The passengers on the subway who caught a glimpse of me may have thought I was strange. In particular a gentleman sitting opposite me was always staring at me, looking at the cheese bread on the floor in front of me and then staring back at me. A passenger probably dropped it by mistake and got off at a previous stop, but the gentleman might not think so. “Next stop, St. Patrick Station” — my stop was quickly coming up. I had few minutes to either take the cheese bread, which nobody else was claiming, or left it there.
In those few minutes I felt my pride getting in the way. “What would others on the subway think of me if I took the cheese bread? Would they think that I was poor and hungry? Would they think that I was stealing?” The ignorant thing to do was say “yes” to any of those self-imposed questions. Actually, they were just my own thoughts. Though I would leave the subway, walk a block to my office, get settled at my desk, and sit comfortably in my office for the whole day, I couldn’t get rid of the enormous sense of guilt and regret.
My thoughts once pushed me towards pride and ignorance, but finally I had to admit I was wrong. This missing cheese bread could be a gift for a homeless person who suffered from cold and hunger. So why not overcome a little bit of my pride and pass along so much kindness?
Just as the doors opened at my stop, I grabbed the cheese bread and left the subway. It felt awesome, but I didn’t care if people were looking at me or what they were thinking. Instead of going directly to my office as usual, I walked a few more blocks up to Queen’s park, where I often saw a homeless man sitting outside. I always wanted to give him something, but only today I walked toward him, who wrapped himself in a sleeping bag. I was full of satisfaction, and so did the homeless man, I thought.
小題1:The gentleman kept staring at the author because _______.
A．he wanted to talk to the author
B．the author appeared too nervous
C．the author was going to get off
D．he might think the author dropped the bread
小題2:The underlined word “self-imposed” in paragraph 2 probably means “_______”.
A．easily obtainedB．deliberately created
C．strongly supportedD．completely unaccepted
小題3:Why did the author grab the cheese bread when he got off?
A．He noticed that no one was looking at him.
B．He didn’t want to see the cheese bread to go to taste.
C．He valued kindness more than his own pride.
D．He remembered a homeless man at that very moment.

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:C
文章講述的是作者在坐地鐵的時候發(fā)現(xiàn)旁邊有個面包，周圍有的人認(rèn)為是作者丟下來的，作者在心理掙扎了很久，最后決定撿起面包，并送給無家可歸的人。
小題1:推理判斷題，根據(jù)第一段In particular a gentleman sitting opposite me was always staring at me, looking at the cheese bread on the floor in front of me and then staring back at me可知，這個人認(rèn)為是我丟掉的面包
小題2:猜測詞義題，根據(jù)該詞的前面很多問句可知，這些都是坐著自己想出來的，所以該詞意為故意編造的
小題3:推理判斷題，根據(jù)第三段This missing cheese bread could be a gift for a homeless person who suffered from cold and hunger. So why not overcome a little bit of my pride and pass along so much kindness可知，作者克服了自己的自尊心，決定幫助別人
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A．his shirts in a bagB．his shoes on a rock
C．his shorts in a bagD．his shorts on a rock
小題3:Charlie cried for help because______________.
A．the sea was carrying him away from the beach
B．the sea was pulling Charlie onto the rocks
C．the sea was getting lower
D．the sea was going out
小題4:Who saved Charlie? _____.
A．A man and a girlB．Two menC．A woman and a girlD．A man and a boy

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