高三英语月考试题及答案-南昌三中2016届高三第七次(4月)月考

南昌三中2015—2016学年度上学期第七次月考

高三英语试卷

第I卷

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节(共5小题，每小题1.5分)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1.What will the man do first? A. Meet the group members 2.When is the plane arriving? A. At 5:00 p.m.

B. At 5:30p.m.

C. At 7:00p.m.

B. Complete the paper.

C. Plan tomorrow’s work.

3.How does the woman get exercise?

A. She dances quite often. B.She goes running regularly. C.She plays volleyball all the time 4.What are the speakers talking about? A. A dress.

B. A skirt.

C. A jacket.

5.What does the man suggest the woman do? A.Reach the airport in time.

B. Finish her work earlier.

C. Ask Mike for help.

第二节(共15小题，每小题1.5分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。每小题5秒钟，听完后，各小题将有5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6.When was the e-mail sent? A. Two days ago.

B. Three days ago.

C. Five days ago.

7.What does the woman offer the man? A.Free gifts.

B. Lower prices.

C. Extra supplies.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8.Where does the boy work? A. In a small restaurant.

B. In a high school.

C. In a big company.

9.What does the boy plan to do next year? A. Work as an engineer.

B. Go to college.

C. Change his job.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.What does the woman mainly mention about his brother? A. His good friend.

B. His army life.

C. His great change.

11. Why did the woman’s brother beat his dog? A. It bit him.

B. It didn’t listen to him.

C. It made his room dirty.

12. What does the woman ask the man to do? A. Give her some advice.

B. Visit a stranger with her. C. Have a talk with her brother.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the most important transportation in Karl’s village? A. The plane.

B. The bus.

C. The boat.

14. What type of work do many people in Karl’s village do now? A. They fish in a boat.

B. They make tools by hand.

C. They do business on the Internet. 15. What does Karl think of the old lifestyle? A. Exciting.

B. Easy.

C. Dangerous.

16. What is Karl most interested in? A. Modern clothes.

B. Computer games.

C. Hunting tales.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What is special about directed dreamers? A. They can control their dreams. B. They can remember their dreams. C. They can wake up while dreaming.

18. Why did Dr Border do the experiment a few weeks ago? A. To communicate with directed dreamers. B. To know more about directed dreaming. C. To find some directed dreamers.

19. What were the three people required to do? A. To develop new abilities.

B. To have a special dream. C. To tell interesting experiences.

20. What is Dr Border going to talk about next? A. The equipment of their center. B. The course of his research. C. The details of the experiment.

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

If you are a book-lover, you may be interested in the following. Dietland, by Sarai Walker

If you’re sick of the stick-thin and perfectly slim models of society today, Dietland is for you. The funny novel follows Plum Kettle, an over-weight advice journalist who answers fan mail for a teen girls’ website. She’s convinced that her life won’t really start until she saves up enough money for her weight-loss operation — when she’ll finally look like the “perfect” woman. But after she gets pulled into a series of adventures with a group of women who live life on their own terms, she begins to reconsider her own opinions of what “beauty” really is.

Orhan’s Inheritance, by Aline Ohanesian

After Orhan’s Turkish grandfather dies, he learns that while he’s taken over his grandfather’s successful business, the house that’s been in his family for generations was not left to him. Instead, it went to an 87-year-old woman who lives in L.A. that no one in his family has ever heard of. To get to the bottom of this, Orhan travels to L.A. to meet with the woman. It’s then that he uncovers the secrets of his family.

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari

If the story of evolution (进化) has always interested you, this book is for you. In it, Dr. Yuval Noah Harari explores how, if 100,000 years ago there were six different kinds of humans on Earth, only one lived through to today: homo sapiens. He takes both an historical and biological approach to his discussion of how humans have evolved over time. He talks about the society

created by sapiens and cultural wonders. And perhaps what is most fascinating is the evolution of humans.

