Question

    Imagine someone who has spent the majority of their life sitting with a sign on the side of the road and that very person giving someone their last 20 dollars. That’s exactly what Marine Corps veteran (退伍军人) Johnny Bobbitt, 34, did in October in Philadelphia.

Bobbitt served in the U.S. Marine Corps and worked as a paramedic (医务辅助人员) in Vance County, N. C. before he became homeless. Nobody knew how he got to where he was because he was discreet about that.

One night in October, Bobbitt was sitting roadside with a sign in Philadelphia as usual, when Kate McClure of Florence Township, N. J. was driving home down Interstate 95 and ran out of gas. Scared and nervous, she got out of the car to head to the nearest gas station. As McClure was heading to the nearest gas station, she ran into  Bobbitt and he told her to get back in the vehicle and lock the door. Minutes later, he appeared with a red gas can. He’d used his last $20 to buy her gas.

After that unexpected meeting, McClure and her boyfriend, Mark D’Amico, who both live in New Jersey, visited Bobbitt several times to deliver gift cards, cash, snacks and toiletries. They then decided to create a fund raising page so he wouldn’t have to spend the holidays sleeping on the street.

McClure started the GoFundMe page on November 10. With the page, the couple hoped to raise $10,000, enough money for his rent, a reliable vehicle and up to six months’ expenses. Bobbitt’s story ran in a local paper. By November 15，more than 10,000 local people had made donations through the GoFundMe page and more than $300,000 had been raised.

On Thanksgiving, Bobbitt was resting in a hotel, his feet up on the bed, drawing up a grand plan for his new life, thanks to several thousand dollars raised to repay him for a good deed.

1.What does the underlined word “discreet” in paragraph 2 most probably mean?

A.Doubtful. B.Cautious.

C.Guilty. D.Optimistic.

2.McClure met Bobbitt when she      .

A.couldn’t find a gas station B.got to the way home

C.couldn’t unlock her car D.was in search of gas

3.It can be known from the text that   .

A.Bobbitt’s story obtained wide attention

B.Bobbitt became world-famous overnight

C.the GoFundMe page collected over $400,000 for Bobbitt

D.the GoFundMe page was started to help people like Bobbitt

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.A Homeless Veteran Paid Kindness Forward

B.A Homeless Veteran Had a Generous Heart

C.A Homeless Veteran’s Kindness Paid Off

D.A Small Kindness Made a Big Difference

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。—个无家可归的退伍军人将身上仅有的二十美元买了汽油送给在回家途中汽车没油的年轻女子，事后这名女子和她的男朋友专门建了一个网页为他募捐，使他不用再睡在大街上。他们原本期望帮助他募集一万美元，意想不到的是，五天内募集到的捐款就超过了三十万美元。

1.词义猜测题。画线词所在句子的句意为“没有人知道他是怎样走到这一步（即无家可归）的，因为他对此_____”。由此可以猜测，他对自己成为无家可归者这件事非常小心谨慎，不想让别人知道。故选B项。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段中Kate McClure of Florence Township, N. J. was driving home down Interstate 95 and ran out of gas... As McClure was heading to the nearest gas station, she ran into Bobbitt.可知，McClure是在去加油站寻找油时遇见Bobbitt的。故选D。

3.推理判断题。根据文章第五段Bobbitt’s story ran in a local paper.可知，McClure是在十一月十号建立募捐网页的，他们原本期望帮助Bobbitt募集一万美元，他的故事还上了当地的报纸，截至十一月十五号，一万多名当地人通过该网页进行了捐款，募集到的捐款超过了三十万美元。可知，Bobbitt的故事引起了广泛的关注。故选A。

4.主旨大意题。本文主要讲述一个无家可归的退伍军人将身上仅有的二十美元买了汽油送给在回家途中汽车没油的年轻女子，事后这名女子和她的男朋友专门建了一个网页为他募捐并且募捐到了三十多万美元，即这个无家可归的退伍军人的善心得到了回报。故选C项。