Question

Compassion （同情） is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into actions. An experience last weekend showed me this is true. I work part-time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly. These old people are our main customers, and it’s not hard to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register（收款机）with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash（现金）, had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day.

I couldn’t help staring at him. I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if luck had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world. I told him that I was sorry, but store rules didn’t allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job.

Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. If anything, he looked more pitiable. “Charge it to me,” was all he said.

What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft and safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed either. Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.

1.The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits ______.

A．promised to obey the store rules

B．forgot to take any money with him

C．hoped to have the food first and pay later

D．could not afford anything more expensive

2.Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?

A．kind and lucky

B．poor and lonely

C．friendly and helpful

D．hurt and disappointed

3.The writer acted upon the store rules because ______.

A．he wanted to keep his present job

B．he felt no pity for the old gentleman

C．he considered the old man dishonest

D．he expected someone else to pay for the old man

4.What does the writer learn from his experience?

A．Wealth is more important than anything else.

B．Helping others is easier said than done.

C．Experience is better gained through practice.

D．Obeying the rules means more than compassion.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.B

【解析】

试题分析: 文章讲述了作者在超市收银时，遇到一位贫穷又孤独的老人，想要一份饼干，第二天来送钱。作者虽然同情他，但还是以店里有规定，拒绝了老人的要求。这时一位看起来比前一位更可怜的人主动要为老人付账，作者同样拒绝了，自己掏钱为老人结了帐。在作者看来，帮助别人说起来容易做起来难,经过努力，我们可以将爱心转化成行动帮助别人。

1.C 细节理解题。根据第一段中“He said he was out if cash ...he promised to repay me the next day.”可知那位老人想先吃饭后付款。故选C。

2.B 推断题。20年前究竟是怎么样一个人呢，想知道如果没有当时的好运气，他会是什么样呢。我为世界上这种人类灵魂孤独的人感到心疼。可知老人又穷又孤单。故选B。

3.A 推断题。根据第二段提到I told him that I was sorry, but store rules didn’t allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job可知我告诉他不行，这的规定不允许这样做，故选A项。

4.B 推断题。根据最后一段“pity is soft and safe and easy.compassion is caring in action.”可知帮助别人说起来容易做起来难。故选B。

考点：故事类阅读。