21. What does Plum Kettle want before she joins the women in the adventures?

A. Natural beauty. B. A large sum of money. C. A healthy lifestyle. D. A slim shape. 22. What puzzled Orhan after his grandfather’s death?

A.Their house was given to a stranger.

B.His grandfather’s business was such a success. C.He had to take care of the 87-year-old woman. D.The 87-year-old woman was one of his relatives.

23. What’s the most interesting in Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind?

A. The advanced society. B. The rise of humans. C. The development of biology. D. The cultural wonders.

B

Regarded as one of the English language’s most gifted poets, John Keats wrote poetry that concentrated on imagery, human nature, and philosophy. Although Keats didn’t receive much formal literary education, his own studies and passion brought him much success. Additionally, his own life situation influenced his poetry greatly.

Growing up as a young boy in London in a lower middle-class family, the young John didn’t attend a private school, but went to a public one. His teachers and his family’s friends regarded him as an optimistic boy who favored playing and fighting much more than minding his studies. After his father’s death in the early 1800s, followed by his mother’s passing due to tuberculosis (肺结核), he began viewing life differently. He wanted to escape the world and did so by reading anything he could get his hands on.

At around the age of 16, the teenage John Keats began studying under a surgeon so that he too might become a doctor. However, his literary appetite had taken too much of his fancy, especially with his addiction to the poetry of Ehmund Spenser. He was able to have his first full poem published in the Examiner in 1816, entitled O Solitude! If I Must With Thee Dwell. Within two months in 1817, Keats had written an entire volume of poetry, but was sharply criticized by a magazine. However, the negative response didn’t stop his pursuit of rhythm (韵律).

John Keats’ next work was Endymion, which was published in May 1818. The story involves a shepherd who falls in love with the moon goddess and leads him on an adventure of one boy’s hope to overcome the limitations of being human. Following Endymion, however, he tried something more narrative-based and wrote Isabella. During this time, John Keats began seeing his limitations in poetry due to his own limit in life experiences. He would have to have the “knowledge” associated with his poems. His next work was Hyperion that would attempt to combine all that he learned. However, a bout (发作) with tuberculosis while visiting Italy would keep him from his work and eventually take his life in 1821. 24. John Keats’ attitude towards life changed because of _________.

A. his early education from school C. Edmund Spenser’s poetry

B. the deaths of his parents D. the criticism of a magazine

25. What is the common thing between John Keats and his mother?

A. They died of the same disease. C. They read many books.

B. They had a bad childhood

D. They showed strong interest in poetry

26. While pursuing his dream of becoming a poet at first, John Keats was _________.

A. determined

B. experienced

C. knowledgeable

D. impatient

27. What do we know from the passage?

A. Keats received little education at school. B. Keats once had a chance of becoming a doctor. C. In 1816 Keats spent two months writing a poem. D. Endymion was about a real love story.

C

Once when I was facing a decision that involved high risk, I went to a friend. He looked at me for a moment, and then wrote a sentence containing the best advice I’ve ever had: Be bold and brave―and mighty(强大的)forces will come to your aid.

Those words made me see clearly that when I had fallen short in the past, it was seldom because I had tried and failed. It was usually because I had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all. On the other hand, whenever I had plunged into deep water, forced by courage or circumstance, I had always been able to swim until I got my feet on the ground again.

Boldness means a decision to bite off more than you are sure you can eat. And there is

nothing mysterious about the mighty forces. They are potential powers we possess: energy, skill, sound judgment, creative ideas―even physical strength greater than most of us realize.

Admittedly, those mighty forces are spiritual ones. But they are more important than physical ones. A college classmate of mine, Tim, was an excellent football player, even though he weighed much less than the average player.“In one game I suddenly found myself confronting a huge player, who had nothing but me between him and our goal line,” said Tim.“I was so frightened that I closed my eyes and desperately threw myself at that guy like a bullet(子弹)―and stopped him cold.”

