Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next to ours was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there and whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing (缝纫) and 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, “Why doesn’t that woman clean her window? It really looks terrible.”
One bright morning I decided to clean my apartment, including cleaning the window.
Late in the afternoon 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 seen. 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 (缺点) ?
From then on, whenever I want to judge (判断) someone, I ask myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window? ” Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I can see others’ world more clearly.
1. The writer couldn’t see anything clearly through the window because ________ .
A. the woman’s window was dirty B. the writer’s window was dirty
C. the woman lived far away D. the writer was near-sighted
2. After the writer finished the cleaning, he was surprised to find that ________ .
A. the woman was sitting by her window B. the woman’s window was still terrible
C. the woman was cleaning her window D. the woman’s window was clean
3. The underlined part “it dawned on me ” probably means “________ ”.
A. I began to understand it B. it cheered me up
C. I could see myself through the window D. it began to get light
4. From the passage we know that ________ .
A. both the woman and the writer lived in a small town B. the writer often cleaned his window
C. both the woman and the writer worked as cleaners D. the writer never met the woman
5.From the passage we can learn that ________ .
A. one shouldn’t criticize others very often
B. one should often keep his windows clean
C. one should judge himself before he judges others
D. one should look at others through his dirty window
完形填空 (本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)
There was once a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She 46. ________ everyone, except her boyfriend. He was always there for her. The blind girl said that if she could see the world, she would 47. ________ him.
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to the blind girl. She could see 48. ________ , including her boyfriend. Her boyfriend asked her, “Now you can see the 49. ________ , will you marry me? ” The girl was surprised when she saw that her boyfriend was blind, too. She 50. ________ to marry him. Her boyfriend 51. ________ sadly, and later wrote a letter to the girl saying, “Just take care of my eyes, dear.”
This is how human changes when situations change. Only 52. ________ people remember what life was like before and the people who were always there even in the 53. ________ situations.
Hold every person close to your heart because you might wake up one day and 54. ________ that you have lost a diamond (钻石) while you were too busy collecting stones. You learn to love, not by finding a(n) 55. ________ person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
1. A. loved B. hated C. helped D. missed
2. A. marry B. invite C. visit D. teach
3.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
4.A. future B. world C. dream D. gift
5. A. agreed B. refused C. decided D. planned
6. A walked away B. went through C. hanged out D. came over
7. A. many B. a lot of C. few D. some
8. A. most difficult B. most beautiful C. best D. poorest
9.A. mean B. realize C. show D. forget
10.A. busy B. important C. perfect D. active
Tom had his bad tooth ________ yesterday.
A. put out B. to put out C. pulled out D. to pull out
-- Is this article difficult to understand?
-- Yes, ________ it isn’t long and there aren’t any new words in it.
A. though B. so C. because D. since
Do you still remember ________ ?
A. that I told you B. what I told you C. did I tell you D. what did I tell you
People are often made ________ by the ________ man.
A. laugh; interested B. to laugh; interested
C. laugh; interesting D. to laugh; interesting
