I found the last outdoor table at my favorite cafe. Reading as I ate my breakfast slowly, I was enjoying the feeling of the cool wind and the warm sun when a table next to me opened up. A woman, who had been standing nearby, clearly waiting for a seat, stepped towards the table. But from the other direction, straight from the parking lot, came a man who got to the table first.
The woman, with a smile on her face, explained that she'd been keeping her eye on that table for several minutes and had been on her way over. The man, also smiling but uncompromising, told her she was out of luck.
She stood off the side, clearly disappointed, and greeted her friend with the disappointing news. I sat at my table, taking in the scene, and suddenly I realized that I had an opportunity to be kind.
I stood up and asked her to come to my table. Quietly, I told her I had seen what had happened, and I was happy to give her my table. I was only going to be there a few more minutes anyway, so I was happy for her and her friend to have the seat.
"But where will you sit?" she asked. I was almost done eating, I said, and I would find a seat at the counter (柜台) inside. She thanked me and beamed with delight as she invited her friend to sit down.
Thinking about it as I finished up, I realized that whether or not the woman had acceptable demand for the table was unimportant. The feeling of the situation—the look of hurt on her face—had struck me, and I had the ability to do something about it.
I just hope that woman's morning at the cafe was great. I know mine was.
36. When eating at the cafe, the writer ________.
A.saw his friend | B.relaxed himself | C.was in a hurry | D.was in trouble |
37. From the underlined word
uncompromising, we know the man ________.
A.thought he was lucky |
B.was happy to get the table |
C.wouldn't give the table to the woman |
D.didn't wait for the table for a long time |
38. What does the underlined word "
beamed" in Paragraph 5 mean?
A.Smlled happily. | B.Remained sad. | C.Felt sorry. | D.Talked loudly. |
39. In the passage, how did the woman's feelings change?
A.Happy ——angry ——disappointed ——sad |
B.Disappointed——angry——happy —sad |
C.Disappointed ——sad——surprised——happy |
D.Happy——disappointed——surprised——excited |
40. What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?
A.Do not take the seat from others. | B.Order a seat before you go to a cafe. |
C.Be kind and friendly in daily life. | D.Do not drink a coffee at the crowded cafe. |