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One hot afternoon,I stood impatiently in line at our local grocery store.I tapped my foot,checking the time on my phone again.All lines in the store were long.I noticed a woman anxiously checking the time in the line beside me.Clearly stressed,she was rushing to get through her line as quickly as possible,panic written on her face.She got through her line before I even got to unload my items onto the counter.
As I watched my items pass over the scanner(扫描器),the woman was gone.Someone pointed to pile of money on the ground in her line and asked whose it was.No one claimed it as their own.No one hurried to pick up the pile of money abandoned on the floor.
“I think that woman who was in a hurry dropped this,” the couple in line said to their cashier(收银员) drawing attention from several other shoppers and cashiers.The couple picked up the money and handed it to their cashier.The cashier put it on the counter and called the service desk,explaining the situation and suggesting it should be put behind the counter in case she returned.Surrounding customers agreed:they really hoped she'd return and notice the missing money soon.
It was at this small moment that I realized there are still kind,wellmeaning people in the world.How easily that couple could have secretly picked the pile of money up from the floor without drawing attention to it.How easily one of the many shoppers around could have claimed it as their own.How easily things could have gone differently.But they didn't.A group of strangers at the store did the best they could to put a situation right.It was more than that,though.They also showed empathy(同情)for a woman they didn't even know.They reminded me that it isn't all a selfish world.Not everyone is out for money.
[语篇解读] 作者在一家店里排队等结账,这时一个女人匆忙地走过,却落下了她的钱。店里的人们会怎样处理这些钱呢?让我们一起看看吧!
1.What was the atmosphere in the store?
A.Comfortable and relaxed.
B.Impatient and anxious.
C.Pleasant and friendly.
D.Indifferent and tiresome.
解析 推理判断题。根据第一段