6.Like most people,I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting.It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery:giving away makes life much more exciting.You need not worry if you lack money.
This is how I experimented with giving away.If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store flashes to me,I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper.One discovery I made about giving away is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back,though the return often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning,the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home,though it was addressed to me at my office.I wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation.More than a year later I needed a post office box for a new business I was starting.I was told at the window that there were no boxes left,and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list.As I was about to leave,the postmaster appeared in the doorway.He had overheard(無意中聽到)our conversation."Wasn't it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?"I said yes."Well,you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you.You don't know what a letter like that means to us.We usually get nothing but complaints."
21.From the passage,we understand thatA.
A.the author did not understand the importance of giving until he was in late thirties
B.the author was like most people who were mostly receivers rather than givers
C.the author received the same education as most people during his childhood
D.the author liked most people as they looked upon life as a process of getting
22.The author would make the suggestion to the storekeeperB.
A.in writing
B.in person
C.in the window display
D.a(chǎn)bout the neighborhood
23.When the author needed a post office box,C.
A.he had put his name on a waiting list
B.he wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation
C.many people had applied for post office boxes before him
D.he asked the postmaster to make one for him.
分析 像大多數(shù)人那樣,作者是在將生活視為索取的過程中長大的.直到年近四十,作者才有了一個重要發(fā)現(xiàn):奉獻(xiàn)更能使生活精彩紛呈.即使你沒有錢也不用擔(dān)心,也可以奉獻(xiàn).有時候一個不經(jīng)意間的奉獻(xiàn),你可以得到意想不到的回報(bào).
解答 21.A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.由第一段It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery可知,直到年近四十,作者才有了一個重要發(fā)現(xiàn),故選A
22.B.理解推斷題.由第二段If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store flashes to me,I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper,可知作者自己做出了這個建議,故選B
23.C.理解推斷題.由最后一段More than a year later I needed a post office box for a new business I was starting.I was told at the window that there were no boxes left,and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list可知,有許多人在作者之前已經(jīng)申請過了郵箱,故選C
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