阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的A,B,C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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When icy temperatures froze Kodak, Tennessee, shutting power down and freezing pipes. Sean Patel. owner of the local Quality Inn, wanted to do something to help his neighbors: open his hotel to all comers, and provide them food and warmth until the power came back on.
His friends asked him to dial it back a bit because he was spending so much of his own money and energy to help others but Patel wouldn't listen, " Business is down. but I still have clothes on my back, the kids are safe. we have a shower and food. says Patel. "We all have to look out for each other.” The immigrant from India saw goodness in the people around him when he settled in Tennessee, and wanted to be a part of it. "I saw how much people helped each other in the South and it got to me, " explains Patel. " It's not always about money. I always wanted to be that kind of person.
Between Christmas and New Years of 2021. all 60 rooms in the hotel were completely occupid, with some rooms housing as many as eight or nine adults. Some guests even stayed in the lobby or meeting rooms just to have a warm place to be. A couple rooms under maintenance were used so guests in the lobby could take a shower, which Patel’s team sanitized thoroughly after each user. People came together in ways that Patel has never seen before. The hotel staff turned on their breakfast station so people wouldn’t hive to worry.
With over 200 people at the hotel. there wasn’t any fuss. No one argued. Everyone made sure the others were comfortable. warm, and fed as they took turns cooking for each other. “It wasn’t about who was Black, White, Democrat, Republican, COVID, or no COVID, everyone was a family, " says hotel manager Shelly Shirley. All the guests who were at the hotel during the freeze have even kept in touch via a Facebook group! They check in on each other and keep up with news from each others lives.
21. What inspired Patel to do the good deed?
A. His neighboring people's good behavior.
B. The bad business situation at the moment.
C. His friends' not understanding of his behavior.
D. The icy whether they suffered in the cold winter.
22. What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A. The importance of Patel's charity work.
B The peoples appreciation to Patel’s effort.
C. What the hotel did to help the people in need.
D. The comfortable conditions the hotel provided to the people.
23. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. There were too many people staying in the hotel
B. The program had a deep and lasting effect on people.
C. Patel’s hotel provided people with comfortable conditions.
D. People were grateful to Pate for his kindness during the hard time.
