Christmas Eve means a warm get-together with friends, a candlelight dinner, or perhaps a celebration at a pub for students. But, for Cai Yingjie, the night has a different meaning: helping beggars（乞丐）and the homeless(people without homes).
Cai, who is a student in journalism at Tsinghua, could be found at Beijing’s Wudaokou Light Railway Station that special evening. When she saw an old beggar, she took the cold, rough hands of the woman with her warm, clean hands, and gave the woman some warm bread and helped her put on a pair of new gloves.
The woman was surprised for a few seconds, then burst into tears, saying “for the first time I feel respected”.
Cai said, “A beggar’s life is very hard. That’s why I want to help them.”
Cai was one of 14 Tsinghua students spending Christmas Eve among the poor. They walked in the cold wind along the streets from 4 to 7 pm on Friday, visiting 15 beggars in Beijing’s Haidian District.
They brought bread and gloves with them, and stopped to greet beggars and offer them some of the warm food. Each beggar greeted them with a look of surprise.
“I know the activity can’t help much, but it’s meant to show our respect and care for beggars and the homeless who have been neglected for so long,” said Sun, head of the group. “And Christmas is a good time for that.”
小題1:What does Christmas Eve mean to the 14 Tsinghua students?
A．Taking 15 beggars to Tsinghua.
B．Getting together with friends.
C．Showing care to the beggars and the homeless.
D．Selling bread and gloves to the beggars.
小題2:What does the beggar mean by saying “for the first time I feel respected”?
A．The beggar has been waiting for Cai for long.
B．The beggar hasn’t been shown care for so long.
C．The beggar has been respecting Cai for a long time.
D．This is the first time the beggar has seen Tsinghua students.
小題3:What did each beggar feel when they received greetings?
A．Sad.B．Amazed.
C．Frightened.D．Proud.
小題4:The word “neglected” in the last passage means _______.
A．protectedB．found
C．taken care ofD．given no enough care

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:D

試題分析：本文講述了14個(gè)清華學(xué)子在平安夜幫助流浪漢和乞丐們的故事。窗體頂端
小題1:第1段的最后一句…h(huán)elping beggars(乞丐) and the homeless(people without homes). 就是他們的決定，即去幫助那些乞丐和無(wú)家可歸的人，給他們以關(guān)愛(ài)。答案選C。
小題2:根據(jù)第3段中的 woman所說(shuō)的話：…for the first time I feel respected(尊重). 我們可以推斷出：乞丐們有太長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間沒(méi)人關(guān)心了。故答案為B。
小題3:在第6段中有這樣一句Each beggar greeted them with a look of surprise. 而B(niǎo)選項(xiàng)中Amazed 的同義表達(dá)就是surprised，所以答案為B。
小題4:本文講述了14個(gè)清華學(xué)子在平安夜幫助流浪漢和乞丐們的故事。這些流浪漢和乞丐們都感到十分的意外和溫暖，我們由此可推斷他們應(yīng)該是長(zhǎng)期given no enough care(被忽視的)原因。這樣我們就可以排除A、B、C三項(xiàng)，最后正確答案為D。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文講述了14個(gè)清華學(xué)子在平安夜幫助流浪漢和乞丐們的故事。文章主要考查對(duì)句意的理解及詞義猜測(cè)，還涉及到推斷題。故事類文章的考查，命題往往從故事的情節(jié)、人物或事件之間的關(guān)系、作者的意圖和態(tài)度、故事的前因和后果等方面入手，考查學(xué)生對(duì)細(xì)節(jié)的辨認(rèn)能力以及推理判斷能力。窗體頂端
故事類文章描述的是一件具體事情的發(fā)生、發(fā)展和結(jié)局，通常有時(shí)間、地點(diǎn)、人物、事件等。有些故事是按事件發(fā)展的經(jīng)過(guò)為主線敘述的，在敘述的過(guò)程中有詳有略；有些故事是按時(shí)間的順序敘述的，有順敘、倒敘等。
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