When Wendy McDowell was eight years old，she found herself all alone in one of the busiest international airports in the country. "Do you know what feeling I had then？" she recalled. "When I looked around，every single face was a stranger's face.How terrifying it was!"
   It was two decades ago and McDowell needed to fly from Bismarck to Burlington.No one in her family could go with her，so her parents let a 19-year-old relative accompany her.
   However，when they arrived at their layover（中轉(zhuǎn)站），their flight was canceled.What the relative did next still shocked McDowell. "She just bought herself a ticket back home and left me alone.With no flight，no plan，and no adult in charge of me，" she said. "I felt so hopeless until a woman walked to me."
   "I remember she came and sat next to me，" McDowell recalled. "And I just remember immediately feeling a sense of safety because someone was with me." After managing to make herself trusted by McDowell，the woman asked McDowell's destination and her mother's phone number.And on the phone，she convinced McDowell's mother that her daughter would be safe with her.
   "She said， 'If you trust me，I will take care of you.' She indeed did it，" McDowell said.The woman was flying to Pittsburgh，but she made a detour（繞路）to Burlington to drop off McDowell.The kindness of the stranger has left a lifelong impact on McDowell.
   "The older I've gotten，the more I've been thinking about her，" she said. "She did all just fora stranger.Something that didn't seem huge to her has completely redirected my life，because I don't think I have ever been treated as badly as I was by the person who left me."
   McDowell has used that experience to teach her son about kindness. "I want him to know that people can choose to be beautiful and helpful.People like this are out there，" she said.

（1）How did McDowell feel when left alone at the airport？

B

B

A．Strange.
B．Frightened.
C．Safe.
D．Excited.
（2）Which of the following best describes McDowell's relative？

D

D

A．Devoted.
B．Warmhearted.
C．Proud.
D．Irresponsible.
（3）What does the author want to tell us？

D

D

A．One good turn deserves another.
B．Never hesitate to do what is right.
C．God only helps those who help themselves.
D．Do kind things and your love will be passed on.
（4）What is the text mainly about？

C

C

A．A mother taught her son kindness.
B．An 8-year-old girl found a flight home.
C．A stranger helped a little girl to her destination.
D．A woman proved herself trustworthy.