Years ago I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there,whom I had never met. Yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon,sewing or reading.

After several months had gone by,I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I said to myself, "I wonder why that woman doesn't wash her window. It really looks terrible."

One bright night I decided to clean my flat,including washing the window.

Late in the afternoon,when I finished the cleaning,I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise!Across the way,the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean ！

Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批評(píng)) her dirty window,but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.

That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart,through my own shortcomings?

Since then,whenever I wanted to judge (評(píng)判) someone,I asked myself first, "Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?" Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.

(   ) 11. The writer couldn't see everything clearly through the window because       .

   A. the woman's window was dirty

   B. the writer's window was dirty

   C. the woman lived nearby

   D. the writer was nearsighted

(   ) 12. The writer was surprised that         .

   A. the woman was sitting by her window

   B. the woman's window was clean

   C. the woman did the cleaning in the afternoon

   D. the woman's window was still terrible

(   ) 13. "It dawned on me" probably means "        ”.

   A. I began to understand it

   B. it cheered me up

   C. I knew it grew light

   D. it began to get dark

(   ) 14. It's clear that         .

   A. the writer had never met the woman before

   B. the writer often washed the window

   C. they both worked as cleaners

   D. they lived in a small town

(   ) 15. From the passage,we can learn that         .

   A. one shouldn't criticize others very often

   B. one should often make his windows clean

   C. one must judge himself before he judges others

   D. one must look at others through his dirty window

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