On February 9th, 2013, Sarah Darling was walking along the street when she met a homeless man named Billy Ray Harris. She reached into her change purse, emptied out all the coins she had and gave them to the homeless man. Neither of them realized that this small generous act would change their lives.
Sarah didn’t realize that she had given Billy not only all her change but also her diamond ring that she had put in her change purse earlier until the following morning. She and her husband, Bill Krejci, rushed to see if they could find Billy. The homeless man was not only in the same place, he also immediately returned the ring. The grateful couple paid him back for his honesty by emptying out their pockets of all the money they had.
Bill Krejci, a web designer, felt that he needed to do something more for this amazingly honest man. So on February 18th, he set up a special page to raise money for him. In just four days, Billy received over $85,000 and there seems to be no end yet.
That is not enough. Billy is living with a person who is generous instead of living in the streets. And that’s not all—Thanks to the news report, he got together again with his older brother, Edwin Harris who he had been unable to find for 27 years.
All the good luck is just because Billy did the right thing—returning something that did not belong to him.
小題1:When did Sarah realize that she had also given Billy her diamond ring?
A．On February 9th, 2013B．On February 10th, 2013
C．On February 18th, 2013D．On February 22nd 2013
小題2:Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A．Billy is living with a generous person.
B．Billy has found his brother.
C．Billy bought a diamond ring.
D．Billy appeared in the news report
小題3:The underlined word “That” in Paragraph 4 refers to(指代) “________”.
A．returning the ringB．setting up a page
C．living in the streetsD．receiving money
小題4:What’s the best title of the passage ?
A．Generous Woman Changed Her Own Life
B．Kind Man Set Up Special Page
C．Homeless Man Returned Diamond Ring
D．Many People Donated Much Money

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:C
短文大意，這篇短文主要記述了一個人在施舍給一個乞討者時，不小心把鉆石戒指給了這個人。后來這個乞討者歸還了戒指，并因此受到一筆很大的捐款，還找到了自己失散多年的兄弟�？梢哉f這一切都是誠實帶來的好運。
小題1:根據(jù)On February 9th, 2013, Sarah ……didn’t realize that she had given Billy not only all her change but also her diamond ring that she had put in her change purse earlier until the following morning. 描述,可知選B.
小題2:根據(jù)短文第一段描述，可知這是薩拉當(dāng)做硬幣施舍給他的。故選項C描述錯誤。
小題3:聯(lián)系上文第三段描述，可知這個單詞指代的是上文，他受到捐款這件事。故選D。
小題4:這篇短文主要記述了一個人在施舍給一個乞討者時，不小心把鉆石戒指給了這個人。從而由此引發(fā)的一系列故事，故選C。無家可歸的人歸還了金戒指。
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