A man, who sometimes takes my bus, is in rags. His life seems different from that of the others. He looks exhausted and carries nothing. He appears along a downtown street, seemingly out of nowhere. We sometimes want to know where he sleeps at night.
A few weeks ago he boarded the bus. A few stops later, a young woman boarded. She swiped (刷) her bus-card, only to find the machine would not accept it. The driver told her to pay the $2.25 fare. “I just bought this card,” she said. “I paid the money...”
The driver said she could take the card back to the sales office and explain the problem. In the meantime she would have to pay the fare for that day. The woman became confused and distressed. The rest of us just watched, wondering how the problem would be solved. Suddenly the man rose from his seat, dropped a few coins into the fare box.
“You’re lucky,” the bus driver said quietly. “He paid for you.” Silence fell over the bus. The rest of us had watched the woman’s discomfort, but he felt it. We lawyers, journalists and business people headed downtown to help fix the world. He fixed her world.
I haven’t seen him since that day. Some people believe angels occasionally drop down and move among us. All I know is that I have a new respect for the simple act of kindness. It speeds us along on our way.
【小題1】According to the first paragraph, the author _______.

A．thinks highly of the manB．often gives the man some help
C．knows the man very wellD．considers the man strange
【小題2】 What does the underlined word “distressed” probably mean?
A．exitedB．generousC．boredD．a(chǎn)nxious
【小題3】What did the writer learn from the man?
A．to show concern for other people.
B．to lead a happy life like the man.
C．to share what he has with us.
D．to believe that people are born kind.


【小題1】D
【小題2】D
【小題3】A

解析試題分析：文章講述一個(gè)男子經(jīng)常和作者坐同樣的公共汽車，衣衫襤褸，給人奇怪的感覺，但是就是這樣一個(gè)人，卻在一個(gè)婦女陷入困境的時(shí)候，出錢幫助了她。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：His life seems different from that of the others. He looks exhausted and carries nothing.可知作者認(rèn)為這個(gè)人很奇怪，選D
【小題2】猜詞題：從文章第三段的句子：The woman became confused and distressed.這個(gè)婦女看起來(lái)很焦慮，很擔(dān)心，和confused并列的形容詞，還有從第四段的句子：The rest of us had watched the woman’s discomfort,可知“distressed” 的意思是“焦慮的”，選D
【小題3】推理題：從文章最后一段的句子：All I know is that I have a new respect for the simple act of kindness.可知作者從這個(gè)男子的身上學(xué)到了對(duì)別人要關(guān)心，選A
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