Boldness―a willingness to extend yourself to the extreme―is not one that can be acquired overnight. But it can be taught to children and developed in adults. Confidence builds up. Surely, there will be setbacks(挫折)and disappointments in life; boldness in itself is no guarantee of success. But the person who tries to do something and fails is a lot better off than the person who tries to do nothing and succeeds.

So,always try to live a little bit beyond your abilities―and you’ll find your abilities are greater than you ever dreamed.

28. Why was the author sometimes unable to reach his goal in the past?

A.He faced huge risks.

B.He lacked mighty forces.

C.Fear prevented him from trying. D.Failure blocked his way to success. 29. What is the implied meaning of the underlined part?

A.Swallow more than you can digest. C.Act slightly above your abilities. 30. What can be learned from Paragraph 5?

A.Confidence grows more rapidly in adults. C.Repeated failure creates a better life.

B.Boldness can be gained little by little. D. Trying without success is meaningless. B. Develop more mysterious powers. D. Learn to make creative decisions.

31.What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

A.To encourage people to be courageous. B.To advise people to build up physical power. C.To tell people the ways to guarantee success. D.To recommend people to develop more abilities.

D

Everyone knows that death is natural, but do you have any idea of the process of dying? Modern scientists divide the process of dying into two phases---clinical or temporary death and biological death. Clinical death occurs when the vital organs, such as the heart or lungs, have ceased to function, but have not suffered permanent damage. The organism can still be revived(复活). Biological death occurs when changes in the organism lead to the “breaking up” of vital cells and tissues. Death is then unchangeable and final.

Scientists have been seeking a way to prolong the period of clinical death so that the organism can remain alive before biological death occurs. The best method developed so far involves cooling of the organism, combined with narcotic sleep. By slowing down the body’s metabolism(新陈代谢), cooling delays the processes leading to biological death.

To illustrate how this works, scientists performed an experiment on a six-year-old female monkey called Keta. The scientist put Keta to sleep with a narcotic. Then they surrounded her body with ice-bags and began checking her body temperature. When it had dropped to 28 degrees the scientists began draining blood from an artery. The monkey’s blood pressure decreased and an hour later both the heart and breathing stopped: clinical death set in. For twenty minutes Keta remained in this state. Her temperature dropped to 22 degrees. At this point the scientists pumped blood into an artery in the direction of the heart and started artificial breathing. After two minutes Keta’s heart became active once more. After fifteen minutes, spontaneous(自发的)breathing began, and after four hours Keta opened her eyes and lifted her head. After six hours, when the scientists tried to give her a penicillin injection, Keta seized the syringe and ran with it around the room. Her behavior differed little from that of a healthy animal.

32.For a person who suffers from the clinical death _________ A. he is still very much alive. B. he can not avoid final death.

C. his most important organs are damaged. D. he still has the possibility of getting back to life.

33. Scientists try to make the time of clinical death longer in order to _________ A.cool the organism.

B.delay the coming of biological death. C. slow down the body’s metabolism.

D. bring vital cells and tissues back to active life. 34. How did the scientists put Keta into clinical death?

A.By putting her to sleep, lowering her temperature and draining her blood. B.By surrounding her body with ice-bags and draining her blood. C.By lowing her blood pressure and stopping her heart from beating.

D.By draining her blood, lowering her blood pressure and stopping her breathing.

35.All of the following indicate that the monkey has almost restored to her original physical state except the fact that _________

A.her heart beat again. B.she rejected a penicillin injection. C. she regained her normal breath. D.she acted as lively as a healthy monkey.

第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Empathy

Last year，researchers from the University of Michigan reported that empathy，the ability to understand other people，among college students had dropped sharply over the past 10 years. That could be because so many people have replaced face time with screen time，the researchers said. 36 Jennifer Freed，a co-director of a teen program，has another explanation.Turn on the TV，and you're showered with news and reality shows full of people fighting，competing，and generally treating one another with no respect. 37

There are good reasons not to follow those bad examples.Humans are socially related by nature. Having relationships with other people is an important part of being human — and having empathy is decisive to those relationships. Researchers have also found that empathetic teenagers are more likely to have high self-respect. 38 Empathy is also an indication of a good leader.In fact，Freed says，many top companies report that empathy is one of the most important things they look for in new managers. 39

“Academics are important.But if you don't have emotional （情感的） intelligence，you won't be as successful in work or in your love life，” she says.

