Question

Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.

　　After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, "I wonder why that woman doesn't wash her window. It really looks terrible."

　　One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.

　　Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean!

　　Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.

　　That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings?

　　Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (评判) someone, I asked myself first, "Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?"

　　Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.

1.The writer couldn't see everything clearly through the window because_____.

A. the woman's window was dirty         

B. the writer's window was dirty

C. the woman lived nearby               

D. the writer was near-sighted

2.The writer was surprised that_____.

A. the woman was sitting by her window 

B. the woman's window was clean

C. the woman did cleaning in the afternoon     

D. the woman's window was still terrible

3."It dawned on me" probably means "____".

A. I began to understand it                  B. it cheered me up

C. I knew it grew light                      D. it began to get dark

4.It's clear that _____.

A. the writer had never met the woman before

B. the writer often washed the window

C. they both worked as cleaners

D. they lived in a small town

5.From the passage, we can learn ______.

A. one shouldn't criticize others very often

B. one should often make his windows clean

C. one must judge himself before he judges others

D. one must look at others through his dirty windows

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了作者通过窗户看到隔壁的女人，以为她的窗户很脏，可是在作者一天清整了窗户后发现是自己的窗户脏而不是隔壁的女人的窗户脏。这给了作者一个教训，判断一个人之前先要判断自己。

1.推理判断题。根据短文 Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean!描述，可知不是女人的窗户脏，而是作者的窗户脏，故选B

2.短文What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean!可知，作者是因为发现女人的窗户是干净的而吃惊，故选B

3.后文I had been criticizing (批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.可知作者明白为什么总是看到那个女人的窗户脏了，故选A

4.短文There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met可知作者从没见过这个女人，故选A

5.Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (评判) someone, I asked myself first, "Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?"可知一个人在判断其他人时先判断自己，故选C。

考点：故事类短文阅读