9 . It’s not easy for me to forget the guy, whom I call Bean. For the past year and a half, I saw Bean almost every workday morning. In the beginning I ignored Bean. After all, he’s just a beggar on the freeway off-ramp(匝道) who traps people at a stoplight that seems to always be red.
Over time a few things dawned on me. The first was that it was always the same guy at this off-ramp. The next was that he never actually asked for anything. He just danced and waved at everyone. Then finally, and perhaps the most important, was that he was ALWAYS happy. Some days he was dancing and playing a guitar. Most days he’d wave a cardboard at cars, smiling.
Bean slowly became part of my morning routine. I noticed this one day, only because he wasn’t there and nobody danced and waved at me. I missed him. I’m worried that something had happened to him. I started to look for him every morning as I came down the ramp to that red light.
One morning, after one of these absences, I was so relieved to see him that it was like the sun had come out after a week-long storm. I sat at the red light, watching his morning dancing. I realized that I, too, was smiling and found myself waving back. Wow, something as small as a wave brought blessings to my whole day. I finished the drive to work that morning, feeling lighter and happier.
I remind you now. Look around you. Look at your life, your surroundings, and even just your grocery store with eyes that truly see. What magic lies in front of you? Do you have a Bean in your life you haven’t noticed yet? Watch for them. They will touch your life in ways you can’t even dream!
1. The author calls the beggar Bean probably because _____.| A．he looks like a bean |
| B．it’s a name picked by the author at will |
| C．he makes the author think of Mr. Bean, the comedian |
| D．that’s his real name |
| A．The author came across Bean nearly every day in the past 1.5 years. |
| B．Bean caught the author’s attention at the beginning. |
| C．The beggar would ask drivers for money when the traffic light turned red. |
| D．The author never saw unhappiness on Bean’s face. |
| A．A kind of exercise for better health. |
| B．A traffic sign. |
| C．An alarm clock. |
| D．An activity that you habitually do as part of your life. |
| A．Because he was stopped by a red light. |
| B．Because it was comfortable to sit there. |
| C．Because Bean invited him to. |
| D．Because he felt close to the beggar. |
