Question

The passengers on the subway who caught a glimpse of me may have thought I was strange. In particular a gentleman sitting opposite me was always staring at me, looking at the cheese bread on the floor in front of me and then staring back at me. A passenger probably dropped it by mistake and got off at a previous stop, but the gentleman might not think so. “Next stop, St. Patrick Station” — my stop was quickly coming up. I had a few minutes to either take the cheese bread, which nobody else was claiming, or leave it there.

In those few minutes I felt my pride getting in the way. “What would others on the subway think of me if I took the cheese bread? Would they think that I was poor and hungry? Would they think that I was stealing?” The ignorant thing to do was say “yes” to any of those self-imposed questions. Actually, they were just my own thoughts. Though I would leave the subway, walk a block to my office, get settled at my desk, and sit comfortably in my office for the whole day, I couldn’t get rid of the enormous sense of guilt and regret.

My thoughts once pushed me towards pride and ignorance, but finally I had to admit I was wrong. This missing cheese bread could be a gift for a homeless person who suffered from cold and hunger. So why not overcome a little bit of my pride and pass along so much kindness?

Just as the doors opened at my stop, I grabbed the cheese bread and left the subway. It felt awesome, but I didn’t care if people were looking at me or what they were thinking. Instead of going directly to my office as usual, I walked a few more blocks up to Queen’s park, where I often saw a homeless man sitting outside. I always wanted to give him something, but only today I walked toward him, who wrapped himself in a sleeping bag. I was full of satisfaction, and so did the homeless man, I thought.

1.The gentleman kept staring at the author because _______.

A．he wanted to talk to the author

B．he might think the author dropped the bread

C．the author appeared too nervous

D．the author was going to get off

2.The underlined word “self-imposed” in paragraph 2 probably means “_______”.

A．easily obtained

B．strongly supported

C．purposely created

D．completely unaccepted

3.Why did the author grab the cheese bread when he got off?

A．He noticed that no one was looking at him.

B．He didn’t want to see the cheese bread to go to waste.

C．He remembered a homeless man at that very moment.

D．He valued kindness more than his own pride.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要講述了作者在一次乘地鐵的經歷中，對于別人掉在地上的面包作者起先并不像撿起來，但是后來作者戰勝了自己的驕傲和愚昧拾起了面包送給了無家可歸的人。

1.細節題。從第一自然段A passenger probably dropped it by mistake and got off at a previous stop, but the gentleman might not think so.可知，盯著我看的那個人認為是我丟棄了那個面包，故選B

2.推斷題。從文章Would they think that I was stealing?” The ignorant thing to do was say “yes” to any of those self-imposed questions 可知，此處的問題都是作者自己故意強加給自己的，故選C

3.細節題。從倒數第二段So why not overcome a little bit of my pride and pass along so much kindness 可知，作者比起自己的那一點驕傲感而言更加看重善良，故選D

考點：日常生活類記敘文

點評：本文講述的一個小故事，文章文脈清晰，生單詞不多。對于此類比較短的文章，所給的信息量比較精煉，要求學生仔細認真的讀懂文章，不能走馬觀花的看，要根據題目中的內容對比文章的上下，綜合作答，尤其對于推斷題，要準確理會作者的寫作情感，事情發展的邏輯關系都需要特別注意。