I had made up my mind a long time ago that I would not give a homeless person money, because I could never be sure what that money would be used for. Instead, I decided, I would buy them a sandwich, a cold drink on a hot day, a cup of coffee, whatever I could manage.
I was out recently and saw a homeless man outside of a Starbucks. I decided I would buy this man lunch. I bought a sandwich and soda.
Just as I was leaving the store, two policemen were approaching the man. Obviously the shop owners had complained of his wandering and the police were there to draw him away from the storefronts. Just as they were about to wake him, I asked one of the officers if it was all right if I just gave the man something before he went. I was not sure why I asked the permission but the policeman said sure and I just left the bag in the man’s cart, got in my car and drove off.
As I was driving off I remember thinking “I hope people saw that”. Then I had to seriously ask myself why I hoped people had seen me give the man a sandwich from Starbucks. Was it because I wanted people to think, “She’s such a nice person!”? Why did I hope others had seen me do it? I continued to wonder this all evening.
The next morning, it came to me that I wanted people to have witnessed that small act of kindness not so that I would receive credit and praise but so that they might be inspired to do the same and in so doing that others still would witness their acts of kindness. Thus the whole spirit of pity and giving would be lasting.
【小題1】The underlined word “Starbucks” in the second paragraph is the name of a _________.

A．shopB．bookstoreC．bankD．man
【小題2】When the author saw the homeless man, he was __________.
A．begging outsideB．buying goods
C．staying awakeD．falling asleep
【小題3】What’s the purpose of the passage?
A．To show the author is great.
B．To encourage people to help others.
C．To introduce an experience that changed the author.
D．To call on people not to give money to a homeless man.
【小題4】The author can be best described as __________.
A．bad-temperedB．hard-working
C．kind-heartedD．self-confident


【小題1】A
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】C

解析試題分析：本文通過(guò)作者的親身經(jīng)歷鼓勵(lì)人們?nèi)椭鷦e人。
【小題1】根據(jù)Just as I was leaving the store, two policemen were approaching the man.故選A。
【小題2】根據(jù)Just as they were about to wake him,故選D。
【小題3】根據(jù)The next morning, it came to me that I wanted people to have witnessed that small act of kindness not so that I would receive credit and praise but so that they might be inspired to do the same and in so doing that others still would witness their acts of kindness. Thus the whole spirit of pity and giving would be lasting.故選B。
【小題4】根據(jù)I had made up my mind a long time ago that I would not give a homeless person money, because I could never be sure what that money would be used for. Instead, I decided, I would buy them a sandwich, a cold drink on a hot day, a cup of coffee, whatever I could manage.故選C。
考點(diǎn)：日常生活類短文閱讀理解
點(diǎn)評(píng)：這篇文章非常簡(jiǎn)單，先看問(wèn)題，再帶著問(wèn)題仔細(xì)閱讀短文，理解了全文內(nèi)容，很容易選出正確答案。閱讀短文時(shí)，常常會(huì)遇到一些生詞。這時(shí)，要沉著，冷靜，細(xì)心思考。首先要把整段、整篇文章看完。通過(guò)對(duì)全篇短文的理解，就很有可能猜測(cè)出生詞的大意。另外，還可以從含有生詞句子的上下文，以及句子和段落之間的關(guān)系來(lái)判斷、理解生詞以求獲得其真正含義。猜測(cè)生詞的另一種方法是，根據(jù)構(gòu)詞法推測(cè)。遇到生詞后，可從構(gòu)詞法角度分析判斷生詞。

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