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 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 I said hello to an older couple 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 holiday meaningful.
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 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 show room.
“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck 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.
小题1:The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City ________.
A．to drop in on a friend
B．to see his parents
C．to pay at the cash register
D．to make a plan with his friend小题2:The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 means “_________”.
A．moved off
B．turned off
C．put up
D．set up小题3:What happened when the author 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.小题4:By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show _______.
A．how to write a thank-you letter
B．how to deal with car problem
C．the kind-heartedness of older people
D．the importance of expressing thanks.
小题1:A
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D
题目分析：作者讲了两个接受了他人的帮助并向帮助自己的人表示感谢的故事，接受别人的帮助后写信表示感谢对帮助自己的人是一种回馈，会使别人感到帮助别人是有意义的。
小题1:细节推断题。根据“…at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City，where I was planning to stop and visit a friend” where…是修饰Oklahoma City的，可知去Oklahoma City是为了拜访一个朋友。选A。
小题2:猜义题。根据上一句“pay for gas”和后面的“gone only a few miles”可知took off是离开的意思， move off也是离开的意思。turn off关掉；put up拿起；set up设立。选A。
小题3:细节推断题。从第二段的句子;It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s.可知作者的汽车冒烟了，是一对夫妇帮助他的。选C。
小题4:主旨题。作者讲了两个接受了他人的帮助并向帮助自己的人表示感谢的故事，接受别人的帮助后写信表示感谢对帮助自己的人是一种回馈，会使别人感到帮助别人是有意义的。特别是最后一句“They are easy to say and mean so much”点出了主旨。选D。