What's the best way to up your EQ （情商）? For starters，let down your guard and really listen to others. 40

To really develop empathy，you'd better volunteer at a nursing home or a hospital，join a club or a team that has a diverse membership，have a “sharing circle” with your family，or spend time caring for pets at an animal shelter.

A. Today，people spend more time alone and are less likely to join groups and clubs.

B. “One doesn't develop empathy by having a lot of opinions and doing a lot of talking，” Freed says.

C. Humans learn by example and most of the examples on it are anything but empathetic. D. Empathy is a matter of learning how to understand someone else — both what they think and how they feel.

E. Good social skills, including empathy, are a kind of “emotional intelligence” that will help you succeed in many areas of life.

F. Besides，empathy can be a cure for loneliness，sadness，anxiety，and fear. G. Everyone is different，and levels of empathy differ from person to person. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Four-year-old Cris lived with his cruel father，who beat him when he would not earn money to 41 his alcohol and drugs. Cris could no longer 42 this kind of life and decided to run away from their home. He lived in an empty tomb and searched in the dump site for anything he could 43 to the junk store. There were also old shoes，clothes，and leftover food. He did this for days 44 ．With the money he earned，the clothes，shoes and the food，he would 45 all the small children to give them their 46 ．

He used to say that he may be poor with 47 things but he is rich with love. He taught the kids how to clean their bodies and brush their teeth，and cleaned their 48 ．He had some 1，000 kids in this group. Some of these kids decided to 49 with him to help in his work.

About 10，000 kids had 50 from the group. It became known as the “Championing Community Children”．With the help of volunteers，they 51 in colorful boxes all the necessities of street children and gave these out at 52 times.

Cris had 53 to be a handsome，well-mannered 13-year-old boy. His to all the kids he met are 55 here. Your wealth is your health. Be healthy and you are able to think 56 and go to school.Love the people around you in many ways. No street children will be left 57 help.

Cris got his 58 for all his good work. He was entered in the search for 59 children in an international search held in Netherlands. Cris got the award for this distinct 60 ．He was named as the winner of the International Children's Peace Prize，winning the title and a prize of 130，000 dollars. 41．A. bring 42．A. afford 43．A. sell 44．A. on end 45．A. encourage 46．A. salaries 47．A. worldly 48．A. homes 49．A. leave 50．A. recovered 51．A. chose 52．A. secret 53．A. grown ．A. messages 55．A. caught up 56．A. clearly 57．A. beyond 58．A. reward 59．A. outstanding

B．buy B．cover B．sort B．on average B．teach B．needs B．hopeful B．essentials B．stay B．resulted B．applied B．familiar B．raised B．challenges B．built up B．quickly B．for B．promise B．traditional

C．produce C．bear C．undertake C．at length C．gather C．chances C．spiritual C．emotions C．settle C．benefited C．packed C．regular C．extended C．surprises C．summed up C．originally C．except C．pleasure C．extra

D．pay D．hold D．deal D．at best D．introduce D．tricks D．occasional D．wounds D．part D．progressed D．bought D．immediate D．changed D．greetings D．broken up D．fluently D．without D．achievement D．homeless

60．A. approval B．honor C．change D．agreement

第II卷

第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第二节（共10小题, 每小题1.5分, 共15分）

61．阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Once a man was walking along a beach. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. In the distance he could see a person （1 ） (go) back and forth between the surf’s edge （2） the beach. As the man approached, he could see there were hundreds of starfish stranded on the sand as the result of the natural （3） (act) of the tide.

The man （4） (stick) by the apparent uselessness of the task. There were far too many starfish. Many of them were sure to die. As he approached, the person continued the task of （5 ） (pick) up the starfish one by one and throwing them into the ocean.

