题目内容
阅读理解
“It is over! Thank goodness!”
School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of my anxiety to get home. Sitting at the front makes you stand out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.
Janie, the driver, tries to break the uncomfortable atmosphere by striking the match of conversation. I try to mind my manners and politely listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day, however, her conversation was worth listening to. “My father's sick. ”she said to no one in particular. I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. It frightened me. I had never seen her like this before. She always greeted students with a smile.
With a sudden change of attitude and interest, I asked, “What's wrong with him?”
With her eyes wet and her voice tight from fighting the tears, she responded, “Heart trouble. ”Her eyes lowered as she continued. “I've already lost my mum, so I don't think I can stand losing him. ”
I couldn't respond. I was in shock. My heart ached for her.
I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great pain my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was, and still is, for her. I wouldn't want anyone to go through that.
Suddenly I realized Janie wasn't only a bus driver, that was just her job. She had a whole world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as anything but a driver.
I suddenly felt very selfish. I realized I had only thought of people as far as what their purposes were in my life. I had never thought of them as people with lives and events of their own. I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver. I had judged her by her job and brushed her off as unimportant.
For all I know, I'm just another person in someone else's world, and may not even be important. I shouldn't have been so selfish and self-centered. Everyone has places to go, people to see and appointments to keep. Understanding people is an art.
1.The driver talked to the writer because ________.
[ ]
A.she knew the writer was tired
B.she wanted the writer to share her sorrow
C.the writer sat very near her
D.she wanted to make the writer happy
2.The writer was probably ________.
[ ]
A.a polite student
B.a warm-hearted student
C.a good listener
D.a very selfish person
3.It was ________ that made the writer changed the attitude.
[ ]
A.the topic
B.her father's illness
C.her feelings
D.her voice
4.We can infer that it is the first time for the writer ________.
[ ]
A.talk to people face to face
B.to have a heart-to-heart talk
C.think of herself
D.to think of others
5.The short talk taught the writer to ________.
[ ]
A.how to talk with other people
B.look deeper into the people around
C.share with other people
D.understand people's sorrow
阅读理解
New York , May 25?
Millions of volunteers (志愿者)joined in a long chain spreading 4 125 miles across the world's richest nation Sunday and burst into songs , reaching the highest
development in the Hands Across America road to raise
50 million for the nation's homeless and hungry.
The chain began with a 6-year-old homeless girl named Amy in New York's Buttery Park. It spread across 16 states and Washington, D.C. where it crossed the White House to the Queen Mary's port in California. The last people in the line were Bill and Mary Jones and their five small children, who lived in a family shelter (收容所) for the homeless in Venice, California.
The chain was not unbroken some gaps were planned for safety, others opened where there were not enough people to cover the ground. But along most of the route, the healthy joined the sick, beautiful film stars , homeless beggars , wealthy artists , poor children and President and Mrs Regan all took places in the long line.
1.What is the main idea of the passage?
[ ]
A.Millions of volunteers support the poor.
B.The longest line is waiting for support.
C.The homeless and poor need help.
D.The richest nation faces the problem.
2.The underlined word “raise” in the first paragraph means _______.
[ ]
|
A.try to lift |
B.manage to collect |
|
C.bring up |
D.join up |
3.From the article, we know that the volunteers were made up of ________.
[ ]
A.both the homeless and the poor
B.the government officials, including President Regan
C.people in every field
D.people of 16 states except Amy
4.What do you think of the people in the chain spreading 4 125 miles?
[ ]
|
A.They were hand in hand. |
B.They were in good order. |
|
C.They were troublesome. |
D.They were planned for safety. |
5.Although the United States is a developed country, ________.
[ ]
A.there is still a rebellion sometimes.
B.there is still many people waiting for jobs
C.there are still some family shelters
D.there are still many social problems to be solved.
阅读理解
New York , May 25?
Millions of volunteers (志愿者)joined in a long chain spreading 4 125 miles across the world's richest nation Sunday and burst into songs , reaching the highest
development in the Hands Across America road to raise
50 million for the nation's homeless and hungry.
The chain began with a 6-year-old homeless girl named Amy in New York's Buttery Park. It spread across 16 states and Washington, D.C. where it crossed the White House to the Queen Mary's port in California. The last people in the line were Bill and Mary Jones and their five small children, who lived in a family shelter (收容所) for the homeless in Venice, California.
The chain was not unbroken some gaps were planned for safety, others opened where there were not enough people to cover the ground. But along most of the route, the healthy joined the sick, beautiful film stars , homeless beggars , wealthy artists , poor children and President and Mrs Regan all took places in the long line.
1.What is the main idea of the passage?
[ ]
A.Millions of volunteers support the poor.
B.The longest line is waiting for support.
C.The homeless and poor need help.
D.The richest nation faces the problem.
2.The underlined word “raise” in the first paragraph means _______.
[ ]
|
A.try to lift |
B.manage to collect |
|
C.bring up |
D.join up |
3.From the article, we know that the volunteers were made up of ________.
[ ]
A.both the homeless and the poor
B.the government officials, including President Regan
C.people in every field
D.people of 16 states except Amy
4.What do you think of the people in the chain spreading 4 125 miles?
[ ]
|
A.They were hand in hand. |
B.They were in good order. |
|
C.They were troublesome. |
D.They were planned for safety. |
5.Although the United States is a developed country, ________.
[ ]
A.there is still a rebellion sometimes.
B.there is still many people waiting for jobs
C.there are still some family shelters
D.there are still many social problems to be solved.
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