题目内容

One day, when I went shopping with Julie, we came across something special. Waiting in a long checkout line, I thought about going to another, which had the shortest queue. There was only one guy in it, but he was in a wheelchair. Well, we stepped in behind him. At first, he seemed to be having difficulty getting his groceries onto the checking desk. But after a while, I realized that what he was actually doing was separating them into two piles.

However, doing that job was no easy task in itself. I offered to help, but he and the checkout lady had it under control. He asked my wife if she would mind putting his empty basket away. What must it be like, I wondered, to be so dependent on other people like that? The checkout operator came around and gave him his change and the items he needed to have to hand. She hung one bag of groceries over a handle at the back of his chair. I offered to get the other, bigger, bag and he said, “No. But you could do me a favour. Take that lot along to the entrance and give it to Angela.”

As I was told, I did that, leaving Julie with our shopping. Angela, as turned out, was collecting food for people who might otherwise go hungry! I hadn't even noticed her before. This guy, despite the limitations that his physical condition imposed on him, had bought more than twice as much shopping as he needed – and given the bigger bag away to help other people! He didn't let the fact that he needed help stop him from being a help. He may have been limited physically, but his heart was more than capable of overcoming all that. And it changed my idea of dependence when I realized that the help he had given was more than the help he had received.

So … what’s holding the rest of us back?

1. From the first paragraph, we know that______.

A. the writer was obviously a disabled person

B. the man in a wheelchair was a shopper

C. the writer and Julie jumped the queue

D. only three people were shopping then

2. The man put the things he bought into two piles, probably because______.

A. his shopping bags were too small to hold all the groceries

B. he hoped to keep the balance of his wheelchair

C. he intended to help the people in need

D. it would be easy for him to carry

3. From the passage, we can learn that Angela was probably______.

A. the disabled person’s wife

B. the girl at the checking desk

C. a hungry and homeless beggar

D. a kind-hearted and helpful woman

4. Which of the following can best describe the man in the wheelchair?

A. kind, energetic and determined

B. positive, dependent and easy-going

C. active, optimistic and open-minded

D. helpful, generous and strong-hearted

 

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.D

【解析】

试题分析:本文叙述了作者去超市买东西的时候,在结账柜台处他看见有一个坐轮椅的人在那里把所有买的东西都分成两份。原来他这是给那些需要帮助的人买的,他自己是一个残疾人,还需要别人的帮助,而他却克服自己的困难,去帮助那些需要帮助的人。

1.推理判断题。根据At first, he seemed to be having difficulty getting his groceries onto the checking desk. 可知坐轮椅的这个人是顾客,故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据Take that lot along to the entrance and give it to Angela. Angela, as turned out, was collecting food for people who might otherwise go hungry!坐轮椅的那个人想帮助那些需要帮助的人,故选C。

3.推理判断题。根据Angela, as turned out, was collecting food for people who might otherwise go hungry!可以推出她是一个热心的爱帮助人的人,故选D。

4.推理判断题。根据短文中对这个人的描述This guy, despite the limitations that his physical condition imposed on him, had bought more than twice as much shopping as he needed – and given the bigger bag away to help other people! He didn't let the fact that he needed help stop him from being a help.可知他自己是一个残疾人,还是一个需要别人来帮助的人而他却克服自己的困难去主动帮助那些需要帮助的人,可以推出他是爱助人为乐的,大方的和坚强的,故选D。

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A little child was playing one day with a very valuable vase.

He put his h      into it and could not draw it back out. His father too,    

                     1.________________

tried his best, but all _____vain. They were thinking of breaking the vase   

                     2._______________

____(这时)his father said.“Now, my son, try one more time. Open your       

                     3._______________

hand and hold your fingers out straight as you see me d        and  

                     4.______________

then pull.”To ________ astonishment, the little fellow said. “Oh no,          

                     5.________________

father, I couldn’t pull my fingers out like that because if I did I w                 

                     6._______________

drop my penny.”________(微笑), if you will---- but thousands of us         

                     7._______________

     are like that little boy.We are _______busy holding on to the world’s      

                     8._________________

     ________(无价值的) penny that we can not accept liberation.         

                     9.______________

I beg you _____drop the little trifle (琐事)in your heart. Let go.    

                     10.________________-

 

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