When a rather dirty, poorly dressed person kneels at your feet and puts out his hands to beg for a few coins, do you hurry on, not knowing what to do, or do you feel sad and hurriedly hand over some money? What should our attitude to beggars be? There can be no question that the world is full of terribly sad stories. It must be terrible to have no idea where our next meal is going to come from. It seems cruel not to give some money to beggars.
Certainly, most of the world’s great religions order us to be open-hearted and share what we have with those less fortunate than ourselves. But has the world changed? Maybe what was    morally（道德方面）right in the old days, when one knew exactly who in the village had suffered  misfortune and needed help, is no longer the best idea. Quite a few people will not give to beggars.     Let us look at their arguments.
First, some believe that many city beggars dress up on purpose to look pitiable and actually make a good living from begging. Giving to beggars only encourages this sort of evil（惡行）.                           
Secondly, there is the worry that the money you give will be spent on beer, wine or drugs.
Thirdly, there is the opinion that there is no real excuse for begging. One might be poor, but that is no reason for losing one’s sense of pride and self-dependence.
There is an opinion that the problem should be dealt with by the government rather than ordinary people. Some people think the local government department should help the beggars
It is hard to come to any final conclusion: there are various cases and we must deal with them differently. A few coins can save a life in some situations, and even if the money is wasted, that does not take away the moral goodness of the giver. 
小題1:What is mainly discussed in the passage?
A．Moral deeds of people.
B．Arguments on giving to beggars.
C．Moral goodness of the giver.
D．Religious activities of the church.
小題2:What can we infer from the underlined sentence “But has the world changed?” in Para.2 ?
A．People no longer know who suffers misfortune in the village.
B．Some people will not do what was morally right in the past.
C．We don’t meet with those who need help any more.
D．Now it is the government’s duty to help the beggars.
小題3:Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A．Some people dress up to pretend to be beggars.
B．Some beggars have no excuse for begging.
C．Some beggars use the money to buy drugs.
D．Some beggars need money for their children’s schooling.
小題4:In the last paragraph, the writer thinks that it is hard to come to any final conclusion, because________.
A．there is so much money wasted
B．there are so many beggars
C．the cases can be so different
D．there are so many different arguments

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:C
究竟該不該幫助那些所謂的乞丐，文章展開了討論。
小題1:主旨大意題。通讀全文可知文章是關(guān)于是否舍身的一場爭論。
小題2:猜測詞義題。句子的意思是指很多人已經(jīng)不去做在過去很正常的事情了。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題。ABC三項(xiàng)在文章3,4,5三段中都提及，D沒有涉及。
小題4:推理題。很難得出結(jié)論是因?yàn)橛行┤耸钦嬲枰獛椭�，而有些人是職業(yè)乞丐，很難去辨別！
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