Question

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.

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

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

A．easily obtained	B．deliberately created
C．strongly supported	D．completely unaccepted

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.

Answer

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 at me, looking at the cheese bread on the floor in front of me and then staring back 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 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，决定帮助别人