For some, college years are the best times of their lives, but many others have not been so fortunate. For a multitude of reasons, college students all over the world are forced to endure teasing and bullying to varying degrees, making those years less than pleasurable. Fortunately, there are kind-hearted people in this world looking out for one another. When a student in Radford, Virginia, became a victim of bullying and his car was repeatedly vandalized, a group of local business owners heard his story and set out to change the young student's life.
Jordan Addison is an openly gay student at Radford University. His car had been vandalized a total of four times, with things like hateful slurs keyed into it. The damage totaled US$2,500, an amount that exceeds most students' budgets. When the manager of Quality Auto Paint and Body, Richard Henegar, Jr., heard his story, he felt compelled to help. He and several other businesses pooled together and donated more than ten thousand dollars' worth of work and over 100 hours of their time not only repairing Addison's car, but pimping it out, too. Addison's car got a new paint job, tinted windows, an alarm system, and even a new stereo. Henegar explained that it was the least they could do, and Addison was overjoyed, saying that the car had never looked that good the entire time he owned it. Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres noted this on her daytime talk show when she awarded Henegar and Addison each US$25,000. You never know how much even the smallest random act of kindness can change someone's life.
1. What is the main idea of this article?
(A) Everyone loves college.
(B) Car repairs are expensive.
(C) Bullying is impossible to stop.
(D) Even if something bad happens, kindness can overcome it.
2. Why was Addison bullied?
(A) He was attracted to members of the same sex.
(B) He drove an ugly car.
(C) People in Virginia don't like students that attend Radford.
(D) His family was poor and couldn't afford much.
3. What does pimping it out mean?
(A) Someone had used his car for the wrong reasons.
(B) Basic repairs were done to his car.
(C) The car was altered and made better.
(D) Necessary repairs were done to his car.
4. What was the random act of kindness in this story?
(A) A bully keying a stranger's car.
(B) An auto shop helping a stranger in need.
(C) Spending 100 hours in the car.
(D) Running up a US$25,000 bill. |
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