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　　Today I went to my daughter's school and spoke about kindness to 60 kids plus teachers and assistant teachers. After a small talk about the __1__ of kindness, I gave a challenge to the __2__ - I told them to write a small __3__ about an act of kindness that they had done and how that made them feel. Or if they had __4__ an act of kindness, how did that make them feel? In what way had that __5__ changed them? Then the deputy head and the headteacher and I will choose the __6__ ones, the one that will stand out for their __7__ of compassion and love toward others.

　　When I was waiting for my daughter I __8__ some teachers that were at the assembly (集会) passing by and I was __9__ that they would tell me whether they liked the talk or not, but they didn't __10__ anything.

　　Then this little __11__ came to me and said, "You know, I enjoyed the assembly today.""Okay, then are you going to __12__ a lovely story？" I asked. "I'm not __13__ at writing，" the boy responded. So I explained that I would be __14__ if he could just write a phrase or two about an act of kindness.

　　I didn't have __15__ to talk to him because he was in a hurry to __16__ his friends who were waiting for him, but in my __17__， that was a beautiful act of kindness. The fact that he was able to __18__ to talk to me for two minutes, to let me know that he had __19__ the assembly was worth all the effort I had __20__ preparing the talk for them.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者在女儿的学校进行有关"友善"的讲座，结束后一个小男孩停下来与他分享了自己的看法，作者认为那就是友好的行为。

　　1．A.news　　　　　　 　B．tradition

　　C．meaning D．tendency

　　解析：选C　结合全文可知，作者给师生们讲"友善"的意义，故选C项。meaning意为"意义"，符合语境。

　　2．A.teachers B．children

　　C．assistants D．parents

　　解析：选B　根据上文中的"spoke about kindness to 60 kids"可知，该题选B项。

　　3．A.scene B．step

　　C．fortune D．story

　　解析：选D　根据第三段中的"a lovely story"可知，该题选D项。

　　4．A.received B．passed

C．conveyed D．learned