Compassion is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into actions. 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 out 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(jī)）with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash (現(xiàn)金), 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. “Change 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.
【小題1】The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits_________ .

A．hoped to have the food first and pay later
B．promised to obey the store rules
C．forgot to take any money with him
D．could not afford anything more expensive
【小題2】Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?
A．kind and luckyB．friendly and helpful
C．poor and lonelyD．hurt and disappointed
【小題3】The writer acted upon the store rules because_________ .
A．he felt no pity for the old gentleman
B．he considered the old man dishonest
C．he expected someone else to pay for the old man
D．he wanted to keep his present job
【小題4】What does the writer learn from his experience?
A．Wealth is more important than anything else
B．Experience is better gained through practice
C．Obeying the rules means more than compassion.
D．Helping others is easier said than done


【小題1】A
【小題2】C
【小題3】D
【小題4】D

解析試題分析：慈悲就是我們?cè)敢馊椭鷦e人，通過努力，我們可以將愛心化為行動(dòng)，作者幫助一位可憐的、貧窮的老人付了買食物的錢，保住了作為超市收銀員的兼職工作。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文中說到：He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day.可知他想先拿走食物，第二天來付錢，與A的意思一致。
【小題2】推理判斷題。 根據(jù)他現(xiàn)在沒有現(xiàn)金、穿的不整齊、這么大年紀(jì)還要一個(gè)人出來買吃的可以推斷，那位老人很窮，很孤單，所以選C。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文中說到I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job.可知：他很看重自己的兼職工作， but I valued my job.與D意思一致。
【小題4】推理判斷題。文章開頭說：Compassion is a desire within us to help others.結(jié)尾是：Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself.對(duì)比四個(gè)選項(xiàng)可知，最佳答案選D（幫助別人說起來容易做起來難。所以選D
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