题目内容
I saw a stranger_______a distance of ten yards.
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A. at B. in C. by D. to
解析:
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at a distance 在稍远的地方; in the distance =far away (1) The picture looks better at a distance. (2) The ship disappeared in the distance. |
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 few minutes to either take the cheese bread, which nobody else was claiming, or left 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.
【小题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 |
| A.easily obtained |
| B.strongly supported |
| C.deliberately created |
| D.completely unaccepted |
| 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. |
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It was on a winter morning, near Oxford, Maryland, that I set the breakfast table beside the huge window, | ||||
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