Question

When I was about 10, I was walking down the street with my mother. She stopped to speak to Mr. Lee. I knew I could see Mr. Lee anytime around the neighborhood, so I just stood there. After we passed him, my mother stopped and said something unforgettable, "You let that be the last time you ever walk by somebody you know without opening your mouth to speak, because even a dog can wag its tail when it passes you on the street. "That sentence sounds simple but it made me become who I am.

At work, I used to say hello to the president of the company and ask him how our business was doing. But I also spoke to the people in the cafe and people who cleaned the buildings, and asked them how their children were doing, for every single person deserves to be accepted, no matter how humble(低微的)they are. I remember that after a few years of passing by the president, I had the courage to ask him for a chat. We had a great talk. At some point, when I asked him how far he thought I could go in his company, he said that if I wanted to, I could get all the way to his seat.

I've become vice-president, but that hasn't changed how I treat people. I speak to people wherever I am. Speaking to people creates a pathway into their world, and it lets them come into mine, too.

The day you speak to someone who has his head down and then see him lift it up and smile, you will realize how powerful it is just to open your mouth and say hello.

1.What is the best title for this passage?

A. The power of being talkative

B. My mother's influence on me

C. The power of saying hello

D. My way to become vice-president

2. It is implied in the first paragraph that         .

A. the writer didn't like Mr. Lee

B. the writer didn't say hello to Mr. Lee on that occasion

C. the writer didn't get along well with his mother

D. the writer's mother stopped to say hello to everyone she met

3. What can we learn from the second paragraph?

A. The writer didn't say hello to everyone in the company.

B. The writer made a very good impression on the president of the company.

C. The president of the company thought the writer was much better than him.

D. The president of the company actually didn't like the writer at all.

4.For the writer, saying hello to others           .

A. is a way to get what he wants

B. has become a habit and a way of life

C. is a way to show respect for his mother

D. is important in making him remembered

5.According to Paragraph 3, in the writer’s opinion, speaking to others can        .

A. make our world much better

B. make people much happier every day

C. help people understand each other better

D. help people work much better

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了作者在十岁时和母亲一起遇到了一位邻居，母亲主动和邻居说话而作者在那里只是站着，从那次母亲与邻居的交谈中的话里，作者悟出了一个道理，要展开嘴和别人打招呼，这样有利于双方的理解。

1.主旨大意题。根据you will realize how powerful it is just to open your mouth and say hello。本文一直强调给别人打招呼的影响，故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据so I just stood there. 作者的母亲与邻居说话，而他只是在那里站着，故选B。

3.推理判断题。根据I used to say hello to the president of the company and ask him how our business was doing.作者可以问公司的老总怎样经营公司，可以推出作者对他有一个非常好的印象，故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据I’ve become vice-president, but that hasn’t changed how I treat people.对于作者来说已经成为一个习惯和生活方式，故选B。

5.细节理解题。根据Speaking to people creates a pathway into their world, and it lets them come into mine, too.可以有助于相互理解，故选C。

考点：人生百味类短文阅读。