Question

One day,a college student was taking a walk with a professor. As they went along, they saw a pair of old shoes lying in the path. They supposed the shoes belonged to a poor man who was employed in a field close by, and who had nearly finished his day’s word.

    The student turned to the professor, saying, “ Let’s play a trick on him: we can hide his shoes, and hide ourselves behind those bushes, and wait to see his confusion when he cannot find them”.

    “My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never amuse ourselves at the expense of the poor. But you are rich, and may give yourself a much greater pleasure by helping the poor man. Put a coin into each shoe, and then we hide ourselves and watch how the discovery will affect him.”

    The student did so, and they both placed themselves behind the bushes close by. The poor man soon finished his work, and walked across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes.While putting on his cote he slipped his foot into one of his shoes,feeling something hard. He bent down to feel what it was, and found the coin. Astonishment and wonder were seen on his face.

    He fixed his eyes on the coin, turned it round, and looked at it again and again. He then looked on all sides, but no person was seen. He put the money into his pocket, and continued to put on the other shoe, but his surprise was doubled on finding the other coin. His feelings overcame him. He fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and cried a sincere thanksgiving, in which he spoke of his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread, Whom the timely help, from some unknown hand, would save from dying．

    The student stood there, deeply affected, and his eyes filled with tears．“Now,”said the professor,“aren’t you much more pleased to do than to play your intended trick？”

    The student replied,“You have taught me a lesson which I will never forget.”

1.The student wanted to play a trick on the poor man to ______．

A. find the truth    B. show his wisdom

C. amuse himself    D. teach him a lesson

2.After finding the two coins, the man felt______．

A. Helpless    B. interested    C. peaceful    D. thankful

3.We can know from the passage that the professor is ______．

A. wise    B. rich    C. humorous    D. serious

4.What dose the story intend to tell us？

A. A small act of kindness brings great joy．

B. God helps those who help themselves．

C. Where there is a will, there is a way．

D. Actions speak louder than words．

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.A

【解析】本文为叙事故事。文章中有一个年轻人想搞恶作剧，他把在地里干活的穷人的鞋子藏起来，看他会什么反应。但和他在一起的教授劝阻了他，相反让他给穷人鞋子里放了两枚硬币。结果穷人特别感动，跪下向上帝感恩。年轻人通过这件事知道了“给予要比接受更幸福”这句话的真谛。

1.细节理解题。根据第三段中的we should never amuse ourselves at the expense of the poor.（我们不能以戏弄穷人来达到取悦自己的目的）可知，这个年轻人想捉弄那个穷人来取悦自己。故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据倒数第三段中的He fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and cried a sincere thanksgiving, in which he spoke of his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread, Whom the timely help, from some unknown hand, would save from dying.（他跪下、看着天、感激的哭了，因为他有生病的妻子、没有饭吃的孩子）可知，穷人发现了硬币之后，心中充满了感激。故选D。

3.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的You have taught me a lesson which I will never forget（你给我一个永生难忘的教训）可推知，这说明教授非常的明智，用事实来教训了学生。故选A。

4.推理判断题。文章中一个年轻人想搞恶作剧，把在地里干活的穷人的鞋子藏起来，看他会什么反应。但和他在一起的教授劝阻了他，相反让他给穷人鞋子里放了两枚硬币。结果穷人特别感动，跪下向上帝感恩。年轻人通过这件事知道了“给予要比接受更幸福”这句话的真谛，同时“小小的善举会带来巨大的快乐”也是文章想对我们说的一个道理。故选A。

【名师点睛】

阅读理解在每套英语试题中都占有很重要的分值，需要大家特别重视。解答阅读理解时，一般遵循先读文章后的题目，标识出关键词（信息点），带着问题去阅读，做到心中有数，这样能够提高做题效率；在阅读过程中，将题目答案的原文信息源做好标识，这样能够做到自己的答案有凭有据，有助于提高自己的做题信心、有利于回头的自我检查。如第1小题“为了什么年轻人想捉弄那个穷人”，文章中并没有直接指出年轻人的目的，但是通过第三段中教授对年轻人说的“we should never amuse ourselves at the expense of the poor.”（我们永远不应该以穷人们作为自我取悦的代价）可推断出，年轻人捉弄穷人的原因是为了让自己高兴。那么，第三段教授说的这句话就是第1小题的答案依据，于是我们在文中做好题号标识。同时，做阅读理解题时，一定要细心，这样才能准确找到正确答案。