Question

Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing or 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, "I wonder why that woman doesn't wash her window. It really looks terrible."

One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.

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. Her window was clean!

Then 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 and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings?

Since then, whenever I wanted to judge someone, I asked 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 may see the world about me 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 clean

C．the woman did cleaning in the afternoon

D．the woman's window was still terrible

3.The underlined sentence "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 cleaner

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.B

3.A

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文通过一个窗户的故事告诉我们，在判断别人之前首先要判断自己。

1.B 细节题。根据文章倒数第三段but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window说明真正的原因是我的窗户脏了，故B正确。

2.B 细节题。根据文章第四段What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean!说明我惊讶地发现对方的窗户是干净的。故B正确。

3.A 推理题。Then 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.我原来以为是她的窗户脏了，现在明白了，真正脏的是我的窗户。该词是指明白。故A正确。

4.A 细节题。根据第一段There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.说明他们以前从未见过。故A正确。

5.C 推理题。根据文章倒数第三段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?说明我们得出的结论就是在判断别人之前首先要判断自己。故C正确。

考点：考查人生哲理类短文阅读