One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City, California, to New Orleans. In the middle of the desert, I came upon a young man standing by the roadside. He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him. There was a time in the country when you’d be considered a stupid person if you passed by somebody in need. Now you are a fool for helping. With gangs, drug addicts, murderers, thieves everywhere, “I don’t want to get involved” has become a national motto.
Several states later I was still thinking about the hitch-hiker(免費(fèi)搭車的人). Leaving him standing in the desert did not bother me so much. What bothered me was how easily I had reached the decision. I never even lifted my foot off the accelerator(加速器).
Does anyone stop any more? I wondered. I recalled Blanche DuBois’s family line: “I have always depended on the kindness of the strangers”. Could anyone rely on the kindness of the strangers these days? One way to test this would be for a person to journey from coast to coast without any money, relying only on the good will of his fellow Americans. What kind of Americans would he find? Who would feed him, shelter him, and carry him down the road?
The idea interested me.
So I decided to travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny. It would be a cashless journey through the land of the almighty dollar. I would only accept offers of rides, food and a place to rest my head. My final destination would be Cape Fear in North Carolina, a symbol of all the fears I’d have to conquer during the trip.
I rose early on September 6, 1994, and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge with a 50-pound pack on my back and a sign displaying my destination to passing vehicles: “America”.
For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4,223 miles across 14 states. As I traveled, folks were always warning me about someplace else. In Montana they told me to watch out for the cowboys in Wyoming; in Nebraska they said people would not be as nice as in Iowa. Yet I was amazed by people’s readiness to help a stranger, even when it seemed against their own best interests.
【小題1】Why did the author drive past the young man in the desert without stopping?

A．Because he failed to notice this man. 
B．Because he was driving too fast. 
C．Because he was afraid of being cheated. 
D．Because he thought the young man didn’t need help. 
【小題2】What was it that made the author upset?
A．Making the decision of not offering help so easily. 
B．Leaving the young man alone in the desert. 
C．Being considered a fool. 
D．Keeping thinking about the young man. 
【小題3】What is the structure of the text?
A．①—②③④—⑤—⑥⑦ 
B．①②—③④—⑤⑥⑦ 
C．①②—③④⑤⑥—⑦ 
D．①②③—④—⑤⑥⑦ 
【小題4】The author decided to travel without a penny in order to ___________.
A．find out how long he could survive without help 
B．figure out how strangers thought of his plan  
C．go through the great difficulty in surviving unexpected environment 
D．find out whether strangers would offer help to him 
【小題5】The following part might probably___________.
A．describe how the author fooled the strangers 
B．describe how strangers went out their way to help the author 
C．explain why people refused to help strangers 
D．explain how the author overcame his difficulties on the way 


【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】B
【小題4】D
【小題5】B

解析試題分析：當(dāng)今社會(huì)，幫助陌生人的人會(huì)被當(dāng)成傻瓜，在這樣的導(dǎo)向下，人們是否還會(huì)向陌生人伸出援手？作者為了得到答案，親歷了一次“身無(wú)分文”的旅行。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段最后兩句可知，如今人們不想因?yàn)閹椭吧硕萑肼闊髡哒呛ε卤黄垓_，而沒(méi)有停車。答案是C。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段中的“What bothered me was how easily I had reached the decision.”可知，使作者感到不安的是自己怎么會(huì)那么輕易就作出了不伸出援手的決定。答案是A。
【小題3】文章結(jié)構(gòu)題：文章第一段和第二段講述了作者的一次經(jīng)歷，第三段和第四段介紹作者的一個(gè)計(jì)劃，后面三段介紹這個(gè)想法實(shí)施的過(guò)程和結(jié)果，選B。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段最后三句的內(nèi)容以及第四段“The idea intrigued me”可知，作者決定進(jìn)行這次“身無(wú)分文”的旅行是想看看是否會(huì)有陌生人幫助他，因此選擇D。
【小題5】篇章結(jié)構(gòu)題。根據(jù)最后一段的描述可知，作者無(wú)論到哪兒都會(huì)得到幫助，甚至一些人寧愿違背自己的利益，也會(huì)去幫助他，因此下文作者會(huì)具體說(shuō)明人們是如何盡力幫助他的。答案選B。
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Here is the truth of the story:
Actually Julie and I were out that morning because I was leaving. She was trying to persuade me to come back, but I wasn’t hearing anything that made that sound likely.
I was about to turn and go when an old black dog walked between us and almost fell down. Suddenly we had something more important than our problem to worry about. There was a creature in need right before us and we had to work together to help it.
We did help it. And here I am writing the story in my own home, in my own family.
In the song “Love Is Not a Fight” Warren Barfield talks about marriage. At one point he sings, “And if we try to leave, may God send angels (天使) to guard the door.”
Sometimes angels come disguised (偽裝) as dogs.
【小題1】How was the dog when found?

A．Too weak to walk. B．Thin and worn out. 
C．Unable to eat food. D．Homeless but gentle. 
【小題2】 We can infer from Paragraph 2 that         .
A．the dog didn’t go with the writer 
B．the writer had his own pet dog  
C．Julie bought some food for the dog 
D．the dog didn’t eat any of the food 
【小題3】The underlined part “our problem” in the passage refers to the fact that         .
A．the writer didn’t want to take Julie’s advice 
B．a(chǎn)n old black dog appeared in front of them 
C．Julie disagreed with the writer’s travel on business  
D．the couple had some trouble with their marriage 
【小題4】Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A．An Angel Dog B．A Helpful Couple C．Saving the Dog D．A Famous Song 

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