Question

【題目】When I graduated from college I dreamed of being a television news reporter. Having no experience, I had to work in a small town until I finally got my big break in the form of a job in Boston. I made it.

Soon, reality set in. I was too often sent to run after accused criminals out of courts, waiting outside of crime scene tape or at the doorstep of a family still crying for tragedy (悲劇). My breaking point came the day I accidentally informed a young woman that her mother died. It was the worst day of my professional life and the day I decided I no longer wanted to shine a light on these stories. My career was ebbing, and at the same time my personal life was too-I divorced.

My mom had always told me “When you’re feeling extremely upset, go help someone else.” So I started seeking out stories of people who had been in the news under tragic circumstances but were doing something inspiring with their lives: a young girl who was paralyzed (癱瘓的) by an accident but was uplifting her classmates with her positive spirit, a blind and autistic (自閉的) musician who learned to play 27 instruments, a disabled soldier who opened his own art studio. I started to tell and promote stories like them.

Over the last 10 years I have discovered my kindness gift: my ability to see the beautiful side of a person and reflect it back to them and the world. In telling stories of people turning their own hurt into acts of helping others I have become more sympathetic, more grateful and kinder. I have learned kindness is who we are, that our power for it is limitless and that, as we shine a light on it, it grows.

【1】What changed the author’s working direction in his job in Boston?

A. The tragedy in the society B. The low payment of the job

C. The hurt from his divorce D. The fear of cruel criminals

【2】What is the meaning of the underlined word “ebbing” in paragraph 2?

A. taking off

B. getting into trouble

C. unchangeable at all

D. dull but important

【3】What the author’s mother said means .

A. helping others is a way to escape from reality

B. helping others can comfort your soul

C. the best way of helping others is telling stories

D. it is difficult to make contributions to helping others

【4】According to the last paragraph, what does the author advise us to do?

A. To tell inspiring stories.

B. To fight against criminals.

C. To ignore our own hurt.

D. To do as much kindness as possible.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】作者由于工作原因看到了生活中太多的不幸，由一開始的同情、不安變?yōu)榘l(fā)現(xiàn)不幸人們的積極方面去報道，盡可能多的去幫助他們，積極地傳播友善。

【1】A

推理判斷題。根據第二段waiting outside of crime scene tape or at the doorstep of a family still crying for tragedy(悲劇).和My breaking point came the day I accidentally informed a young woman that her mother died. It was the worst day of my professional life and the day I decided I no longer wanted to shine a light on these stories.可知作者在職業(yè)生涯中見了太多的生活中的悲劇，加上自己生活的不幸，這些因素導致作者改變了工作方向，故選A.

【2】B

猜測詞義題。句意：我的事業(yè)開始走下坡路，同時我的個人生活也出現(xiàn)問題——我離婚了。句中“ebbing”指沉陷，遇到困難，與Getting into trouble同義，故選B.

【3】B

推理判斷題。文中My mom had always told me “When you’re feeling extremely upset, go help someone else.”指母親告訴我，當心情極度沮喪時去幫助別人，這樣心靈能夠得到安慰。故選B.

【4】D

推理判斷題。根據最后一段In telling stories of people turning their own hurt into acts of helping others I have become more sympathetic, more grateful and kinder.可知作者從幫助別人中自己變得更有同情心更感恩和友善。根據I have learned kindness is who we are, that our power for it is limitless and that, as we shine a light on it, it grows.可知作者建議我們學會仁慈并把這種力量光大。故選D.