B

    Compassion (同情) is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into actions. An experience last weekend showed me this is true. I work part—time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly. These old people are our main customers，and it’s easy to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday，one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy marl walked up to my register with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash，had just moved into his room，and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day.

I couldn’t help staring at him. I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before，and what he would be like if luck had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul，all alone in the world. I told him that I was sorry，and the store rules didn’t allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this，but I valued my job.

Just then，another man，standing behind the first，spoke up. if anything，he looked more pitiable, “Charge it to me,” was all he said.

What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft，safe and easy. Compassion，on the other hand，is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed，either. Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.

59．The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits            .

     A．promised to obey the store rules          

       B．forgot to take any money with him

     C．hoped to have the food first and pay later

       D．could not afford anything more expensive

60．Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?

       A．kind and lucky        B．poor and lonely

       C．friendly and helpful D．hum and disappointed

61．The writer followed the store rules because        .

     A．he wanted to keep his present job

     B．he felt no pity for the old gentleman

     C．he considered the old gentleman dishonest

     D．he expected someone else to pay for the old gentleman

62．What does the writer 1earn from his experience?

     A．Wealth is most important than anything else.

     B．Helping others is easier said than done.

     C．Experience is better gained through practice.

       D．Obeying the rules means more than compassion.

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