Question

    Last summer, Katie Steller pulled off the freeway on her way to work in Minneapolis. She stopped at a traffic light, where a man was sitting with a sign asking for help. She rolled down her window.

“Hey!” she shouted. “I’m driving around giving free haircuts. If I go grab my chair, do you want one right now?”

The man looked to be in his 60s. He was balding, and missing a few teeth. As Steller liked to tell the story, he laughed, then paused. “Actually,” he said, “I have a funeral to go to this week. I was really hoping to get a haircut.”

Steller pulled out a red chair from her car and helped the man cut his hair immediately. After the work was finished, Edward looked in a mirror. “I look good!” he said.

Until last year, Steller had given such haircuts to people living on the margins(边缘) around the city. She was keenly aware of the power of her cleanup job.

“It’s more than a haircut,” she said. “I want it to be a gateway, to show value and respect, but also to get to know people. I want to build relationships.”

Steller knew that a haircut could change a life. One changed hers: As a teen, she suffered from a severe disease, her hair thinned drastically. Seeing this, her mother arranged for Steller’s first professional haircut.

“To sit down and have somebody look at me and talk to me like a person and not just an illness, it helped me feel cared about and less alone,” she said.

After that, Steller knew she wanted to have her own salon so she could help people feel the way she’d felt that day. Not long after finishing cosmetology school in 2009, she began what she now calls her Red Chair Project, reaching out to people on the streets. Her aim was that by doing some kind acts, others would be inspired to spread their own.

“Part of what broke my heart was just how lonely people looked,” she said. “I thought maybe I’d go around and ask if people want free haircuts. I can’t fix their problems, but maybe I can help them feel less alone for a moment.”

It all began with a belief in simple acts of kindness, such as a free haircut. “The way you show up in the world matters,” said Steller. “You have no idea what people are going to do with the kindness that you give them.”

1.How did Steller react to the man’s asking for help?

A.She paid no attention.

B.She offered a free haircut to him.

C.She sent a red chair to him as a present.

D.She told an interesting story to make him happy.

2.What did Steller mean by saying “It’s more than a haircut” in paragraph 6?

A.She thought it was a respectable job.

B.She had found more advantages for the job.

C.She considered haircut as a way to make friends.

D.She hoped her job could make a difference to others.

3.What did Steller expect from Red Chair Project?

A.To earn a lot of money. B.To know more people.

C.To pass down the kindness. D.To make herself stand out.

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A.A Cut Above. B.A Beautiful Salon.

C.The Good Belief. D.The Miracle of Love.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】

本文是记叙文。讲述了凯蒂·斯泰勒在去明尼苏达州工作的路上下了高速公路后给陌生人免费理发传递善行的事迹。

1.细节理解题。根据前两段She stopped at a traffic light, where a man was sitting with a sign asking for help. She rolled down her window. “Hey!” she shouted. “I’m driving around giving free haircuts. If I go grab my chair, do you want one right now?”得知当陌生人求助时，凯蒂·斯泰勒提供免费给他理发。故选B。

2.句意理解题。根据第6段 she said. “I want it to be a gateway, to show value and respect, but also to get to know people. I want to build relationships.”得知凯蒂·斯泰勒想通过理发和陌生人建立关系，给他人带来影响。故选D。

3.推理判断题。根据倒数第三段Her aim was that by doing some kind acts, others would be inspired to spread their own.得知凯蒂·斯泰勒的红椅子项目旨在于通过自己的善行，其他人能够传递善行。故选C。

4.主旨大意题。本文主要讲述凯蒂·斯泰勒在去明尼苏达州工作的路上下了高速公路后给陌生人免费理发的事迹。A Cut Above.这个标题既和“剪发”切题 ，又有“更胜一筹”的用法。故选A。