Question

A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a meeting in Chicago. They had assured their wives that they would be home in plenty of time for Friday night’s dinner. In their rush, with tickets, one of these salesmen happened to kick over a table which held a display of baskets of apples. Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking back, they all managed to reach the plane in time for their boarding.

All but one stopped, took a deep breath and experienced a twinge（刺痛）of sorrow for the girl whose apple stand had been overturned. He told his friends to go on without him, waved goodbye, and told one of them to call his wife when they arrived and explain his taking a later flight. Then he returned to where the apple stand had been overturned. He was glad he did.

The 16-year-old girl was totally blind! She was softly crying, tears running down her face. The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them into the baskets, and helped set the display up once more. As he did this, he noticed that many of them had become damaged; then he set them aside in another basket. When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl, “Here, please take the $20 for the damage we did.” He continued, “I’m sorry for what we did and hope we didn’t spoil your day too badly.”

She nodded with her tears. As the salesman started to walk away, the blind girl called out to him, “Mr. ...”. He stopped, and turned back. She continued, “Thank you very much”.

1.These salesmen were hurrying because they ________.

A．had to attend an important meeting

B．wanted to have plenty of time at home

C．almost missed reaching the airplane

D．hoped to have Friday night’s party

2.Which of the following is the correct order of what the salesman did?

a. He made an apology to the blind girl.

b. He told his friends to go on without him.

c. He experienced a twinge of sorrow.

d. He returned to the fallen apple stand.

e. He paid the girl $20 for the damage.

A．c-e-b-d-a	B．c-b-d-e-a
C．d-b-c-a-e	D．d-c-b-e-a

3.Which of the following can describe the salesman? 

A．Popular and friendly.	B．Good and humorous.
C．Honest and generous.	D．Kind and considerate.

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．A Man’s Kind Action

B．Picking up the Fallen Apples

C．A Blind Girl’s Bad Luck

D．A Blind Girl Who Sold Apples

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】

1.细节题，由第一段最后一句they all managed to reach the plane in time for their boarding.可知选C

2.细节题，由第二段和第三段可知，首先experienced a twinge（刺痛）of sorrow for the girl whose apple stand had been overturned.其次He told his friends to go on without him, waved goodbye,再次Then he returned to where the apple stand had been overturned.再次please take the $20 for the damage we did.最后I’m sorry for what we did and hope we didn’t spoil your day too badly.”可知选B

3.推理题，由文章里他帮助这个小女孩把苹果捡起来，不但给她钱，而且又给她道歉可知选D

4.推理题，本文主要讲述一个男人帮助小女孩捡苹果的善良行为，可知选A