It was in October. I was aimlessly wandering down the street, heading into a most gloriously beautiful sunset. I had an urge to speak to someone on the street to share that beauty, but it seemed everyone was in a hurry.
I took the next-best action. Quickly I ducked into a department store and asked the lady behind the counter if she could come outside for just a minute. She looked at me as though I were from some other planet. She hesitated, and then seemingly against her better judgment, she moved toward the door.
When she got outside I said to her, “Just look at that sunset! Nobody out here was looking at it and I just had to share it with someone.”
For a few seconds we just looked. Then I said, “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world.” I thanked her for coming out to see it; she went back inside and I left. It felt good to share the beauty.
Four years later my situation changed greatly. I came to the end of a twenty-year marriage. I was alone and on my own for the first time in my life. I lived in a trailer park which, at the time, I considered a real come-down, and I had to do my wash in the community laundry room.
One day, while my clothes were going around, I picked up a magazine and read an article about a woman who had been in similar circumstances. She had come to the end of a marriage, moved to a strange community, and the only job she could find was one she disliked: clothing sales in a department store.
Then something that happened to her changed everything. She said a woman came into her department store and asked her to step outside to look at a sunset. The stranger had said, “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world,” and she had realized the truth in that statement. From that moment on, she turned her life around.
【小題1】The author asked the woman to go outside to ______.

A.a(chǎn)dmire the sunset B.cheer her up C.offer some help D.have a chat 
【小題2】Four years later, the author ______.
A.found her dream job B.put an end to her marriage 
C.worked in a laundry room D.lived in the same community 
【小題3】After reading the article in the magazine, the author was probably______.
A.disappointed B.puzzled C.inspired D.overjoyed 


【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】C

解析試題分析:文章講了作者與一位陌生的女士分享看日落的喜悅。四年后,作者生活處于低谷,偶然看到了那位陌生女士在雜志上發(fā)表的文章,很受鼓舞。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題:根據(jù)When she got outside I said to her, “Just look at that sunset! Nobody out here was looking at it and I just had to share it with someone.”故選A。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題:根據(jù)Four years later my situation changed greatly. I came to the end of a twenty-year marriage. I was alone and on my own for the first time in my life.故選B。
【小題3】推理題: 根據(jù)The stranger had said, “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world,” and she had realized the truth in that statement. From that moment on, she turned her life around. 可知作者讀了雜志上這篇文章后,很受鼓舞。故選C。

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