Question

In the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression in other animal. This sometimes happens with humans also. But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people. I see it every day when people hold doors for me, pour cream into my coffee, or help me to put on my coat. And I have discovered that it makes them happy.

From my wheelchair experience, I see the best in people, bur sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness I see daily. They don’t get to see this soft side of others often, we try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending. But only when we stop pretending we’re brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness that’s in them.

Last month, when I was driving home on a busy highway, I began to feel unwell and drove more slowly than usual. People behind me began to get impatient and angry, with some speeding up alongside me, horning (按喇叭) or even shouting at me. At the moment I decided to do something I had never done in twenty fore years of driving. I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed.

No more angry shouts and no more horns! When I put on my flashlights, I was saying to other drivers, “I have a problem here. I am weak and doing the best I can.” And everyone understood. Several times, I saw drivers who wanted to pass. They couldn’t get around me because of the stream of passing traffic. But instead of getting impatient and angry, they waited, knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak.

Sometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we don’t feel that way. But those are and far between. More often, it would be better if we don’t pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we are scared.

1.How do people feel when they offer their help?(No more than 2 words) (2 points)

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2.What reaction did other drivers have when the author drove very slowly at first?

(No more than 5 words) (2 points)

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3.Why did other drivers behave differently when the author put on the car flashlights?

(No more than 8 words) (3 points)

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4.What does the author advise us to do at last? (No more than 8 words) (3 points)

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Answer 1

1.Happy./Please.

2.They sped, horned or shouted./ They got impatient and angry.

3.Because they knew the author was weak./ Because they saw the author’s weakness. / Because the author’s weakness brought out their kindness.

4.Stop pretending we’re brave or strong./ Don’t pretend to be feeling brave or strong. / Don’t pretend that we feel strong or brave.

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇夾敘夾議文章，作者通過介紹自己的親身經(jīng)歷，告訴我們?cè)谏�活中不要假裝自己永遠(yuǎn)很強(qiáng)勢(shì)很勇敢。

1. Happy./Please. 細(xì)節(jié)題，文章第一段最后一句And I have discovered that it makes them happy.可知當(dāng)人們提供幫助給別人時(shí)自己會(huì)覺得開心。

2.They sped, horned or shouted./ They got impatient and angry. 根據(jù)文章第二段第二行 People behind me began to get impatient and angry, with some speeding up alongside me, horning (按喇叭) or even shouting at me.可知，當(dāng)作者開得很慢時(shí)，人們表現(xiàn)的不耐煩并且很生氣，還一直按喇叭，甚至向作者大吼大叫。

3.’s weakness. / Because the author’s weakness brought out their kindness. 據(jù)文章第四段第一行I was saying to other drivers, “I have a problem here. I am weak and doing the best I can.” And everyone understood.可知當(dāng)作者打開他的手電筒來解釋說他很虛弱時(shí)，每個(gè)人都理解作者。

4.’re brave or strong./ Don’t pretend to be feeling brave or strong. / Don’t pretend that we feel strong or brave.根據(jù)文章最后一句it would be better if we don’t pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we are scared.可知在生活中，應(yīng)該不要處處假裝自己很強(qiáng)很勇敢。

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