I was with a group of businessmen, and we were dealing with a question—What is a good person?
At a certain point during the discussion, one of the students—a young man of about thirty—described an event that happened at Christmas. He and his five-year-old son were decorating the Christmas tree, and a little boy came to the front door begging. If you ever visit Mexico, you will see that the people there take begging as nothing to get upset about and nothing to get embarrassed by.
So, this little boy came to the door, a boy about the same age as my student’s son. The father and the son went to the front door, and the father went back with his five-year-old son and said to him, “Give him one of your toys.” At the words, the little boy quickly picked up some toy, and his father said to him, “No, no－give him your favorite toy.”
And the little boy, like a little tiger, said, “No way!” He cried; he refused. But the father, like a big tiger in a way, insisted gently, “No, you must give him one of your favorite toys.”
And finally the boy, with his head down, picked up a toy he had just gotten. The father waited in the living room, and the boy walked to the front door with the toy in his hand. The father waited and waited.
What do you think happened?
After a couple of minutes, his son came running back into the living room, his face radiant (喜氣洋洋). “Daddy,” he said, “can I do that again?”
I think I have got the answer to the question.
小題1:From the passage, we can learn that in Mexico ________.
A．begging is looked down upon
B．begging is considered as a normal part of life
C．visitors all over the world treat beggars kindly
D．few people are living a poor life
小題2:The sentence “can I do that again?” showed that the boy ________.
A．got pleasure by helping the little beggar
B．wanted to please his father
C．began to like the little beggar
D．wanted to be the little beggar’s friend
小題3:According to the writer, being a good person means ________.
A．having the courage to correct his/her mistakes
B．being friendly to beggars
C．being ready to give
D．being able to teach children to tell right from wrong

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C

試題分析：本文通過一個故事兒子把自己最喜歡的玩具給了別人。回來的時候問：能不能再做一次？說明他從這樣的給予中得到了比自己的玩具更大的快樂。來告訴我們給予的快樂。
小題1:B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段最后兩行If you ever visit Mexico, you will see that the people there take begging as nothing to get upset about and nothing to get embarrassed by.說明在墨西哥乞討這種情況很常見，人們也習(xí)慣了，故B正確。
小題2:A 推理題。兒子把自己最喜歡的玩具給了別人�；貋淼臅r候問：能不能再做一次？說明他從這樣的給予中得到了比自己的玩具更大的快樂，故A正確。
小題3:C 推理題。本題的主題就是給予，當(dāng)我們在給予別人的時候也就是在獲得快樂。故C正確。
點評：本文的中心思想是給予和奉獻。對考生的討論能力要求較高，測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系，對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論，對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋。考生首先要仔細閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點。
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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空


Everyone in the village knew who Ugly was. Ugly was a_1__with many     injuries. His left foot appeared to have been badly broken .Ugly only loved two things in this world: eating garbage and ,shall we say ,__2 __.However, every  time someone saw Ugly there was the__3__reaction. All the children were warned not to___4_him, and the adult threw rocks at him when he tried to follow them. Whenever he found children, he would come running and putting his head against their hands. If you ever _5___him up he would immediately begin suckling（允吸）.on your shirt, fingers, whatever he could find . One day, Ugly shared his love with the neighbour’s__6_dog . They did not respond _7_,and Ugly was badly treated . Even from the end of the__8_I could hear his screams, and I tired to rush to his aid. By the time I got to where he was __9,it was clear Ugly’s life was almost at an end. It must be_10_him terribly, I thought . Then I felt a familiar sucking feeling on my _11___. Ugly, in so much ___12_, was trying to suckle my ear. I pulled him closer to me , and he_13_suckled my fingers and watched me .Even in the greatest pain, that ugly cat was asking only for a little love ,perhaps some __14_.At that moment I thought Ugly was the most 15___and loving creature I had ever seen .Never once did he bite me, or even try to get away from me. He just _16___me completely trusting in me to relieve his pain. Ugly died in my __17__before I could get inside. He taught me more about __18__than a thousand books, lectures, or talk show ever could . He had been __19__on the outside ,__20_ I was on the inside .To give my pity and love to those I cared for.
小題1:
A．catB．dogC．childD．bird
小題2:
A．runningB．foodC．loveD．playing
小題3:
A．interestingB．funnyC．immediateD．same
小題4:
A．touchB．ownC．buyD．feed
小題5:
A．warmedB．broughtC．pickedD．lifted
小題6:
A．lovelyB．fierceC．gentleD．big
小題7:
A．politelyB．foolishlyC．rudelyD．kindly
小題8:
A．villageB．houseC．streetD．woods
小題9:
A．lyingB．sleepingC．playingD．fighting
小題10:
A．handingB．hurtingC．treatingD．hitting
小題11:A face          B. hand         C.  ear       D. finger
小題12:A pain          B. excitement    C. happiness   D. worry
小題13:
A．weaklyB．softlyC．warmlyD．gladly
小題14:
A．careB．comfortC．garbageD．pity
小題15:
A．beautifulB．braveC．curiousD．miserable
小題16:
A．waited forB．tore forC．looked up atD．glanced at
小題17:
A．a(chǎn)rmsB．roomC．carD．mind
小題18:
A．lifeB．givingC．braveryD．struggle
小題19:
A．desertedB．injuredC．destroyedD．damaged
小題20:
A．a(chǎn)ndB．soC．butD．Or

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