The passengers on the subway who caught a glimpse of me may have thought I was s

The passengers on the subway who caught aglimpse of me may have thought I was strange. In particular a gentleman sittingopposite me was always staring at me, looking at the cheese bread on the floorin front of me and then staring back at me. A passenger probably dropped it bymistake 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 fewminutes to either take the cheese bread, which nobody else was claiming, orleft it there.

In those few minutes I felt my pridegetting in the way. “What would others on the subway think of me if I took thecheese bread? Would they think that I was poor and hungry? Would they thinkthat I was stealing?” The ignorant thing to do was say “yes” to any of those self-imposedquestions. Actually, they were just my own thoughts. Though I would leave thesubway, walk a block to my office, get settled at my desk, and sit comfortablyin my office for the whole day, I couldn’t get rid of the enormous sense ofguilt and regret.

My thoughts once pushed me towards prideand ignorance, but finally I had to admit I was wrong. This missing cheesebread 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 grabbedthe cheese bread and left the subway. It felt awesome, but I didn’t care ifpeople were looking at me or what they were thinking. Instead of going directlyto my office as usual, I walked a few more blocks up to Queen’s park, where Ioften saw a homeless man sitting outside. I always wanted to give himsomething, but only today I walked toward him, who wrapped himself in asleeping bag. I was full of satisfaction, and so did the homeless man, Ithought.

1.The gentleman kept staring at the authorbecause _______.

2.The underlined word “self-imposed” inparagraph 2 probably means “_______”.

3.Why did the author grab the cheese breadwhen he got off?

试题答案

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.C

【解析】文章讲述的是作者在坐地铁的时候发现旁边有个面包，周围有的人认为是作者丢下来的，作者在心理挣扎了很久，最后决定捡起面包，并送给无家可归的人。

1.推理判断题，根据第一段In particular a gentleman sitting opposite me was always staring atme, looking at the cheese bread on the floor in front of me and then staringback at me可知，这个人认为是我丢掉的面包

2.猜测词义题，根据该词的前面很多问句可知，这些都是坐着自己想出来的，所以该词意为故意编造的

3.推理判断题，根据第三段This missing cheese bread could be a gift for a homeless person whosuffered from cold and hunger. So why not overcome a little bit of my pride andpass along so much kindness可知，作者克服了自己的自尊心，决定帮助别人