20.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 easy 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 with a box of biscuits.He said he was out of cash,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,and the 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,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.

53.From the first paragraph,we can know the old gentleman wasD.
A.friendly
B.disappointed
C.kind and lucky
D.poor and lonely
54.The underlined sentence"Ivalued my job."means"B".
A.I didn't like my present job.
B.I didn't want to lose my present job.
C.I thought I should pay for the old gentleman.
D.I expected someone else to pay for the old gentleman.
55.What is the main point in this passage?A
A.Helping others is easier said than done.
B.Experience is better gained through practice.
C.Wealth is more important than anything else.
D.Obeying the rules means more than compassion.

分析 文章講述了作者在超市收銀時,遇到一位貧窮又孤獨的老人,想要一份餅干,第二天來送錢.作者雖然同情他,但還是以店里有規(guī)定,拒絕了老人的要求.這時一位看起來比前一位更可憐的人主動要為老人付賬,作者同樣拒絕了,自己掏錢為老人結(jié)了帳.在作者看來,幫助別人說起來容易做起來難,經(jīng)過努力,我們可以將愛心轉(zhuǎn)化成行動幫助別人.

解答 答案:53.D  細(xì)節(jié)推測題.This untidy man walked up to my register with a box of biscuits.He said he was out of cash,had just moved into his room,and had nothing in his cupboards.根據(jù)這個邋遢的男人帶著一盒餅干走到我的登記,他說他沒錢了,剛剛搬入他的房間,在他的櫥柜里什么都沒有.可知老先生是貧窮和孤獨.故選D.
54.B  句意猜測題.根據(jù)I told him that I was sorry,and the store rules didn't allow me to do so.I felt stupid and unkind saying this,but I valued my job.我告訴他,我很抱歉,根據(jù)規(guī)則不允許我這么做.我覺得自己很笨,不說這個,但我不能丟掉我的工作.可知意思為我不想失去現(xiàn)在的工作.故選B.
55.A  細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)最后一段pity is soft and safe and easy.compassion is caring in action.遺憾的是軟弱的,安全的和容易的.同情,另一方面是行動上的關(guān)懷.可知幫助別人說起來容易做起來難.故選A.

點評 本文中長句較多,一時很難讀懂句子含義,注意多讀幾遍,不要強求非得理解一詞一句的含義,能把握文章大意就行.瞻前顧后,仔細(xì)推敲,確定最佳答案.

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