Question

Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The next building 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 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 someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.

1.“It dawned on me” in paragraph 4 probably means “________”.

A. I knew it grew light    B. it cheered me up

C. I began to understand it    D. it began to get dark

2.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

3.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.C

2.A

3.C

【解析】这篇短文中作者给我们讲述了他的亲身经历，他透过窗户看邻居的时候，以为是邻居家的窗户太脏了，作者偶然发现原来是自己的窗户脏。由此作者想要告诉我们，在我们批评别人之前，要先审视一下自己。

1.推理题判断题。从文章第四段的句子：I had been criticizing her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.可以看出作者是理解了。故C项正确。

2.细节理解题。根据第一段中There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met,可知，很明显，这位作家以前从未见过这个女人。故A项正确。

3.推理判断题。从最后一段的句子 Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?看出人们应该看别人前先看看自己。故C项正确。