Question

About ten years ago, a young and very successful businessman named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his shiny, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE, which was only two months old.

He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no child came out, but a brick sailed out and - WHUMP!  - it hit the Jaguar's shiny black side door! SCREECH ... ! ! ! ! Immediately Josh stopped the car, jumped out, seized the kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing?!" "That's my new Jaguar, that brick you threw is gonna cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?"

"Please, mister, please...I'm sorry! I didn't know what else to do!" begged the youngster. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop!" tears were streaming down the boy's face as he pointed around the parked car.  "It's my brother, mister," he said. "He rolled off the curb (路沿) and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up. " Sobbing, the boy asked the businessman, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me. "

Moved by the words, the young businessman lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapers and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then watched the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.

It was a long walk back to the black, shining, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE -- a long and slow walk. Josh never did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent (凹痕) to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Feel for the bricks of life coming you.

1.The boy threw a brick at the businessman's car because ________.

A. he wanted to ask for some money

B. he wanted to get help from the driver

C. the businessman drove at a high speed

D. he hated the brand-new car very much

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Josh would accept the money from the kids.

B. The two kids were Josh's neighbors.

C. Josh's new car broke down easily.

D. Josh was a kind-hearted man.

3.According to the passage, the last sentence means ________.

A. trying to be more understanding seeing others in trouble

B. trying to get ready for the trouble in your future life

C. driving fast in a neighborhood street is dangerous

D. protecting oneself from being hurt

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文通过记叙十年前一个叫Josh的非常成功的企业家驾驶着他那崭新的汽车在芝加哥附近的街道上发生的故事，告诉人们应该多体谅他人疾苦。

1.细节理解题。根据"I threw the brick because no one else would stop!" tears were streaming down the boy's face as he pointed around the parked car. 他要寻求帮助，故选B。

2.推理判断题。根据文章的第四段的描述可知Josh是个好心人。故选D。

3.句意理解题。由最后一段倒数第二句的含义可知是叫人们多体谅他人疾苦。故选A。

考点：故事类短文阅读。

点评：推理判断题需要考生正确的阅读短文对语篇有个整体的把握。会根据语句之间的逻辑关系、段内的语义关系及篇章的语义关系，从段落、篇章的角度理解文章的主旨、作者的观点和态度。做此类试题要善于抓住某一段话中的关键信息，即某些关键词或短语去分析、推理、判断，利用逆向思维或正面推理，从而推断出这句话所隐含的深层含义。