Last year, I met a little boy to whom my heart went out. He would talk to me every single day, and always seemed to have a smile on his face. His problem was that he stuttered (口吃) extremely badly when he tried to talk. It was really hard to understand what he was saying, although he loved to tell big tales!
One morning, I was talking to the teachers who ran the school store. The boy stopped by and said hello to all of us. Afterwards they told me that the boy would stop every day to ask if they would be there the next day. But of course, he never had money to buy anything.
I decided that I would get him a little something just as a surprise. So I picked out a pencil, a rubber, and a small notebook for just $1.00. I cannot describe the look on his face when I gave him the three little things. Then, without a stutter, he loudly said, "Thank you so much!" and just kept repeating, "Thank you! Thank you!" He gave me a big hug before going off to class.
I was touched to see someone appreciate something that much. As he walked off, he was showing his new stuff to other kids walking to class. I have to say that I have never spent a dollar that would mean so much to me.
小题1:Why did the boy never buy anything from the store?
A．Because he couldn’t make himself understood.
B．Because the teachers were unwilling to sell him anything.
C．Because he couldn’t afford anything.
D．Because he could never decide what to buy.小题2:What do we learn from the third paragraph?
A．Actually the boy had no stutter at all.
B．The boy was too excited to stutter at the moment.
C．What the author had bought helped the boy speak normally.
D．The author wanted to find out whether the boy really had a stutter.小题3:Which would be the best title for the passage?
A．A Stuttering Boy
B．Kindness Can Do Wonders
C．One Dollar Can Buy Anything
D．The Best Dollar I Have Spent小题4:What is the boy’s attitude to his life?
A．active
B．passive
C．disappointed
D．fearful