As he came up to the person, he said, “You must be crazy. There are （6） (thousand)of miles of beach （7） (cover) with starfish. You can’t （8） (possible) make a difference.” The person looked at the man. He then bent down and picked up one （9 ） (many) starfish and threw it back into the ocean. He turned back to the man and said,”It surely makes a difference （10 ） that one! ” 第四部分:写作（共两节, 满分35分）

第一节 短文改错 (共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分)

假设英语课上，老师要求同桌之间互换修改作文，请修改你同桌的以下作文。文有10处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处, 每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加, 删除或修改。

增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^）,并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除:把多余的词用斜线（\\）划掉。

修改:在错词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意:

1. 每处错误及其修改均限一词。

2. 只允许修改10处, 多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Last weekend we go mountain climbing. Even the heavy rain in the morning could not prevent us going. Set off very early, we went along an extreme narrow road, all in high spirits.

On every side of the road was green fields and some farm houses. We could hear the sound of the rain and our footsteps mixing with our laughter. At noon we reached the top of the mountain. That surprised us most there was the beauty of scenes. After having short rest there and sharing with the food we had brought, we started going down. It rained even harder. We were wet to the skin, and we still sang and laughed happily. 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）

假定你是李华，最近有家网站以“看到有老人摔倒你是否会上前救助”为题邀请公众展开讨论。请你写一篇文章参与该网站的讨论。内容包括：

1. 你的做法 2. 你的原因 3. 你的倡议 注意：1. 可适当增加细节

2. 词数100词左右，开头已给出（不计入总词数）

I’m Li Hua, a senior three student. About this heated discussion, ___________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________

参

一、听力

1-5 BCBAC 6-10 ABABC 二、阅读理解 A篇：

文章大意：本文主要为爱好书籍的人介绍了几本书。

21根据文中She’s convinced that her life won’t really start until she saves up enough money for her weight-loss operation — when she’ll finally look like the “perfect” woman. But after she gets pulled into a series of adventures with a group of women who live life on their own terms, she begins to reconsider her own opinions of what “beauty” really is.可知Plum Kettle之前她努力想减肥，故选D。

22根据文中Instead, it went to an 87-year-old woman who lives in L.A. that no one in his family has ever heard of. To get to the bottom of this, Orhan travels to L.A. to meet with the woman.可知应选A。

23根据最后一句And perhaps what is most fascinating is the evolution of humans.可知应选B。 B 篇：

本文记叙了英国诗人John Keats的生平和作品。诗人儿时家庭贫困，曾经学医，但是对诗歌更有兴趣。父母的相继去世，改变了诗人的人生态度，从此一改不爱读书的习惯，躲进书堆、逃避世界。1816年出版处女诗作。1817年出版诗集，但是受到一家杂志的尖锐批评，然而没有放弃对诗歌的执着。在意识到自己生活经历了自己诗歌创作之后，诗人原本在下一部作品中将诗歌与“知识“集合起来，但是英年早逝，于1821年离世。

【小题24】细节题。由第二段After his father’s death in the early 1800s, followed by his mother’s passing due to tuberculosis (肺结核), he began viewing life differently. 可知诗人在父母相继离世后开始改变对生活的看法。故B项正确。

【小题25】细节题。由followed by his mother’s passing due to tuberculosis (肺结核)和文章最后一句a bout (发作) with tuberculosis … eventually take his life in 1821可知，诗人与母亲死于相同疾病。故A项正确。

【小题26】细节题。从第三段最后一句However, the negative response didn’t stop his pursuit of rhythm 可知，尖锐的批评没有时诗人放弃对诗歌是执着。故A项正确。determined: 意志坚

