Father Maurice Chase used a special way to celebrate his 90th birthday. The Cath

Father Maurice Chase used a special way to celebrate his 90thbirthday. The Catholic priest took $ 15,000 in cash to Los Angeles’ Skid Row (贫民区) and gave it away. Twentywheelchair – bound people received $100 bills, while the rest received $1to $ 3each．

“I come out here to tell them that God loves them and I love themand that some one is concerned about them,” Chase said．

Chase has given away cash and blessings every Sunday at the same cornerfor 24 years．Severalhundred people wait for him every week．

He makes a point of coming on Thanksgiving and Christmas, too, but thisis the first year he spent his birthday in the downtown neighborhood where peoplelive mainly in shelters and on dirty sidewalks．

   “ It’s the place that makes me the happiest．I just love it,” said Chase. “I look forward to cominghere.”

The money comes from donations he receives from rich and famous peoplehe met during his work as assistant to the president of Loyola Marymount University．

The crowd broke into choruses of “Happy Birthday” several times.Some people presented him birthday cards, to his delight．

Travis Kemp, a 51 – year – old disabled man with long black hair, wasone of the lucky 20 to receive $ 100. He said he had no special plans for spendingthe money. “He has a lot of respect from me,” Kemp said. “I know I couldn’t do it.”

1.On his 90 th birthday, Chase      ．

       A．handed out cash to the needy

       B．collected money for poor people

       C．visited poor people’s homes withgifts

       D．held a party at Los Angeles’ Skid Row

2.Which of the following makes Chasefeel the happiest?

       A．Celebrating his birthday with hisneighbours．

       B．Working in Loyola Marymount University．

       C．Celebrating Christmas with the peoplehe has helped．

       D．Going to Los Angeles’ Skid Row tohelp people there．

3.What’s the source of the moneyChase used to help people?

       A．All his savings．

       B．His earnings as a Catholic priest．

       C．Donations from the wealthy and celebrities．

       D．Donations from Loyola MarymountUniversity．

4.Travis Kemp is mentioned in thetext to show ．

       A．he was the luckiest person on thatday

       B．the disabled need to be taken careof

       C．Chase is greatly appreciated bythe needy

       D．even old people came to celebrateChase’s birthday

5.Which statement is CORRECT accordingto the passage?

       A．Every recipient could get $100 in cash from Father Maurice Chase．

       B．Father Maurice Chase gave the cashaway not only on his birthday but also on other occasions．

       C．Although Father Maurice Chase gavethe cash away on his birthday, he didn’t receive anything in return．

       D．Father Maurice Chase earned a lotof money as assistant to the president of Loyola Marymount University．

试题答案

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.C

5.B