“Good morning!” said a woman as she walked up to an old man sitting on the ground. The man slowly looked up. He was Jack, who had been begging around here for a couple of years.
“See that cafeteria（自助餐厅）over there?” she asked. “I’m going to get you something to eat and get you out of the cold for a while.”
She sat down at the table across from her amazed dinner guest. She stared at him intently. “Jack, do you remember me?” Old Jack thought hard and said, “I think so--I mean you do look familiar.”
“I was thin and hungry,” she said. “Maybe I’ve filled out now more than when you worked here. That was when I was just out of college. I had e to the city looking for a job, but I couldn’t find anything. Finally I was down to my last few cents and had been kicked out of my apartment. I walked in the streets for days, cold and hungry. I saw this place and walked in hoping that I could satisfy my hunger.”
Jack lit up with a smile. “Now I remember,” he said. “I was behind the serving counter. You came up and asked me if you could work for something to eat. I said it was against pany’s policy.”
The woman continued, “Then you made me the biggest roast beef sandwich, gave me a cup of coffee, and told me to go over to a corner table and enjoy it. I was afraid that you would get into trouble. Then, I saw you put the price of my food in the cash register.”
“So you started your own business?” old Jack said. “I got a job that very afternoon. I worked my way up. Eventually I started my own business that, with the help of God, prospered.” She opened her purse and pulled out a business card. “When you are finished here, I want you to pay a visit to a Mr. Lyons, the personnel director of my pany. He’ll find something for you to do around the office.” She smiled, “If you ever need anything, my door is always open to you.”
There were tears in the old man’s eyes, “How can I ever thank you?” he said. “Don’t thank me;” the woman answered, “thank yourself. It was your kindness that let me know you.”
【小题1】Why did the woman invite the beggar to dinner?A．The beggar was once her friend.B．She felt very pity for the beggar.C．The beggar once offered her a free meal.D．She once worked with the beggar.【小题2】What does the underlined phrase “fill out” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A．wear a beautiful dress.B．change one’s features.C．have a very high position.D．bee larger or fatter.【小题3】Years ago the woman walked into the place she caught sight of to .A．find a job thereB．get herself out of coldC．get something to eatD．meet with the man【小题4】What conclusion can you draw from this passage?A．Kindness is an investment that never fails.B．Nothing is difficult for the man who will try.C．Don’t judge a person from his/her appearance.D．God helps those who help themselves.C
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(答案→)C
解析：本文叙述了作者在街上巧遇自己的恩人---一位名叫杰克的乞丐，作者曾经在这里找工作不能吃上饭时，是杰克帮助了她给她买的吃的，作者现在又到了这个曾经来过的自助餐厅，给这位曾经帮助过她的人提供一次免费的午餐。作者最后指出是善良帮助杰克自己。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据Then you made me the biggest roast beef sandwich, gave me a cup of coffee, and told me to go over to a corner table and enjoy it.这个乞丐曾经给了她一顿免费的晚餐 ，故选C。
【小题2】短语猜测题。根据I was thin and hungry,” she said. “Maybe I’ve filled out now more than when you worked here.故选D。
【小题3】细节理解题，根据I saw this place and walked in hoping that I could satisfy my hunger.”想来这里填饱肚子，故选C。
【小题4】推理判断题。根据“How can I ever thank you?” he said. “Don’t thank me;” the woman answered, “thank yourself. It was your kindness that let me know you.”推出善良是一个不会失败的投资，故选A。