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He was struggling(費勁)to tie his shoes. I was struggling with whether I should help him.

I did, and he said,"Thank you.”

"I'm glad I could help. I just thought it would be easier for me to reach”，I said.

He was a disabled man，and forced to look down most of the time. His arms and legs were twisted(扭曲的)terribly，and he couldn't do what the rest of us would think of as easy tasks.

He always managed to look up to see how you reacted(反應(yīng))to his words, however. He had a big smile, making me feel comfortable.

I was still on my knees by his wheelchair.

"Nice shoes," he said.

"Thanks. No one has ever said that to me, ”I said.

"No one looks at the world as I do," he answered.

"Tell me about the world as you see it”，I said with a smile.

"Most people can see whether someone is comfortable with them or not in their eyes. I see it from their feet," he said. "If people keep moving their feet，I just let them go，because I know they're not patient with me. I don't want to make people uncomfortable.”

"What about me?" I asked.

"I could see your compassion. And then you came down to my level. So I was the one who was nervous," he said. "I don't usually have someone looking me in the eye.”

"They don^t know what they're missing,”J told him.

"My old face is nothing to brag(自夸) about,”he said.

"But that smile is so big.”

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(   ) 1. The disabled man knew people were not patient mostly by their      

A. words    B. eyes

C. feet    D. smile

(   ) 2. The underlined word " compassion" is closest in meaning to "__________

A. attention    B. pity

C. hope    D. duty

(   ) 3. We learn that the disabled man      

A.  had difficulty looking after himself

B.   always asked people for help

C.   couldn't have a big smile  

D. liked to talk about people's shoes 

(   ) 4. The writer felt comfortable because

A.  he had a nice talk with the man

B.   the man looked him in the eye

C.   he didn't move his feet before the man

D. the man had a big smile on the face
(   ) 5. We can infer(推斷)from the passage that________ •

A.  the disabled man had something wrong with his mind

B.   not many people went down to the man's level

C.   the man was good at telling people about the world

D.  the writer would not give the man help

Answer 1

1. C 根據(jù)第十段第三句K people keep moving their feet，I just let them go，because I know they're not patient with me.可知答案為C。

2. B pity意為"同情，憐惘"，此意最符合上下文， 故可推知compassion即含此意。故選B。

3. A根據(jù)全篇文章，尤其是第一句He was struggling to tie his shoes.和第四段第二句His arms and legs were twisted terribly, and he couldn't do what the rest of us would think of as easy tasks.可知，這位殘疾人照顧自己是有困難的。故選A。

4. D 根據(jù)第四段最后一句He had a big smile, making me feel comfortable.可知答案為D。

5. B 根據(jù)倒數(shù)第四段And then you came down to my level…I don't usually have someone looking me in the eye.可知，很少有人直視這位殘疾人的眼睛，因為很少有人像作者這樣蹲下來。故選B。