16．Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore．We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to out-patients at the clinic．
One summer evening as I was fixing； supper，there was a knock at the door．I opened it to see a truly awful looking man-no taller than my eight-year-old-I thought as I stared at the shriveled （皺縮的）body．But the shocking thing was his face-twisted from swelling．
He told me he'd been hunting for a room since noon but with no success．"I guess it's my face…，but my doctor says with a few more treatments …"
I told him we would find him a bed．When I had finished the dishes，he told me he fished for a living to support his daughter，her five children，and her husband，who was hopelessly disabled from a back injury．He didn't tell it by way of complaint； in fact，every other sentence began with a thanks to God for a blessing．He was grateful that no pain accompanied his disease，which was apparently a form of skin cancer．
The next morning before lie left for his bus，he asked if he could come back and stay the next time he had a treatment．I told him lie was welcome to come again．
In the years he came to stay overnight with us，there was never a time that he did not bring us fish or oysters or vegetables from his garden．
When I received these little gifts，I often thought of a comment our next-door neighbor made after he left that first morning．"Did you keep that awful looking man last night？I turned him away．1 You can lose roomers by accommodating such people!"
Maybe we did lose roomers once or twice．But oh； If only they could have known him，perhaps their illnesses would have been easier to bear．I know our family always will be grateful to have known him； from him we learned what it was to accept the bad without complaint and the good with gratitude．
56．The first time I met the man，D．
A．I felt pity for his look
B．he frightened my kid
C．he was in need of something to eat
D．he was looking for a place to stay overnight
57．The next-door neighbor refused the man becauseA．
A．he might lose roomers
B．the man was poor
C．he had no spare room
D．the man didn't bring him gifts
58．Which of the following is NOT true about the man？C
A．He developed skin cancer．
B．He fished to support a large family．
C．God helped him to get over his disease．
D．He didn't complain about his sufferings．
59．What attitude did the man have toward life？A
A．Grateful． B．Confident． C．Regretful． D．Passive．
60．What might be the best title of the passage？D
A．Never judge a book by its cover
B．Give others a hand
C．Be the architect of life
D．Accept good and bad with gratitude．
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們講述一個到他家租房的客人的故事，雖然生活有很懂不幸，但是總是很樂觀，作者的家人很感激這個人讓他們知道遇到不幸不要去抱怨，要學(xué)會感激生活．
解答 56．D．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第三段"He told me he'd been hunting for a room since noon but with no success"可知我第一次見他他正在尋找一個房間過夜；故選D．
57．A．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段"I turned him away．1 You can lose roomers by accommodating such people!""可知隔壁的鄰居拒絕了那個人的過夜請求是因為怕他嚇走其他的房客；故選A．
58．C．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章最后一段"Maybe we did lose roomers once or twice"可知男人的病并沒有治好；故選C．
59．A．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第四段"He didn't tell it by way of complaint； in fact，every other sentence began with a thanks to God for a blessing．He was grateful that no pain accompanied his disease"可知盡管不幸但是男人對于生活是感激的；故選A．
60．D．主旨大意題．根據(jù)文章最后一段"from him we learned what it was to accept the bad without complaint and the good with gratitude"可知文章的主治是用感激的心去接受生活給予的一切幸與不幸；故選D．
點評 考察學(xué)生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
