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阅读理解训练题（四十） A I can’t count how many times people have complained , while shaking their heads in obvious disappointment , “just don’t know what is with teenagers today .” The other day I was in my car on my way to the farmers market when I passes two teens standing by the side of the road with a car wash sign , my car was filthy and my heart was full , so I pulled over . There was a group directing the cars and another group spraying them down . As sponges (海绵) were wiped over every square inch of my dirty car , I sat enjoying the little water battles . I was amazed at how fourteen to fifteen teenagers had devoted their Saturday to washing cars . After I handed them a twenty-dollar bill I asked what they were raising money for . They explained to me that a friend of theirs , C. T. Schmitz , had recently died of cancer . He was only fifteen years old . He had gone to school with a lot of the teenagers who were there that day ; each of them had memories of a boy sweeter than any they had known . His friend Kevin had decided to put this car wash together because he wanted to honor his friend and also bring together his classmates with his boy scout troop (童子军). He told me that they wanted to plant a tree in front of their school and if they raise enough money they would put a plaque (匾) there also . Both would be in memory of their friend C.T. They handed me a bag of homemade cookies with my receipt saying “Thanks for helping us plant a tree of C.T. | 
