Then I felt I had no choice but to see what this annoying lady wanted. She reached to the very bottom of her bag and handed me a three-page booklet. "It looks like that you need this," she said calmly with a smile on her face.

　　I looked down at the used booklet and there were some big bold letters on the front cover reading, "What Hope for Dead Loved Ones?" By the time I looked up she had gone.

　　I felt a sense of relaxation as I read the first page. It explained how people pass on and that their spirit remains with us. It was the first time since my grandmother passed away that I had felt her with me. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but I knew that I finally felt happiness from a stranger.

25. Why was the author jealous of the little girl?

A. She had her grandmother by her side.

B. She could ask her grandmother for some flowers.

C. She was walking with her grandfather.

D. She gave the booklets to the woman.

26. The woman driving right by the author's side wanted to give the author _______.

A. some flowers B. a notebook C. a letter D. a booklet

27. What can we know from the last paragraph?

A. The woman became the author's friend. B. The author was happy in the end.

C. The author was with her grandmother again. D. The author felt angry.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　C

　　Throughout history scientists have risked their health and their lives in their search for the truth.

Sir Issac Newton, the seventeenth century scientist was very smart, but that didn't stop him from doing some pretty stupid things. In his laboratory in Cambridge, he often did the strangest experiments. Once, while testing how light passes through lenses (晶状体), he put a long needle into his eye, pushed it to the back, and then moved it around just to see what would happen. Luckily, there was no lasting bad effect. On another occasion, he stared at the sun, for as long as he could bear, to discover what effect this would have on his sight. To escape suffering permanent