While I was waiting outside my wife’s office building for her to get out of work, I saw a beggar coming my way from across the parking lot.
“I hope he doesn’t ask me for any money,” I thought.
He didn’t.He came and sat in front of the bus stop, but he didn’t look like he could have enough money to ride the bus. After a few minutes he spoke. “That’s a pretty car,” he said, pointing to my car. He was ragged (衣衫褴褛), but he had an air of dignity(尊严) about himself.
I gave him a smile and continued cleaning my car.
He sat there quietly as I worked. The expected asking for money never came. As the silence between us widened, it seemed that a voice inside me said, “Ask him if he needs any help.”
“Do you need any help?” I asked.
He answered in three simple but meaningful words that I shall never forget. We often look for wisdom in great men and women, and we expect it from those of higher learning and achievements. I expected nothing but a dirty hand from him, but he said three words that shook me.
“Don’t we all?” he said.
I was feeling high, successful and important above a beggar in the street, until those three words hit me like a shot.
Don’t we all?
I needed help. Maybe not for a bus fare or for a place to sleep, but I needed help. I reached in my wallet and gave him not only for a bus fare, but enough to get a warm meal and shelter for the day. Those three little words still ring true. No matter how much you have, no matter how much you have achieved, you need help, too. No matter how little you have, no matter how loaded you are with problems, even without money or a place to sleep, you can give help.
53. The story happened _________.
A. outside an office building    B. in front of a store
C. near a post office            D. on a bus
54. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. The writer was waiting for his wife to get out of work.
B. He thought the beggar would ask him for money.
C. The beggar kept silent and didn’t ask him for money.
D. The writer was shocked by the three simple words.
55. “I was feeling high, successful and important above a beggar in the street.”means__________.
A. I thought I was better in any way than the beggar
B. I felt the beggar is as good in some ways as I am
C. I felt I liked the beggar very much
D. I thought U should respect the beggar
56. The best title of the passage is _________.
A. The Story of a Beggar              B. Everyone Needs Help
C. Life as a beggar                   D. A kind behavior

While I was waiting outside my wife’s office building for her to get out of work, I saw a beggar coming my way from across the parking lot.

“I hope he doesn’t ask me for any money,” I thought.

He didn’t.He came and sat in front of the bus stop, but he didn’t look like he could have enough money to ride the bus. After a few minutes he spoke. “That’s a pretty car,” he said, pointing to my car. He was ragged (衣衫褴褛), but he had an air of dignity(尊严) about himself.

I gave him a smile and continued cleaning my car.

He sat there quietly as I worked. The expected asking for money never came. As the silence between us widened, it seemed that a voice inside me said, “Ask him if he needs any help.”

“Do you need any help?” I asked.

He answered in three simple but meaningful words that I shall never forget. We often look for wisdom in great men and women, and we expect it from those of higher learning and achievements. I expected nothing but a dirty hand from him, but he said three words that shook me.

“Don’t we all?” he said.

I was feeling high, successful and important above a beggar in the street, until those three words hit me like a shot.

Don’t we all?

I needed help. Maybe not for a bus fare or for a place to sleep, but I needed help. I reached in my wallet and gave him not only for a bus fare, but enough to get a warm meal and shelter for the day. Those three little words still ring true. No matter how much you have, no matter how much you have achieved, you need help, too. No matter how little you have, no matter how loaded you are with problems, even without money or a place to sleep, you can give help.

53. The story happened _________.

A. outside an office building     B. in front of a store

C. near a post office            D. on a bus

54. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. The writer was waiting for his wife to get out of work.

B. He thought the beggar would ask him for money.

C. The beggar kept silent and didn’t ask him for money.

D. The writer was shocked by the three simple words.

55. “I was feeling high, successful and important above a beggar in the street.”means__________.

A. I thought I was better in any way than the beggar

B. I felt the beggar is as good in some ways as I am

C. I felt I liked the beggar very much

D. I thought U should respect the beggar

56. The best title of the passage is _________.

A. The Story of a Beggar              B. Everyone Needs Help

C. Life as a beggar                   D. A kind behavior

I was parked in front of the mall wiping off my car and waiting for my wife. A bum （无业游民） was coming my way from across the parking lot, From the look of him, he hand no car, no home, no clean clothes, and no money. There are times when you feel generous but there are other times that you just don’t want to be bothered. This was one of those “don’t want to be bothered” times.

He sat down in front of the bus stop but didn’t look like that he could have enough money to even ride the bus.

“That’s a very pretty car,” he said. He was ragged but he had an air of dignity around him. I said, “Thanks,” and continued wiping off my car. He sat there quietly as worked. As the silence between us widened, something inside myself said. “Ask him if he needs any help.” I was sure that he would say “yes”. So I asked if he needed help.

We often look for wisdom in great people. We expect it from those of higher learning and accomplishments. But he answered in three simple but profound （深远的） words that I shall never forget.

“Don’t we all?” he said.

I had been feeling high, successful and important until those three words hit me like a shotgun. Don’t we all? I needed help. Maybe not for bus fare or a place to sleep, but I needed help. I reached in my wallet and gave him not only enough for bus fare, but enough to get a warm meal and shelter for the day. Those the three little words still right true. No matter how much you have, no matter how much you have accomplished, you need help too. No matter how little you have, no matter how loaded you are with problems, even without money or a place to sleep, you can give help.

1．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?

      A．The writer liked to be alone and enjoyed quietness then.

       B．The writer hoped the burn wouldn’t ask him for money then.

       C．The writer didn’t care much about the poor bum.

       D．The writer happened to have no money with him.

2．The writer asked the bum if he needed help because        .

       A．he was sure that the bum needed help

       B．he wanted to break the long silence

       C．he was eager to send the bum away

       D．he wanted to show his generosity

3．The writer was shocked by the bum’s answer because         .

       A．he didn’t expect the answer from the bum.

       B．he thought it too difficult to understand

       C．he thought it wasn’t profound answer

       D．he thought he didn’t need help himself

4．The moral lesson of the story is that          .

      A．a wise man cares not for what he cannot have

       B．it’s better to give than to receive

       C．Speech is silver, silence is gold

       D．everybody needs help sometimes