Question

When he was driving home one evening on a country road, he saw an old lady, stranded(抛锚的) on the side of the road. He stopped in front of her car and got out. Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. He looked poor and hungry. He knew how she felt. He said’ “I am here to help you, madam. Why don’t you wait in the car where it’s warm? By the way, my name is Joe.”

She had a flat tire(轮胎). Joe crawled under the car, changed the tire. But he got dirty and his hands hurt. She could not thank him enough and asked him how much she owed him. He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the help they needed, and Joe added, “And think of me.”

She drove off. A few miles down the road the lady saw a small restaurant. She went in. The waitress had a sweet smile, and was nearly eight months pregnant(怀孕) The old lady wondered how someone like her who seemed poor could be so kind to a stranger. Then she remembered Joe. After the lady finished her meal, the waitress went to get her change from a hundred-dollar bill. But she stepped right out the door.

When the waitress came back, she noticed something written on a napkin(餐巾), “I am helping you because someone once helped me. If you really want to pay me back, here ‘s what you do--Do not let the chain of love end with you.”

That night when she got home, she was thinking about the money and what the lady had written. She and her husband needed money with the baby due (预产期)next month. She knew how worried her husband was, and as he lay sleeping next to her, she whispered, “Everything’s going to be all right. I love you, Joe.”

1.When Joe stopped to help the lady, she _______.

A. became excited           B. refused his offer

C. was afraid to be hurt     D. thanked him

2.Why did the lady leave the restaurant without getting her change?

A. She forgot it.

B. She wanted to give the waitress some help.

C. She would get it later.

D. She wanted to help Joe.

3.We can learn from the text that____________.

A. Joe’s boss fired him.

B. Joe’s wife was the waitress.

C. Joe worked as a driver.

D. Joe had an unhappy marriage.

4.By telling the story, the writer tries to show that_______.

A. helping others made oneself happy.

B. a happy family depends on a happy marriage

C. poverty is not a threat to a happy marriage.

D. kindness can be spread

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了Joe帮助老太太修车不图回报，只希望每个人在可能的情况下也去帮助别人，使爱心传递下去。碰巧的是接受老太太帮助的服务员是Joe的妻子。文章告诉我们将爱心传递，好人有好报。

1.C细节推理题。根据He stopped in front of her car and got out. Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. He looked poor and hungry. He knew how she felt.可知当他过去帮忙时虽然面带微笑，但老太太看到他的外表后很担心，担心他是坏人。故选C.

2.B细节推理题。根据第三段The old lady wondered how someone like her who seemed poor could be so kind to a stranger. Then she remembered Joe.和第四段“I am helping you because someone once helped me. If you really want to pay me back, here ‘s what you do--Do not let the chain of love end with you.”可知老太太想到了Joe的帮助，想把这份帮助延续下去，故选B.

3.B推理判断题。根据第一段By the way, my name is Joe.和最后一段“Everything’s going to be all right. I love you, Joe.”可知帮助老太太修车的是Joe，接受老太太帮助的服务员是Joe的妻子，故选B.

4.Joe帮助老太太修车不图回报，只希望每个人在可能的情况下也去帮助别人，使爱心传递下去。老太太也将爱心传递给了需要帮助的人，故选D.

考点：考查人物故事类短文阅读。

【名师点睛】

主旨大意题的解题思路与应试技巧

做这类题时常用略读法。快速阅读文章找出各个段落的主题句。把各个段落的主题句联系起来着眼于全文结构安排，了解文章的重心，就能概括出文章的中心。文章的标题是中心思想最精炼的表达形式，选择的标题意义范围要能涵盖全文，不能太大也不能太小。命题者在出这类题时，常常利用生活常识编造干扰项，把文中的细节当主旨，利用局部信息编造干扰项，编制超出文章范围的标题或不能涵盖文章中心意义的标题来考查考生的理解程度，考生要特别留意。

概括主旨的方法是：先看首尾或各段开头再看全文找主题句，若无明显主题句，就通过关键词句来概括(如议论文中寻找表达作者观点态度的词句，记叙文寻找概括情节和中心的动词或反映人物特点的形容词。) 。文中出现两种或两种以上的不同观点时，务必牢记作者的观点才是体现全文中心的。此时，要注意一些转折词，如but, yet, however, although, in spite of, by contrast, on the contrary等。当文章中表示相反的观点时，往往用到这些词。答题时要弄清哪个是作者的观点，排除迷惑性信息，准确归纳主旨大意。