ClaudeandLouiseare“giraffes”，soarepoliceofficersHankinsandPearson．Thesemenandwomendon’tlooklikegiraffes；theylooklikeyouandme．Then，whydopeoplecallthem“giraffes”?Agiraffe，theysay，isanan
ClaudeandLouiseare“giraffes”，soarepoliceofficersHankinsandPearson．Thesemenandwomendon’tlooklikegiraffes；theylooklikeyouandme．Then，whydopeoplecallthem“giraffes”?
Agiraffe，theysay，isananimalthatsticks（伸出）itsneckout，canseeplacesfarawayandhasalargeheart．Itlivesaquietlifeandmovesaboutinaneasyandbeautifulway．Inthesameway，a“giraffe”canbeapersonwholikesto“stickhisorherneckout”forotherpeople，alwayswatchesforfuturehappenings，hasawarmheartforpeoplearound，andatthesametimelivesaquietandbeautifullifehimselforherself．
“TheGiraffeProject”isa10-year-oldgroupwhichfindsandhonors（表彰）“giraffes”intheUSandintheworld．Thegroupwantstoteachpeopletodosomethingtobuildabetterworld．ThegroupmembersbelievethataPersonshouldn'tdrawhisorherheadback；instead，theytellpeopleto“sticktheirnecksout”andhelpothers．ClaudeandLouise，HankinsandPearsonareonlyafewofthenearly1000“giraffes”thatthegroupfoundandhonored．
ClaudeandLouiseweregettingoldandtheylefttheirworkwithsomemoneythattheysavedforfutureuse．Oneday，however，theysawahomelessmanlookingforaplacetokeepwarmandtheydecidedthattheyshould“sticktheirnecksout”andgivehimsomehelp．Today，theyliveinFriends’House，wheretheyinvitetwelvehomelesspeopletostayeverynight．
PoliceofficersHankinsandPearsonworkinalargecity．Theyseecrimeseverydayandtheirworksometimesisdangerous．Theyworkhardfortheirmoney．However，thesetwomenputtheirsavingstogetherandevenborrowmoneytostartaneducationcentertoteachyoungpeopleinapoorpartofthecity．HankinsandPearsonarecertainly“giraffes”．
1．Accordingtothepassage，weknowthatHankinsandPearson_________．
A．arethenamesofgiraffes B．arethekeepersofthegiraffes
C．likegiraffesverymuch D．arepolicemen
2．Whichofthesentencesistrue?
A．Giraffesarethemostbeautifulanimalsintheworld．
B．A“giraffe”isanicenameforthosewhoarereadytohelpothers．
C．Someofthepeoplearounduslovegiraffes．
D．A“giraffe”issomeonewhocan'tstickhisnecko
