14．I had made up my mind a long time ago that I would not give homeless people money，because I could never be sure what that money would be used for．Instead，I decided，I would buy them a sandwich，a cold drink on a hot day，a cup of coffee，whatever I could manage．
I was out recently and saw a homeless man outside of a Starbucks．So I dropped another few coins in and went into the Starbucks．I decided I would buy this man lunch．I bought a sandwich and soda．
Just as I was leaving the store，two policemen were approaching the man．Obviously the shop owners had complained of his wandering and the police were there to draw him away from the storefronts．Just as they were about to wake him，I asked one of the officers if it was all right if I just gave the man something before he went I was not sure why I asked the permission but the policeman said sure and I just left the bag in the man's cart，got in my car and drove off．
As I was driving off，I remember thinking，"I hope people saw that"．Then I had to seriously ask myself why I hoped people had seen me give the man a sandwich from Starbucks．Was it because I wanted people to think，"She's such a nice person!"？Why did I hope others had seen me do it？I continued to wonder this all evening．
The next morning it came to me．I wanted people to have witnessed that small act of kindness not so that I would receive credit and praise but so that they might be inspired to do the same and in so doing that others still would witness their acts of kindness．Thus the whole spirit of pity and giving would be lasting．
41．Why did the author decide to buy food or drinks for homeless people instead of giving money？A
A．Because they might use the money to buy drugs．
B．Because the author might not have enough changes to give out．
C．Because the policeman might not allow the author to do so．
D．Because the author couldn't manage it．
42．When the police approached the homeless man，he wasD．
A．begging outside B．buying goods C．a(chǎn)wake D．a(chǎn)sleep
43．Why did the author hope people saw her give some food to the homeless man？C
A．She wanted to be praised by others．
B．She was not sure whether other people would let her do that
C．She wanted to inspire others to do the same thing．
D．She just wanted others to witness her act of kindness．
44．The author can be best described asC．
A．bad-tempered B．hard-working C．kind-hearted D．self-confident
45．What's the purpose of the passage？B
A．To show the author is great．
B．To encourage people to help others．
C．To introduce an experience that changed the author．
D．To call on people not to give money to a homeless man．
分析 文章通過作者給無家可歸者提供食物這事談起，反思自己一開始想讓他人看到自己的善舉的動機．最后得出，自己想讓別人看到自己的善舉，不是為了得到贊許，而是想激勵更多的人來做相同的事情．讓憐憫與給予精神傳承下去，發(fā)揚光大．
解答 41．A 推理判斷題．根據(jù)文中第一段第一句I had made up my mind a long time ago that I would not give homeless people money，because I could never be sure what that money would be used for．可知，作者不給無家可歸者錢，是因為不確定這錢會被做什么用，有可能就會被拿去買了毒品，這就違背了作者的初衷．故選A．
42．D 推理判斷題．根據(jù)文中第三段第三句Just as they were about to wake him…"正當(dāng)他們（警察）要去叫醒他時…"可知，此時這位無家可歸者正在睡覺．故選D．
43．C 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文中最后一段第二句I wanted people to have witnessed that small act of kindness not so that I would receive credit and praise but so that they might be inspired to do the same and in so doing that others still would witness their acts of kindness．可知，作者想人們看到自己的善舉，不是希望獲得人們的稱贊，而是希望借此激勵更多的人來做相同的事．故選C．
44．C 推理判斷題．根據(jù)文中大意，第二段最后兩句I decided I would buy this man lunch，I bought a sandwich and soda．以及第三段最后一句…I just left the bag in the man's cart…可知，作者為無家可歸者提供了食物，從作者的所作所為可以看出他是個好心人．故選C．
45．B 寫作意圖題．根據(jù)文中最后一段最后兩句I wanted people to have witnessed that small act of kindness not so that I would receive credit and praise but so that they might be inspired to do the same and in so doing that others still would witness their acts of kindness．Thus the whole spirit of pity and giving would be lasting．可知，作者希望自己的這一善舉激勵更多的人來做同樣的事．并且讓這種憐憫與給予的精神傳承下去，發(fā)揚光大．
點評 細節(jié)理解題可根據(jù)題干中關(guān)鍵詞的提示到原文中去找尋答案；推理判斷題需在找到相關(guān)語句的基礎(chǔ)上去合理推斷字里行間所隱藏的信息．
