Question

It’s a sad and familiar voice that we often hear in big cities: “Can you spare some change?”

Usually, when faced with that particular         , I have feelings of guilt if I pass by         giving a coin or two.

I had that feeling        in Venice while on a tour of Italy’s famous sites in 2006. I had taken refuge from the         in a quiet café. Outside, there was an old woman kneeling on the hard, ancient paving stones,         .

Steady         of tourists were walking past her. A young backpacker stood away from the crowd,        drinking in the vistas（景观、景色）, but I noticed the young traveler was also         the old woman.

A tourist group walked along the street,         the woman and walked on.         group of tourists arrived and walked past the old lady. The backpacker watched         everybody else went on their way, focused on the         around them. Then, I was preparing to leave when I caught sight of the backpacker stepping forward and         some money in the woman’s cup. He did this somewhat        just before the arrival of another tourist group. As I         , the leader of the group stopped and put some money in the cup. Having been shown the way, other tourists followed suit and         some more coins to the cup.

His work done, the young man walked over to the old beggar-woman, patted her on the shoulder and said, “I hope that         a little.”

I don’t know if the woman understood his English or         what had just happened, but I did.

I placed some money in the woman’s cup and continued my travels,         after witnessing such a         act of kindness.

1.A. soundB. questionC. excuseD. command

2.A. beyondB. afterC. withoutD. before

3.A. many timesB. some times C. only onceD. once again

4.A. crowdsB. familiesC. streetsD. signs

5.A. singingB. cryingC. beggingD. trembling

6.A. streamsB. packsC. massesD. groups

7.A. simplyB. seeminglyC. similarlyD. specially

8.A. showingB. followingC. checkingD. observing

9.A. glanced atB. laughed atC. rushed atD. stared at

10.A. OneB. MoreC. AnotherD. Other

11.A. ifB. sinceC. becauseD. as

12.A. stonesB. sightsC. signsD. tourists

13.A. lendingB. borrowingC. placingD. taking

14.A. accidentallyB. successfullyC. purposefullyD. cheerfully

15.A. watchedB. shownC. understoodD. walked

16.A. changedB. chargedC. foundD. added

17.A. measuresB. helpsC. explainsD. matters

18.A. recognizedB. caughtC. realizedD. figured

19.A. pleasantB. annoyedC. disappointedD. light-hearted

20.A. beautifulB. smartC. pureD. happy

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.C

15.A

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：作者经常为自己没有能够帮助一些乞讨的人感到内疚，在威尼斯的一次经历让他再次有了这种感觉，但是他也目睹了一个年轻的背包客的智慧的善举。

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