Question

Not long ago, a good friend of mine asked me to help him in a halfway house in Nashville. I agreed and made my way there one evening.

When I got there, I sat with my friend and talked about how he ended up there. As we talked, another man came up, lighting up his cigarette as he sat down. He had dark, leather skin, and looked like he had endured the sun, the rain, and the wind for long, long time. I couldn’t tell how old he was, but I was sure that he was younger than he looked.

Through a bit of conversation, I found out that he had been on the streets for many, many years.

Without my asking, he started describing life as a homeless man. How he got food; how he stayed warm; how he got money. And he told me something that caught my attention.

He said, “You want to know how I keep my stuff safe at night?”

“Sure, “ I replied.

“I put it up in the trees.”

“Why is it safe in the trees?” I asked.

“The homeless are always looking for treasure on the ground--- coins, something someone’s dropped, half-smoked cigarettes. I know if I put my stuff in the trees, they’ll never find it because they never look up. Never. “

Profound words from an unexpected place. And his message is for all of us.

We all have our particular search. We’re looking for treasure on this earth. But what we are REALLY looking for is right there above us. There’s really nothing we need on the ground.

In fact, it’s surrounding us.

1.What did the author go to Nashville for?

A. To help his friend.    B. To build a halfway house.

C. To visit a stranger.    D. To pick up a homeless man.

2.The underlined word “endured” in Paragraph 2 means _________ .

A. Enjoyed    B. shared

C. Suffered    D. expected

3.The homeless man hid his things in the trees because________.

A. nobody could climb up the trees    B. there was a hole in the tree

C. The leaves of the trees were thick    D. the homeless never looked up

4.From what the homeless man said, the author learned that________.

A. We should look up for treasure in future

B. What we’re looking for is just by our side

C. There’s really nothing we need on the ground

D. It is wrong to look for treasure on the ground

Answer

1. A

2. C

3. D

4. B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者去纳什维尔给一个朋友帮忙，在与一个无家可归的人的闲谈中，那个人说他把自己的东西放在树上是安全的，因为无家可归的人总是低头在地上找东西，从来不抬头向上看，作者由此意识到有时我们苦苦寻找的东西其实就在我们身边。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的“a good friend of mine asked me to help him in a halfway house in Nashville. I agreed and made my way there one evening”可知，作者去纳什维尔是为了给一个朋友帮忙，故A项正确。

2.词义猜测题。根据画线词前的“He had dark, leather skin”可知，她的皮肤黝黑而且粗糙，看起来好像经受了长时间的风吹日晒和雨淋，由此可知画线词词义为“遭受、经受”，故C项正确。

3.细节理解题。根据倒数第三段中的“I know if I put my stuff in the trees, they’ll never find it because they never look up. Never.”可知，无家可归的人从来不抬头向上看，所以他放在树上的东西不会被发现，故D项正确。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“We’re looking for treasure on this earth. But what we are REALLY looking for is right there above us.”可知，我们总是在地上找有价值的东西，但是我们正在寻找的其实就在我们的上方，由此可知我们正在寻找的东西其实就在我们的身边，故B项正确。