Question

Compassion （同情） 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 our 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）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. “Charge 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.

1.The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits ______.

A．promised to obey the store rules

B．forgot to take any money with him

C．hoped to have the food first and pay later

D．could not afford anything more expensive

2.Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?

A．kind and lucky

B．poor and lonely

C．friendly and helpful

D．hurt and disappointed

3.The writer acted upon the store rules because ______.

A．he wanted to keep his present job

B．he felt no pity for the old gentleman

C．he considered the old man dishonest

D．he expected someone else to pay for the old man

4.What does the writer learn from his experience?

A．Wealth is more important than anything else.

B．Helping others is easier said than done.

C．Experience is better gained through practice.

D．Obeying the rules means more than compassion.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.B

【解析】

試題分析: 文章講述了作者在超市收銀時，遇到一位貧窮又孤獨的老人，想要一份餅干，第二天來送錢。作者雖然同情他，但還是以店里有規(guī)定，拒絕了老人的要求。這時一位看起來比前一位更可憐的人主動要為老人付賬，作者同樣拒絕了，自己掏錢為老人結(jié)了帳。在作者看來，幫助別人說起來容易做起來難,經(jīng)過努力，我們可以將愛心轉(zhuǎn)化成行動幫助別人。

1.C 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中“He said he was out if cash ...he promised to repay me the next day.”可知那位老人想先吃飯后付款。故選C。

2.B 推斷題。20年前究竟是怎么樣一個人呢，想知道如果沒有當時的好運氣，他會是什么樣呢。我為世界上這種人類靈魂孤獨的人感到心疼�？芍�老人又窮又孤單。故選B。

3.A 推斷題。根據(jù)第二段提到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可知我告訴他不行，這的規(guī)定不允許這樣做，故選A項。

4.B 推斷題。根據(jù)最后一段“pity is soft and safe and easy.compassion is caring in action.”可知幫助別人說起來容易做起來難。故選B。

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