Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款臺), I said hello to an older couple（夫婦）who were also paying for gas.
I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car, I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.
I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays wonderful.
Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery（電池） was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership - a shop selling cars - was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.
"Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?" I asked and told them my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck (小貨車) to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.
"Thank you" - two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.
小題1: The writer planned to stop at Oklahoma City ______.
A．to visit a friendB．to see his parents
C．to pay at the cash registerD．to have more gas for his car
小題2:The words "took off" underlined in Paragraph 2 mean“______”．
A．turned offB．moved offC．put upD．set up
小題3:What happened when the writer found smoke coming out of his car?
A．He had it pulled back to the gas station.
B．The couple sent him a business card.
C．The couple offered to help him.
D．He called his friend for help.
小題4:The battery of the writer’s car was dead because ______.
A．something went wrong with the lights
B．the meeting lasted a whole day
C．he forgot to turn off the lights
D．he drove too long a distance
小題5:By telling his own stories, the writer tries to show ______.
A．how to write a thank-you letter
B．how to deal with（處理）car problems
C．the kind-heartedness of older people
D．the importance of expressing thanks

小題1:A
小題1:B
小題1:C
小題1:C
小題1:D

小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：I stopped at a gas station(加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend.可知作者是想去看個朋友，答案是：A
小題1:猜詞題：從所在的句子：可知是作者把車開走了，答案是：B
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：They said they would take me to my friend’s.可知老夫婦主動提出幫助作者，答案是：C
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第四段的句子：I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery（電池） was dead.可知作者忘了關(guān)燈，倒裝電池用完，答案是：C
小題1:主旨題：從最后一段的句子："Thank you" - two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.可知作者想表達(dá)的是感謝的重要性，答案是：D
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