（2025·安徽合肥·三模）In a quiet corner of Lahore, Pakistan, stands a small barber shop called Hope & Scissors. It’s a modest place run by Adil Raza, a 42-year-old barber with a warm smile and a heart for his community. Adil offers free haircuts to children from low-income families-with one unique condition: they must read aloud to him. As a father, Adil knows how important reading is for young minds. “I have three children myself,” he says. “I just want kids to experience the power of reading.”
The idea began in 2021 at a local “Back to School” event organized by education volunteers. Adil had been invited to offer free grooming services, but he wanted to add something more. He set up a chair outside and began giving free haircuts to kids who read from storybooks. The idea caught on quickly. Encouraged by the response, Adil turned it into a monthly event at his shop. Soon, word spread across the city. Community members donated books, and a mobile library joined the effort. Local educator Imran Hussain, touched by the project, sent a box of children’s books from his school library.
Hussain, a teacher for over 20 years, praised the idea. “Reading often stops in the summer months. What Adil is doing keeps the habit alive. I haven’t seen anything quite like it.” One single mother of four said the free haircuts saved her money and got her children excited about reading. Ten-year-old Zain, holding his favorite book, said, “Reading feels like traveling with your mind.”
Adil hopes his “Reading Barber” concept will expand to other cities in Pakistan. He imagines barbers proudly displaying signs that say: We support reading here. Despite rising media attention, he remains modest. “When a community comes together, small ideas can grow,” he says.
Adil encourages others, “You don’t need a degree to help children read. Just a chair, a book, and a little time.”
197．Where did Adil first get the idea for his project?
A．From low-income families. B．From his three children.
C．From education volunteers. D．From a community event.
198．What is the purpose of paragraph 3?
A．To show how people were motivated. B．To present community responses.
C．To highlight mobile libraries’ role. D．To stress reading’s power for kids.
199．What is Adil’s long-term hope for his literacy project?
A．To provide free books for children in need.
B．To expand reading efforts to public spaces.
C．To inspire more barbershops to join the cause.
D．To attract more public attention to child literacy.
200．What is the best title for the text?
A．A Barber’s Innovative Reading Project
B．From Free Haircuts to Reading Habits
C．How Reading Changed Children’s Lives
D．Free Haircuts Spark a Love of Reading
【答案】197．D 198．B 199．C 200．D
【知识点】阅读 、记叙文、善行义举（个人）
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