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 (喜气洋洋). “Daddy,” he said, “can I do that again?”
I think I have got the answer to the question.
【小题1】From the passage, we can learn that in Mexico .A．begging is looked down uponB．begging is considered as a normal part of life C．visitors all over the world treat beggars kindlyD．few people are living a poor life【小题2】The sentence “can I do that again?” showed that the boy .A．got pleasure by helping the little beggarB．wanted to please his fatherC．began to like the little beggarD．wanted to be the little beggar’s friend【小题3】According to the writer, being a good person means .A．having the courage to correct his/her mistakesB．being friendly to beggarsC．being ready to giveD．being able to teach children to tell right from wrongB
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(答案→)B
解析：本文通过一个故事儿子把自己最喜欢的玩具给了别人。回来的时候问：能不能再做一次？说明他从这样的给予中得到了比自己的玩具更大的快乐。来告诉我们给予的快乐。
【小题1】B 细节题。根据第二段最后两行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.说明在墨西哥乞讨这种情况很常见，人们也习惯了，故B正确。
【小题2】A 推理题。儿子把自己最喜欢的玩具给了别人。回来的时候问：能不能再做一次？说明他从这样的给予中得到了比自己的玩具更大的快乐，故A正确。
【小题3】C 推理题。本题的主题就是给予，当我们在给予别人的时候也就是在获得快乐。故C正确。