Father Maurice Chase used a special way to celebrate his 90th birthday. The Catholic priest（神父） took $ 15,000 in cash to Los Angeles’ Skid Row (贫民区) and gave it away. Twenty wheelchair – bound peop le received $100 bills, while the rest received $1to $ 3 each．
“I come out here to tell them that God loves them and I love them and that some one is concerned about them,” Chase said．
Chase has given away cash and blessings every Sunday at the same corner for 24 years．Several hundred people wait for him every week．
He makes a point of coming on Thanksgiving and Christmas, too, but this is the first year he spent his birthday in the downtown neighborhood where people live mainly in shelters and on dirty sidewalks．
“ It’s the place that makes me the happiest．I just love it,” said Chase. “I look forward to coming here.”
The money comes from donations he receives from rich and famous people he met during his work as assistant to the president of Loyola Marymount University．
The crowd broke into choruses of “Happy Birthday” several times. Some people presented him birthday cards, to his delight．
Travis Kemp, a 51 – year – old disabled man with long black hair, was one of the lucky 20 to receive $ 100. He said he had no special plans for spending the money. “He has a lot of respect from me,” Kemp said. “I know I couldn’t do it.”
小题1:On his 90 th birthday, Chase．A．handed out cash to the needyB．collected money for poor peopleC．visited poor people’s homes with giftsD．held a party at Los Angeles’ Skid Row小题2:Which of the following makes Chase feel the happiest?A．Celebrating his birthday with his neighbours．B．Working in Loyola Marymount University．C．Celebrating Christmas with the people he has helped．D．Going to Los Angeles’ Skid Row to help people there．小题3:What’s the source of the money Chase used to help people?A．All his savings．B．His earnings as a Catholic priest．C．Donations from the wealthy and celebrities(名人)．D．Donations from Loyol a Marymount University．小题4:Travis Kemp is mentioned in the text to show ．A．he was the luckiest person on that dayB．the disabled need to be taken care ofC．Chase is greatly appreciated by the needyD．even old people came to celebrate Chase’s birthday小题5:Which statement is CORRECT according to the passage?A．Every recipient could get $100 in cash from Father Maurice Chase．B．Father Maurice Chase gave the cash away not only on his birthday but also on other occasions．C．Although Father Maurice Chase gave the cash away on his birthday, he didn’t receive anything in return．D．Father Maurice Chase earned a lot of money as assistant to the president of Loyola Marymount University．