Question

When Danny Wallace, 26, got bored, he put an ad on the worldwide web reading simply: “Join Me. Send a passport photo.” A year and a half later his east London flat is the headquarters for a global internet-based “club” whose members carry out good deeds for strangers every Friday.

It’s not common for people in London to talk to strangers. If you see someone struggling with something, part of the brain goes “I want to help”. But the trained part of the brain says: “They will think you are mad or going to mug them”, so you walk away.

Join Me now has about 3,000 members around the world who do an act of kindness every Friday. For example, I’m usually out on a Friday so I go for one of the standard acts — the unexpected cup of coffee. You might be sitting in a cafe and see an old man in the corner drinking coffee or tea, and you walk up with another cup of whatever they are drinking , and say: “ I’ve bought you a coffee” and walk away. It’s a pleasure to see the look of surprise on their faces. There can be some suspicion, but I think that was mostly in the early days when I didn’t know how to do it properly. I would walk up quite nervously like I was doing something wrong and I didn’t know when to leave. In the end, I learned through trial and error. Sometimes it worked, other times it didn’t. I discovered that you have to walk up with confidence and humour and not “get in their faces”. You say: “This is for you”, then you go. It’s hit-and-run kindness. And there is no point in doing it half-heartedly. You’ve got to do it because you really mean it.

Join Me is without geographical boundaries, but there are quite a few members in London, and such stories about things happen on the underground or on the buses. One lady got on the bus and put a ?10 note down and said: “That’s for me and the next nine people”. So at every stop, anyone who got on was told it was paid for. A lot of people were doing this sort of thing anyway. For them it’s an excuse or reason to do something nice for a complete stranger, and it gives them the confidence to walk up and start chatting.

1.When Londoners see someone in trouble, they _______.

A. often give a hand

C. pretend not to have seen it

B. stop and ask questions

D. telephone the police

2.According to the passage, members of Join Me often _______.

A. put an advertisement on the worldwide web

B. go out and make friends with strangers

C. do an act of kindness every Friday

D. buy coffees for the strangers

3.The underlined expression in the third paragraph possibly means _______ .

A. finding something very difficult

B. doing something without much effort

C. making a few mistakes

D. experimenting to get the right result

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

A. Hit-and-run Kindness B. History of Join Me

C. Danny Wallace and Join Me D. Why not Join Me

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：Join Me 是一个由Danny Wallace发起的组织，每周五会做一些善举，做为一个借口与陌生人进行交流，给他们自信。

1.B 细节理解题。根据第二段提到If you see someone struggling with something, part of the brain goes “I want to help”. But the trained part of the brain says: “They will think you are mad or going to mug them”, so you walk away.如果你看到某人处于困境中时，你会想帮助他，可你会想，他们会认为我疯了，故你会走开，因此选B项。

2.C 细节理解题。根据第三段提到Join Me now has about 3,000 members around the world who do an act of kindness every Friday.这个组织有三千会员，他们在每个周一做一些善举，故选C项。

3.D 词意猜测。根据第三段提到In the end, I learned through trial and error. Sometimes it worked, other times it didn’t.最后我从中得到解决的衣服，有时起作用，有时不起作用，故选D项。

4.A 主旨标题。Join Me 是一个由Danny Wallace发起的组织，每周五会做一些善举，做为一个借口与陌生人进行交流，给他们自信，故选A项。

考点：社会现象类阅读。