Question

It was a cold night in Washington, D.C. and I was heading back to the hotel when a beggar walked up to me. He asked if I would give him some money so he could get something to eat. After a short hesitation, I shook my head and kept walking. With helplessness, he said, “I really am homeless and I really am hungry! You can come with me and watch me eat!” But still, I kept on walking.

The incident bothered me for the rest of the week. In fact, I had money in my pocket and it wouldn’t have killed me to hand over a dollar or two even if he had been lying. On a freezing cold night, I wondered what would happen to a hungry man.

Flying back to my hometown, Anchorage, I couldn’t help thinking of him. I tried to find excuses for my failure to help. After all, government agencies, churches and charities were there to feed him. Besides, you’re not supposed to give money to beggars.

But I just couldn’t forget the incident and began to think I must do something. At that time, I was writing a garden column(專欄) for the local Daily News. Suddenly, I came up with an idea. Why not try to get all my readers to plant one row in their gardens donated to Bean’s? Bean’s Cafe, the soup kitchen which has volunteered to feed hundreds of hungry people every day for many years.

The idea began to take off. I began to receive more e-mails and calls from kind people. They tried their best to show their concerns about the hungry. Food was sent by different warm-hearted people and even those who only grew flowers sent their flowers. They are food for the spirit, which comforted me a lot.

Next year, the Garden Writers Association of America held their annual conference in Anchorage and after learning of Anchorage’s program, Plant a Row for Bean’s became Plant a Row for the Hungry. You can imagine how happy I was then.

1. According to the passage, the reason why the author refused to give some money to the beggar probably is that ________.

A. he happened not to take money then

B. he wasn’t fond of beggars

C. he thought that the beggar was lying

D. he didn’t like being bothered

2.Why did the author can’t help thinking of the beggar ?

A. Because he felt he had done wrong for his failure to help him.

B. Because he wanted to know whether the beggar had lied to him.

C. Because he was worried that the beggar might die from hunger.

D. Because some agencies, churches and charities should help the beggar.

3. What does the underlined phrase “take off” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A. remove clothes. B. leave suddenly.

C. become successful. D. come into being.

4. What’s the correct order to record the author’s launch of the program “Plant a Row for the Hungry?”

① He ran into a beggar.

② He was regretful.

③ He came up with the idea of planting a row for Bean’s.

④ The Plant a Row for Bean's became Plant a Row for the Hungry.

⑤ He went back home.

⑥ Writers gathered in Anchorage.

A. ①②③④⑤⑥. B. ①⑤②③④⑥.

C. ①②⑤③④⑥. D. ①②⑤③⑥④.

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇記敘文。作者在一次拒絕一個(gè)乞丐的請(qǐng)求后，內(nèi)心難安，非常愧疚。利用自己在報(bào)社的工作，寫(xiě)了一篇專欄號(hào)召社會(huì)各界人士為乞討人員提供幫助，在社會(huì)上引起了較大反響，并得到了較好的效果。

1.C細(xì)節(jié)辨析題。根據(jù)第二段In fact, I had money in my pocket and it wouldn’t have killed me to hand over a dollar or two even if he had been lying.“事實(shí)上，我?guī)Я隋X，即使他騙了我?guī)自�錢我也不會(huì)因此失去性命。”可知，作者拒絕提供幫助的原因在于他認(rèn)為乞丐可能是騙子，故答案為C。

2.A細(xì)節(jié)辨析題。根據(jù)第三段 I tried to find excuses for my failure to help.“我試著為自己沒(méi)有為他提供幫助尋找理由�！笨芍�作者一直在為自己沒(méi)有為他提供幫助而內(nèi)疚，一直念念不忘。故答案為A。

3.C詞義猜測(cè)題。Take off“起飛，脫掉，取消”；根據(jù)第五段Food was sent by different warm-hearted people and even those who only grew flowers sent their flowers.“熱心的人們送來(lái)了食物，以種花為生的人們送來(lái)了鮮花。”，可知作者的宣傳取得了很好的效果，即點(diǎn)子成功了，故答案為C。

4.I was heading back to the hotel when a beggar walked up to me.“在回酒店的路上我遇到了一個(gè)乞丐”；第二段The incident bothered me for the rest of the week.“在這周的剩下幾天里,這個(gè)意外使我心煩意亂”；第三段Flying back to my hometown...“飛回家鄉(xiāng)后...”；第四段Why not try to get all my readers to plant one row in their gardens donated to Bean’s?“為什么不號(hào)召我的讀者為乞丐捐贈(zèng)食物呢？”；第六段the Garden Writers Association of America held their annual conference in Anchorage“美國(guó)花園作者協(xié)會(huì)在Anchorage舉辦了年會(huì)”；第六段Plant a Row for Bean’s became Plant a Row for the Hungry；故答案為D。

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