Think back to this time last year. What was on your mind?
Most likely, you were thinking about finals or the holidays, although in this city I’ve noticed that thinking about the holiday is a fancy way of saying how much stuff will I get.
Now reflect on your thoughts for this holiday season. Most people are still thinking about the holidays, but I say that with a grain of salt. Everybody with a functioning brain and the ability to municate knows that this holioday season es with a pretty large price tag: the debt of all the hardships, both domestic and foreign, that we’ve faced over the past 12months.
Let’s face it: some of us will get everything we want over the holidays. But there are others whose parents have lost their jobs or who have lost jobs themselves because of the current economic situation. As much as we try to ignore it, there is still economic unrest in the blue and gold suburb.
In this situation, we have three options. One: We ignore the situation, like we seem to do for every bad thing that happens around us, because by God, it’s the American Way! Two: We recognize that our economy is shot, feel bad about it and spend our time wishing for the good old days. Three: We recognize that our economy is shot, but instead of moping, reflect on every good thing that we have going for us. Now, which option sounds best to you?
I spent a week this summer working in and around New York City with the city’s homeless population. Or so I thought. Although a lot of the people I served were in fact homeless, a significant number of them had a job or a home or both. The truth of the importance of this situation is that they and thousands of others across the country can’t afford even the most basic things of life, even while working two jobs. Yet no one that I met plained about their hardships. Instead, they took whatever I happened to give them(which was, more often than enough, not enough) and were genuinely grateful for what they had.
Wrap your heads around that statement for a second. These people worked their butts off to stay alive with minimal results, yet were overjoyed by a flimsy(脆弱的) paper plate with donated green beans on it. Although I am ashamed to admit it( both as a girthy figure and an affluent citizen), I have taken for granted most of my meals, let alone green beans, and I know for a fact that I am not alone.
64. 【小题1】According to the passage when people think about holidays they care much for .A．where to spend their holidaysB．how to spend their holidaysC．what they can get for their holidaysD．who they should go to visit65. 【小题2】When the author wrote the article, the economic situation in his country .A．began to go bad.B．began to improveC．was still seriousD．was favorable for middle class.66. 【小题3】The author wrote the article mainly to advise people .A．to be thankful in time of hardship.B．to spend their holidays in a wise wayC．to think little about their holidaysD．to help the country to sail through the crisis67. 【小题4】It can be inferred from the passage that the writer is most probably .A．a homeless childB．an old professorC．a famous scientistD．a young studentC
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(答案→)C
解析：
【小题1】细节理解题。根据第二段的：how much stuff will I get.和第四段的： some of us will get everything we want over the holidays. 可知答案。
【小题2】推理判断题。根据第三阶段的“this holioday season es with a pretty large price tag: the debt of all the hardships, both domestic and foreign,”和第四段的“there is still economic unrest”可以推断出当时经济形势严峻。
【小题3】主旨大意题。根据文章倒数第二段的“Instead, they took whatever I happened to give them(which was, more often than enough, not enough) and were genuinely grateful for what they had.”可知答案。
【小题4】推理判断题。根据文章内容，这个作者 spent a week this summer （holiday）working in and around New York City with the city’s homeless population.可知，他是利用假期做社会实践活动，所他很可能是个学生。