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【題目】Compassion is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into action. An experience last weekend showed me this is true. I work part-time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly. These old people are our main customers, and it’s not hard to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register (收款機) with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash, had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day.

I couldn’t help staring at him. I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if luck had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world. I told him that I was sorry, but store rules didn’t allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job.

Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. If anything, he looked more pitiable. “Charge it to me,” was all he said.

What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft and safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed either. Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.

【1】The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits _______.

A. promised to obey the store rules

B. forgot to take any money with him

C. hoped to have the food first and pay later

D. could not afford anything more expensive

【2】Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?

A. Kind and lucky.

B. Poor and lonely.

C. Friendly and helpful.

D. Hurt and disappointed.

【3】The writer acted upon the store rules because _______.

A. he wanted to keep his present job

B. he felt no pity for the old gentleman

C. he considered the old man dishonest

D. he expected someone else to pay for the old man

【4】What does the writer learn from his experience?

A. Wealth is more important than anything else.

B. Helping others is easier said than done.

C. Experience is better gained through practice.

D. Obeying the rules means more than compassion.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了作者在超市收銀時，遇到了一位貧窮又孤獨的老人，老人沒錢支付，想賒賬，但商店的規(guī)定是不允許的，這時有個人要幫老人付賬，但作者最終幫老人付了賬。在作者看來，幫助別人說起來容易做起來難，經(jīng)過努力，我們可以將愛心轉(zhuǎn)化成行動幫助別人。

【1】C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段中這位老人的話可以得知，他并非忘了帶錢，而是沒有現(xiàn)金（out of cash），新家又沒有食物，因而想賒賬（on trust）。故選C。

【2】B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中He said he was out of cash, had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust.可知，這位老人既貧窮又孤獨。故選B。

【3】A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第二段最后一句話與答案對應(yīng)，“I valued my job”意為“我很看重我的這份工作”。故選A。

【4】B 推理判斷題。本題答案與文章開頭兩句及最后一段前三句相呼應(yīng)，說明“compassion（同情）”更重要的是“action（行動）”，說說容易做起來難。故選B。

【名師點撥】

推理判斷題。要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基礎(chǔ)上，做出一定的推理判斷，從而得到文章的隱含意義和深層意義。推理判斷題所涉及的內(nèi)容可能是文中的某一句話，也可能是某幾句話，所以，推理題的答案只能是根據(jù)原文表面文字信息一步推出的答案：即對原文某一句話或某幾句話所作的同義改寫或綜合。推理判斷題的題干中通常含infer,suggest,imply,conclude indicate等標(biāo)志性詞語。 這種題型主要包括細(xì)節(jié)判斷題、態(tài)度觀點推斷題、寫作意圖推斷題、文章出處判斷題和猜測想象推斷題。24.【4】B推理判斷題。理解主題思想。本題答案與文章開頭兩句及最后一段前三句相呼應(yīng)，說明“compassion（同情）”更注重的是“action（行動）”，說說容易做起來難。故選B。