He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want— it39。t have enough space， ” Professor Babette Renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin, told the BBC. “Usually when we meet other people, we have about an arm39。s not possible in most lifts.” In such a small, enclosed space it bees very important to act in a way that cannot be construed(解釋 ) as threatening or odd. “The easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact， ”she said. 24． The main purpose of the article is to ________． A. remind us to enjoy ourselves in the lift B. tell us some unwritten rules of lift etiquette C. share an interesting but awkward lift ride D. analyze what makes people feel awkward in a lift 25． According to Gray, when people enter a lift, they usually ________． A. turn around and greet one another B. look around or examine their phones C. make eye contact with those in the lift D. try to keep a distance from other people 26． Which of the following describes how people usually stand when there are at least two people in a lift? (The point in the chart refers to one person) As Amy Hagadorn rounded the corner across the hall from her classroom, she crashed with a tall boy from the fifth grade running in the opposite direction． “Watch it, Squirt,”the boy yelled, as he dodged around the little third grader． Then, with an unfriendly smile on his face, the boy took hold of his right leg and mimicked the way Amy limped（跛行） when she walked． Amy closed her eyes for a moment． ―Ignore him,‖ she told herself as she headed for her classroom． But at the end of the day, Amy was still thinking about the tall boy‘s mean teasing． It wasn‘t as if he were the on ly one． Amy was tired of it． Sometimes, even in a classroom full of other students, the teasing about her speech or her limping made her feel all alone． Back home at the dinner table that evening Amy was quiet． That‘s why Patti Hagdorn was happy to have some exciting news to share with her daughter． “There‘s a Christmas Wish Contest on the radio station,” she announced． “Write a letter to Santa and you might win a prize ． I think someone at this table with blond curly hair should enter． ” Amy giggled． The contest sounded like fun． She started thinking about what she wanted most for Christmas． A smile took hold of Amy when the idea first came to her． Out came pencil and paper and Amy went to work on her letter． ―Dear Santa Claus,‖ she began ． While Amy worked away at her best printing, the rest of the family tried to guess what she might ask from Santa． Amy‘s sister, Jamie, and Amy‘s mom both thought a 3foot Barbie Doll would top Amy‘s wish list ． Amy‘s dad guessed a picture book． But Amy wasn‘t ready to reveal h er secret Christmas wish just then． Here is Amy‘s letter to Santa, just as she wrote it that night: Dear Santa Clause, My name is Amy． I am 9 years old． I have a problem at school． Can you help me, Santa? Kids laugh at me because of the way I walk and run and talk． I have cerebral palsy（大腦性癱瘓）． I just want one day where no one laughs at me or makes fun of me． Love, Amy At radio station WJLT in Fort Wayne, Indiana, letters poured in for the Christmas Wish Contest． The workers had fun reading about all the different presents that boys and girls from across the city wanted for Christmas． When Amy‘s letter arrived at the radio station, manager Lee Tobin read it carefully． He knew cerebral palsy was a muscle disorder that might confuse the schoolmates of Amy who didn‘t understand her disability ． He thought it would be good for the people in Fort Wayne to hear about this special third grader and her unusual wish． Mr． Tobin called up the local