11-15 BCACA

16-20 CABBC

定的。

【小题27】细节题。由第三段第一句话the teenage John Keats began studying under a surgeon 可知，诗人16岁时曾师从一位外科医生。surgeon: 外科医生。A项与原文不符，犯了偷换概念的错误。原文第一段说的是诗人没有受过文学方面的正规教育(Keats didn’t receive much formal literary education)而非“学校教育有限)。1817年诗人用了不到两个月写出诗集，而非1816年，C项错误。Endymion是一首神话诗歌(love with the moon goddess)而非真实爱情故事，D项错误。故B项正确。 C篇：

[语篇解读] 本文为夹叙夹议文,题材为人生哲理。作者通过朋友的建议告诉读者,要勇敢地去尝试自己没有把握的事情,即便是失败也比从未尝试过要好很多。

(28).根据第二段第二句It was usually because I had left ear of failure stop me from trying a tall.可知,作者过去没有实现目标通常都是因为害怕失败而没有去尝试,故选C项。

(29).根据本段下文内容可知,我们都有比自己意识到的更大的潜在力量,甚至包括体力,由此可推断出此处指“要做略微超出你的能力的事情”。C

(30).根据第五段第一句话“Boldness...is not one that can be acquired overnight.”可知,勇敢无畏不能在一夜之间就被培养出来,B项意为“勇敢无畏可以逐渐得到”,符合该段段意。 (31).根据文章最后一段可知,作者建议读者去尝试略微超出自己的能力的事情,这样就会发现自己的能力比想象中的还大。由此可判断出A项正确 D篇：

为了延缓生理死亡的到来，科学家尽量延长临床死亡的时间。

32细节理解题。根据文章第一段的句子Clinical death occurs when the vital organs, such as the heart or lungs, have ceased to function, but have not suffered permanent damage. The organism can still be revived(复活).可知一个临床死亡的人还有可能活过来。故选D。

33细节理解题。根据文章第二段的句子Scientists have been seeking a way to prolong the period of clinical death so that the organism can remain alive before biological death occurs.可知科学家延长临床死亡的时间，为了延迟生理死亡的到来。故选B。

34细节理解题。根据文章第三段的句子The scientist put Keta to sleep with a narcotic. Then they surrounded her body with ice-bags and began checking her body temperature. When it had dropped to 28 degrees the scientists began draining blood from an artery. The monkey’s blood pressure decreased and an hour later both the heart and breathing stopped: clinical death set in.可

知科学家让Keta睡着，降低她的体温并放掉她的血。这样来让Keta临床死亡。故选A。 35细节理解题。根据文章第三段的句子After two minutes Keta’s heart became active once more. After fifteen minutes, spontaneous(自发的)breathing began, and after four hours Keta opened her eyes and lifted her head. After six hours, when the scientists tried to give her a penicillin injection, Keta seized the syringe and ran with it around the room. Her behavior differed little from that of a healthy animal.可知Keta又恢复心跳，呼吸正常，像一个健康的猴子一样，这些都表示她恢复原来身体状态了。但是她拒绝打针不属于。故选B 三、七选五36-40 ACFEB 四、完形填空

41-45 BCAAC 46-50 BADBC 51-55 CCAAC 56-60 ADAAB 五、.语法填空

1.going 2. and 3. action 4. was stuck 5. picking 6. thousands 7. covered 8 .possibly 9. more 10. to 六、短文改错

1. 第一句go – went 2. 第三句set – setting， 3. 第三句extreme - extremely 4. 第四句every ---either /each 5. 第四句was - were 6. 第五句 mixing -mixed 7. 第七句That---What 8. 第八句having后加a 9. 第八句with去掉 10. 第十句and---but 七、参考范文：

I’m Li Hua, a senior three student. About this heated discussion, in my opinion, I will definitely help the elderly falling down on the street. Below are my reasons.

To begin with, helping others in need is a traditional Chinese virtue. It is by helping the people in trouble that the society is becoming more and more harmonious. Worse still, if we passers-by can’t help the elderly in time, it may increase the risk of losing their lives.

So I strongly advocate that people should give them a hand when facing the situation. Besides, more efforts should be made to guarantee the benefits of people who offer help. Only in this way are people willing to offer help without hesitation.