When a group of firefighters saw an elderly woman in a wheelchair trying very hard toget to her door last week, they decided to spend their weekend building a walkway for her.
An officer in Missouri said that their firefighters had been coming back from a call lastweek when they noticed an elderly woman trying to move her wheelchair across her front yard. It's not even（平坦的）.
"Many stairs and uneven pathway unfortunately led to the woman falling over in herwheelchair while trying to enter the house, " the fire department wrote. "Luckily, the patient was uninjured, but we saw a chance to help. "
The group of firefighters later came back to the woman's home and spent their days offbuilding a new walkway to her front door.
"She now will have an even pathway to enter her home, " the fire department wrote. "Ahuge thank-you goes out to the members that spent their days off helping those in need. "
Since the fire department posted photos of the firefighters at work on their website, theirpost has been shared hundreds of times with social media users praising the men for their goodturn.
"That's what it's all about! Neighbors are helping neighbors. Job well done!" one userwrote, with another adding, "It was very kind of you firefighters to spend your free timehelping someone in need. Thank you so much for the service that you do in saving people. "
"Great to take care of those in need, " a user wrote. "What a nicegesturestore on your days off. Thank you. "
"I live in a community full of care too. You find it whenever people ask how you're doingbecause they care, not because they're getting paid to do so. I hope one could get encouragementwhen he/she meets something bad and maybe someone else will be inspired and do goodthings. That would be great, " a user wrote.
54. Why did these firefighters build the walkway?
A. Someone asked them to do so.
B. They saw many elderly people fall over.
C. The elderly woman was too old to do it herself.
D. They wanted to do something to help those in need.
55. What does the underlined word "gesture" in paragraph 8 probably mean?
A. behavior.
B. story.
C. guest.
D.culture.
56. Which of the following could best describe the firefighters?
A. Cheerful and smart.
B. Intelligent and outgoing.
C. Polite and independent.
D. Warm-hearted and helpful.
57. What is the best title for the text?
A. Communication Counts
B. The Pleasure of Giving
C. Firefighters Build an Elderly Woman a Walkway
D. Depend on Yourselves When Facing Difficulties
C
School uniforms are traditional in Britain. Pupils at about 90 percent of British secondaryschools wear uniforms. When every pupil in the school wears the uniform, nobody has toworry about fashion and they feel that they belong to a group. Some people believe that aschool uniform can help students pay attention to schoolwork. But some schools in Britain andother countries are starting to drop the traditional uniforms.
An Australian school has decided to drop its traditional school uniform, hoping newsportswear will encourage students to take part in more activities. School headmasterElisabeth Lenders said the uniform change had been in the works for several years. "Wedecidedthatin 2018-2019, " she said. "The importance is clear: to make young people live happy, healthy lives. "
Ms Lenders said World Health Organization research reported 90 percent of youngAustralians and New Zealanders were not getting the minimum（最小的）daily levels of activity they needed in order to lead a healthy life. As well as the new uniform, she said the school would change timetables to make surethere would be chances for students to take part in physical activity every day.
Ms Lenders said in the past, a uniform was about all looking the same but in the 21stcentury it was important for students to be able to choose clothes that they liked.
And this Australian school had made an online survey about the uniform change and hadreceived great support from parents and students. Tara, mother of Ava in Year 7, said it was agreat move from the school. "These are the challenges of our time, and we want young peopleto think about them, " she said. "It is bigger than just throwing out the old uniform. It's aboutwhat the role of education is about. And for me it's helping young people to live a happy,healthy and productive life. "
58. What does the underline word“that”in paragraph 2 refer to?
A. physical activity.
B. uniform change.
C. happy life.
D. students' health.
59. According to the passage, the uniform change in this Australian school __________.
A. helps students to live a healthy life
B. gives students a sense of belonging
C. teaches students to dress fashionably
D. helps students to pay attention to study
60. What can we know from the last paragraph?
A. Students there may wear different kinds of clothes.
B. It's not clear whether the change is good for students or not.
C. Parents have different opinions towards the change of uniform.
D. The change receives strong support from students and parents.
61. Where is the text probably from?
A. A novel.
B. A guidebook.
C. A newspaper.
D. A book review.
D