神秘老夫妇在玩具店为82个困难家庭结清欠款

Scott Mills, the owner of Toyworld in Bendigo, said the two grandparents walked into the store on Wednesday, wanting to give back. “They told us a story about how they were in difficulties when they were younger and tried hard to pay their bills ahead of Christmas,” Mills said. “They always promised that if they ever found themselves in a position where they could help, they would.” They then paid off the bills of 82 families.

Manager Debra Delves said she was given the “best job ever” to call the 82 families who were chosen at random(随机) and tell them the good news. “You don’t realize how much of an effect the last 12 months has had on these families,” she said. “They said ‘you just don’t know how this has changed our Christmas and how much this means to us’.”

One mother was driving and starting crying when she heard the news. She had to stop her car at the side of the road to calm herself. A father of twin boys who had just $5 in his bank account had his balance(欠款) paid off, too. He was worried he wouldn’t be able to buy his sons presents for Christmas or their coming birthdays.

Delves said upon hearing the news of the “Secret Santas”, another Bendigo man offered to donate $100 to the father to take his boys out for dinner on their birthday. “We were all in tears!” Delves said.

While Mills knows who the local couple are, he said they wanted to remain anonymous and did not want to make public their names and how much they had spent.

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1.Why did the two grandparents go to the store?

A To buy some Christmas presents.

B To exchange the items they bought.

C To give others love by paying their bills.

D To return money they borrowed from the owner.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据第一段 “Scott Mills, the owner of Toyworld in Bendigo, said the two grandparents walked into the store on Wednesday, wanting to give back.”及“They then paid off the bills of 82 families.”可知，这对祖父母是出于回馈社会的目的，为82个家庭付清了账单。故选C。

2.What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

A Debra Delves became one of the people who were helped.

B Many families benefited a lot from the unexpected support.

C 82 families were on TV news because of Debra Delves’s call.

D The end of year usually means easy time to most families.

解析：选B。B 推理判断题。根据第二段内容可知，在过去的12个月里，困难家庭背负商场的欠款，这些账单对这些家庭来说影响巨大，由此推断许多家庭从这次意外的支持中获益良多，故选B。

3.How did Delves react to another stranger’s kindness?

A She was calm.

B She was worried.

C She was moved.

D She was surprised.

解析：选C。C 推理判断题。根据第四段We were all in tears!可知，德尔维斯(Delves)他们都哭了，由此推断她是被陌生人的善举深深感动。故选C。

4.The underlined word “anonymous” probably means_____ in Chinese.

A 豁达的

B 积极的

C 乐观的

D 匿名的

解析：选D。D 词义猜测题。根据下文…and did not want to make public their names and how much they had spent可知，这对老年夫妇不想公开他们的姓名和花了多少钱，由此猜测anonymous意为“匿名的”，故选D。

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A The secret Santas.

B The best job ever.

C The story of Toyworld.

D Special shopping experience.

解析：选A。A 主旨大意题。根据全文内容可知，圣诞节前夕，一对老年夫妇在他们当地的Toyworld商场帮助82个困难家庭结清了账单，他们这种行为就像圣诞老人的行为，但又因为他们不想公开自己的身份，因此他们被称为“神秘的圣诞老人”是名符其实的。故选A。