Question

I had made up my mind a long time ago that I would not give a homeless person money, because I could never be sure what that money would be used for. Instead, I decided, I would buy them a sandwich, a cold drink on a hot day, a cup of coffee, whatever I could manage.

         I was out recently and saw a homeless man outside of a Starbucks. I decided I would buy this man lunch. I bought a sandwich and soda.

         Just as I was leaving the store, two policemen were approaching the man. Obviously the shop owners had complained of his wandering and the police were there to draw him away from the storefronts. Just as they were about to wake him, I asked one of the officers if it was all right if I just gave the man something before he went. I was not sure why I asked the permission but the policeman said sure and I just left the bag in the man’s cart, got in my car and drove off.

         As I was driving off I remember thinking “I hope people saw that”. Then I had to seriously ask myself why I hoped people had seen me give the man a sandwich from Starbucks. Was it because I wanted people to think, “She’s such a nice person!”? Why did I hope others had seen me do it? I continued to wonder this all evening.

         The next morning, it came to me that I wanted people to have witnessed that small act of kindness not so that I would receive credit and praise but so that they might be inspired to do the same and in so doing that others still would witness their acts of kindness. Thus the whole spirit of pity and giving would be lasting.

1.The underlined word “Starbucks” in the second paragraph is the name of a _________.

A. shop                        B. bookstore                        C. bank                        D. man

2.When the author saw the homeless man, he was __________.

A. begging outside                                                   B. buying goods

C. staying awake                                                       D. falling asleep

3. What’s the purpose of the passage?

A. To show the author is great.

B. To encourage people to help others.

C. To introduce an experience that changed the author.

D. To call on people not to give money to a homeless man.

4.The author can be best described as __________.

A. bad-tempered                                         B. hard-working

C. kind-hearted                                            D. self-confident

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：

大意： 文章介绍了主人公给一个无家可的人买了午餐，但是刚开始主人公在想，要是有人看到了这一善举该多好啊，可能会获取别人的赞扬，但最终主人公并不是为了得到大家的认可，而是用这种善举去激励更多的人做同样的事情。并且还会有人看到他们的善举，让这种给予的精神不断的传承下去。

1.A本题考查词义推测。Just as I was leaving the store, two policemen were approaching the man. Obviously the shop owners had complained of his wandering and the police were there to draw him away from the storefronts.句意：正当我要离开商店的时候，两个警察向那个人走去，很明显，是店主投诉了他，警察要把那个人从店前赶走。由本句可知Starbucks指的是商店或店铺。（Starbucks世界连锁的咖啡店。）

2.D文意推测题。Just as they were about to wake him----。 句意：正当两个警察要去唤醒他的时候-----。可知，这个人是睡着的。

3.B综合理解题。由文章的最后一段可知答案为C。大意为：我想让其他人看见这一小小的善举不是为了我得到赞扬而是为了激励更多的人去做同样的事情。而且要让这种善举继续下去。

4.C本题为文意推测题。由文章我的所作所为可知应该是好心人。

考点：考查记叙文的阅读理解。