Question

When my mother was alive, she used to tell me again and again about the value of just being nice. “Never underestimate（低估）the power of a smile,” she would say. I fear she would be very disappointed looking at the world today. A lot of people don’t smile and when it comes to service today, they’re just not nice. Now don’t give me wrong, not all service workers but a good many.

I was on the phone the other day with a computer help desk. First a man, then later a woman, who couldn’t have been ruder. And this to a customer, who didn’t know his way around a PC. But no matter, I could tell they thought I was a bother, The woman, in fact, seemed to be chewing gum as she unemotionally clicked off a series of commands for me to perform.

The next day I heard from a friend of mine who got a performance review without his boss once looking up at him. Not once.

You see it everywhere. Gone are the days when people cared about you. It’s a sign of the time, I suspect. But that makes me sad — for them and for us all. People who aren’t happy, who don’t smile, who don’t kid, who don’t joke or make light of even bad situations, make for an even worse situation.

And it spreads like a cancer. Someone’s rude to you, you’re rude to them and to the next fellow you meet, and on and on. Smiles are contagious（易感染的）but so annoyances. The boss who can’t be bothered with his workers. The celebrity who can’t be bothered with her annoying fans.

You know, my mom used to judge presidential candidates by how they smiled. I would say, “But mom, you don’t know if that smile is real.”

“Oh, yes I do,” she would tell me. “I can feel it.”

It’s in their eyes, she would say. And it’s in their smile. The rest just kind of falls into place.

1.Why did the writer mention his phone call?

A. To prove his mother is wrong.

B. To show many people aren’t nice.

C. To tell us he knows little about computer.

D. To share his funny experience with us.

2.What is the author’s attitude towards the boss of his friend?

A. Opposed. B. Doubtful.

C. Respectful. D. Supportive.

3.When someone is rude to you, you’re advised to ________.

A. be rude to the next person

B. be nice to the people you meet

C. become one just like him or her

D. make for a worse situation

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. The power of a smile

B. Don’t judge a person by his look

C. The effect of rudeness

D. Feel a person in his eyes

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇議論文。微笑的力量。當(dāng)今社會(huì)，冷漠無(wú)處不在，熱情洋溢的時(shí)代消失了，冷漠成了時(shí)代特征。笑容有感染力，怒容也同樣如此。不要低估微笑的力量。

1.1】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段I was on the phone the other day with a computer help desk. First a man, then later a woman, who couldn’t have been ruder. And this to a customer, who didn’t know his way around a PC. But no matter, I could tell they thought I was a bother, The woman, in fact, seemed to be chewing gum as she unemotionally clicked off a series of commands for me to perform. 有一天，我打電話到一家電腦公司的咨詢部，起先是位男士接聽的，隨后是位女士，他們簡(jiǎn)直無(wú)禮之極，沖我這個(gè)不熟悉電腦的顧客撒氣。實(shí)際上聽得出，那位女士一邊嚼著口香糖，一邊噼里叭啦地給我扔過(guò)來(lái)一堆指令讓我自己去查。從這里得知，作者提到他打電話是為了說(shuō)明這些人是不友好的。故選B。

2.2】A推理判斷題。The next day I heard from a friend of mine who got a performance review without his boss once looking up at him. Not once.You see it everywhere. Gone are the days when people cared about you. It’s a sign of the time, I suspect.又一天，我聽一個(gè)朋友說(shuō)，他的上司在給他做業(yè)績(jī)?cè)u(píng)估時(shí)居然沒(méi)抬頭看他一眼，一次也沒(méi)有。瞧，冷漠無(wú)處不在。熱情洋溢的時(shí)代消失了。冷漠成了時(shí)代特征。從這里可知作者的態(tài)度是“反對(duì)”。Opposed.反對(duì)的；Doubtful.懷疑的；Respectful.尊重的；Supportive.支持的。故選A。

3.3】B推理判斷題。Someone’s rude to you, you’re rude to them and to the next fellow you meet, and on and on. Smiles are contagious（易感染的）but so annoyances. 別人對(duì)你粗魯，你回敬別人粗魯，如此循環(huán)往復(fù)，直至形成一個(gè)沒(méi)有笑意只有忿懣的國(guó)度。 笑容有感染力，怒容也同樣如此。因此可以推斷“建議你對(duì)遇見(jiàn)的人友好”。故選B。

4.4】A主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段When my mother was alive, she used to tell me again and again about the value of just being nice. “Never underestimate（低估）the power of a smile,” 母親在世時(shí)，曾一次次跟我提起與人為善的重要�！安灰�低估微笑的力量”�？v觀全文，敘述的是“微笑的力量”。故選A。

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