Last week, while visiting my dad with my daughter, we went to a restaurant for dinner. When we were seated, my dad asked the waitress if there were any soldiers eating at the restaurant. Then waitress said there was a soldier having dinner with his friend. My dad told the waitress to tell the soldier and his friend that their dinner was paid for! He also said that he did not want to be known as the benefactor(施主).

Then waitress later commented on my dad’s thoughtful behavior saying that she had never seen anything like this before. At a local college, she had studied opera and so she used this to thank my dad by performing a piece from The Pearl Fisherman. Her voice brought me to tears because it sounded perfect!

After a while, the soldier appeared at our table (I don’t know how he knew my dad paid the bill for him.) and said that he would be sent to the front the next morning and that he could not leave this country without saying “thanks” to my dad. My dad replied that it was he who wanted to say “thanks”. They shook hands as the soldier left.

Before we left, the waitress came by again. She did a magic show as another way to show her “thanks” to my dad. Her show was really great. My dad left her a note with email address asking for her next performance time in addition to a $ 50 tip.

Everyone witnessed something exemplary(可作榜樣的) in the human spirit that night. I can only hope to see more of this in the future.

1. What did the soldier do in response to the author’s father’s kindness?

A. He gave something to author’s dad.

B. He gave a big tip to the waitress.

C. He said thanks to the author’s dad in person.

D. He did a magic show for the author and her father.

2. The author considered her father’s action to be ____.

A. funny B. understandable

C. worthless D. honorable

3.Their passage mainly tells us that we should ____.

A. learn to be grateful to others

B. find ways to thank others

C. try to learn from each other

D. respect soldiers and waitresses

1.C

2.B

3.A

【解析】

試題分析:本文作者通過講述他的父親為一位士兵及其朋友的晚餐買單,并接受感謝的事,告訴了我們要學(xué)會(huì)對(duì)他人懷抱感恩之心。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第三段中…said that he would be sent to the front the next morning and that he could not leave this country without saying “thanks” to my dad.可知,士兵在上前線之前一定要對(duì)我父親表達(dá)感謝之情,故選C。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從最后一段Everyone witnessed something exemplary(可作榜樣的) in the human spirit that night. I can only hope to see more of this in the future,可知作者希望見到更多這種現(xiàn)象,所以他對(duì)此是表示理解的,故選B。

3.主旨?xì)w納題。本文通過講述作者父親為一位士兵及其朋友的晚餐買單,并接受感謝的事,告訴了我們要學(xué)會(huì)對(duì)他人懷抱感恩之心,故選A。

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