Sharing Beauty
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 sunsetB.cheer her upC.offer some helpD.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.disappointedB.puzzledC.inspiredD.overjoyed

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C

試題分析: 本文講述作者與一位陌生的女士分享看日落的喜悅,四年后,作者處于生活的低谷,看到那位陌生女士在雜志上發(fā)表的文章,很受鼓舞。
小題1:A 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段提到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.她對我說,看落日,沒有人在這看它,我想與人分享,故選A項。
小題2:B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段提到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四年后,我的情況發(fā)生的巨大的變化,十二年的婚姻直到盡頭,故選B項。
小題3:C 細節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段提到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.陌生人說到神不為之,人為之,然后她悟出其中的真理,從那時起,她的生活發(fā)生的變化,深受鼓舞,故選C項。
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