Question

One day I was doing a big clean-up when I a knotted handkerchief with an old dark brown coin inside. I took one look and immediately an unforgettable time.

In 1991, I spent five months in Niger, with sandstorms and great heat. Its and beggars were my biggest and most constant complaint. Street beggars would continually reach out their hands, shouting “Gift! Gift!”

One day, I for neighboring Burking to work in a health clinic.

Arriving by taxi at our destination in Burkina, we began to . In darkness, a motorbike with two men approached slowly. Without any , one of them grabbed my pack as the motorbike swept close by. Within seconds, the two were out of sight, up by the night.

The bag had my passport, money, traveler’s cheques, a camera, an airline ticket and other things to me. I was in deep trouble.

In the weeks that followed, I guarded the rest of my valuables and regarded all with suspicion. All I wanted was to leave this place.

Then, walking through Burkina’s streets, I met with an old woman. “Gift! Gift!” she cried. I’d had enough. I was of the country: its poverty(貧困), its thieves, the heat, and the dust. I told her angrily, “A thief stole all my money and now I can’t out of your country. I cannot give you anything.”

The woman beggar listened attentively and my words. Then she reached the folds of her dress.

“Then I will give you a gift,” she announced. Kindly, she placed an old, dark brown coin in my hand. I looked at it in . It was a very small amount of money, but for this woman, the coin a meal. At that moment, I felt a shame. In spit of her , she was able to give me something priceless.

I saw then the beauty of the people of Burkina, and appreciated deeply the quiet of the poor. With the old woman’s gift, I hope never to part with the coin she gave me. With one small coin, she my concept completely.

1.A. cared aboutB. came acrossC. looked forD. focused upon

2.A. presented B. gaveC. recalledD. reminded

3.A. trafficB. dustC. noiseD. climate

4.A. headedB. struggledC. stoodD. came

5.A. moveB. unloadC. hideD. pass

6.A. warningB. planningC. thinkingD. arranging

7.A. hungB. putC. swallowedD. cleared

8.A. obviousB. expensiveC. familiarD. precious

9.A. elegantlyB. cautiouslyC. dependentlyD. frequently

10.A. localsB. thievesC. beggarsD. men

11.A. proudB. consciousC. sickD. aware

12.A. getB. runC. comeD. rush

13.A. attended toB. looked upC. thought aboutD. wrote down

14.A. forB. intoC. outD. at

15.A. orderB. vainC. serveD. shock

16.A. meantB. madeC. deservedD. suggested

17.A. dirtinessB. povertyC. kindnessD. safety

18.A. updatedB. unfoldedC. brokenD. unexpected

19.A. momentB. actionC. dignity（尊嚴(yán)）D. life

20.A. changedB. damagedC. foundD. accepted

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.C

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：作者來到一個貧困的國家，這里的炎熱、沙塵暴以及滿街的乞丐都讓作者受不了。他遭遇的搶劫更使他厭惡這個地方。但一個老乞丐聽說了他的遭遇后送給他一枚舊硬幣，從此作者改變了對這個地方的看法，因為他看到了窮人的尊嚴(yán)。

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