Question

Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The next building only was a few feet away from mine. They was a woman lived there, and I had never met her, yet I could see she sat by her window each afternoon, drinking or reading.

After a few months, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself. “I wonder why that woman doesn’t clean her window. It really looks terrible.”

One sunny morning I decided to clean my house, including washing the window.

Late in the afternoon when 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 visible (看见). Her window was clean!

It dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批评) 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 others through the dirty window of my heart?

Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (评判) someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.

1. The writer couldn’t see everything clearly through the window because __________.

A. the woman’s window was dirty                                         

B. the writer’s window was dirty

C. the woman lived nearby                                                       

D. the writer was near-sighted

2. The writer was surprised that _________.

A. the woman was sitting by her window             

B. the woman’s window was still terrible

C. the woman did cleaning in the afternoon             

D. the woman’s window was clean

3. “It dawned on me” probably means “_______”.

A. I began to understand it                                                        B. it cheered me up

C. I knew it grew light                                                                      D. it began to get dark

4. It’s clear that ________.

A. the writer had never met the woman before              

B. the writer often washed the window

C. they both worked as cleaners                                            

D. they lived in a small town

5. From the passage, we can learn _______.

A. one shouldn’t criticize others very often

B. one should often make his windows clean

C. one must judge himself before he judges others

D. one must look at others through his dirty windows.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：本文作者通过几年前自己经历的故事告诉人们，在判断别人如何之前，先看看自己。正如作者所说“我试图清理我自己世界的窗口，使我可以更清楚的看到我的世界。”

1.细节理解题。根据第四段，作者认为是别人的窗户和东西脏啦，实际情况是他自己的窗户玻璃脏啦。所以选B。

2.细节理解题。第四段中间What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean! 可知选D。

3.推理判断题。根据后句I had been criticizing her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.可知 作者突然明白了一个道理，顿悟。所以选A。

4.细节理解题。根据第一段第二行They was a woman lived there, and I had never met her,可知选A。

5.主旨大意题。该文章的中心思想：在判断别人如何之前，先看看自己。所以选C。

考点：故事类阅读。