I am a mother of three children and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was social study. The last project of the term was called “Smile”. The last class was asked to go out and smile at three people and document their reactions.
Soon after we were given the project, my husband, my youngest son, and I went out to McDonald’s one cold March morning. It was just our way of sharing special playtime with our son.
We were standing in line, waiting to be served, when all of a sudden everyone around us began to back way. I turned around and found there standing behind me were two poor homeless men with a horrible “dirty body” smell. The short gentleman, close to me, was “smiling”. His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of light as he searched for acceptance. The second man played with his hands uneasily as he stood behind his friend. I realized the second man was mentally challenged and the blue-eyed gentleman was his salvation (救贖). The short man just asked for a coffee because that was all they could afford.
I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give me two more breakfast meals on a separate tray. I then walked around the corner to the men’s table. I put the tray on the table and laid my hand on the blue-eyed gentleman’s cold hand. He looked up at me with tears in his eyes and said “Thank you”.
I started to cry as I walked away to join my husband and son. When I sat down my husband smiled at me and said, “That’s why God gave you to me, Honey. To give me hope.”
On the last evening of class, I turned in “my project” and the instructor read it. Then she looked up at me and said, “Can I share this?” I slowly nodded as she got the attention of the class. She began to read and we all knew that we need to heal people and to be healed.
I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn: UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE. “LOVE PEOPLE AND USE THINGS---NOT LOVE THINGS AND USE PEOPLE.”
小題1: Why did the people around the author back away?
A．Because both men were poorly dressed and mentally ill.
B．Because the short gentleman was smiling to everyone around.
C．Because two homeless men were also waiting in line, with a bad smell.
D．Because the second man stood playing with his hands.
小題2:After the author handed the meals to the homeless men, she _________.
A．talked with them for a while.B．went back to her husband and son
C．turned in her projectD．regretted and cried
小題3: What kind of woman do you think the author is?
A．Over-curiousB．CaringC．MatureD．Lovely
小題4: What does the author try to tell us with the last sentence?
A．Giving is a gesture of love, which people will understand and appreciate.
B．If you need help from others, you’d better present them with gifts.
C．If you want to get something from somebody, you should please him with gifts.
D．Don’t be greedy with money or ask people to do things for you.
小題5: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A．The author’s husband was very proud of her.
B．What the author did to the men touched many people.
C．Poor as the homeless men were, they had their dignity.
D．The author felt we should know how to heal people.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:A
小題5:D

試題分析：
文章屬于夾敘夾議題材。文章描述作者一家人在快餐店麥當(dāng)勞購餐時的經(jīng)歷，傳遞出我們要學(xué)會去給予，同時也表明我們也需要別人給予我們，寓意深刻。
小題1:細節(jié)題 根據(jù)第三段第二行I turned around and found there standing behind me were two poor homeless men with a horrible “dirty body” smell.可知，作者后面站著兩個可憐的無家可歸的人
而且身上還散發(fā)出一陣陣臭味
小題2:細節(jié)題 根據(jù)第五段第一句 I started to cry as I walked away to join my husband and son.可知作者把餐盤遞給兩個年輕人后加入了丈夫和兒子的行列
小題3:推斷題 根據(jù)文章作者自己的描述可知，作者是一位很給予人關(guān)愛的女性
小題4:推斷題 根據(jù)文章最后一句可知，給予是一種愛的方式，一種人們會理解和感謝的方式
小題5:細節(jié)題 根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段最后一句we all knew that we need to heal people and to be healed.可知，我們不僅要知道去救助需要的人們，同時我們也需要被別人救助
點評：本文集中考察了細節(jié)題和推斷，考生在作答時應(yīng)從文章的整體構(gòu)架出發(fā)，落實與題干相關(guān)的細節(jié)，提高閱讀的速度和做題的準確率，平時加強訓(xùn)練。
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