文章大意:这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者在芝加哥进行为期一周的参观时,在街上偶然看到了一个流浪汉,想起自己也曾经因为房屋被大火烧毁而无家可归,幸亏得到了别人的爱和帮助,才重新有了家,想到这些作者毫不犹豫将自己身上的钱给了流浪汉。通过这个故事,作者告诉我们每个人都可能会需要帮助,所以在别人需要的时候伸出你的援助之手吧。
1 . It was a vacation when I was 16. I was on a one-week-long trip with some students to ______ a Seminary (神学院) college in Iowa. On the way our ______ had stopped in Chicago for a few days. We were ______ in a building owned by the church on the south side of the city. In the evening I ______ to go out for a short walk. I was going down a street when I ______ other people making a wide berth (安全距离) around someone sitting on the sidewalk. His clothes were ______, worn and torn. His skin was dirty and I could ______ him from several feet away. I stopped in my ______. I had never seen a homeless person before. Then my mind ______ back and I realized I had seen a homeless person once before: Me.
It was a summer night in my 11th year when the home I grew up in ______ fire in the middle of the night. I can still ______ all of us standing outside while the fire destroyed everything we owned. My dad was busying. My grandma and mom were ______. And my brothers and I were standing in ______, scare and silence. ______, friends took us in that ______. Our small town community gathered around us. They fed us, brought us clothes, and within a few days helped our dad to rent a ______. I could remember feeling ______ and blessed even after losing so much.
The homeless man sitting there, however, couldn’t depend on anyone. I could see the ______ and despair (绝望) in his eyes. I only had a few dollars left in my wallet but I didn’t hesitate. I ______ and handed it to the man, talked with him, comforted him.
I have often ______ what happened to him over the years. Did he make it off the streets? Did he die there? I don’t know. I do know that I was no better than he was, only more fortunate.
1. A.attend | B.visit | C.finish | D.skip |
2. A.group | B.class | C.college | D.church |
3. A.sleeping | B.hiding | C.studying | D.staying |
4. A.failed | B.refused | C.decided | D.promised |
5. A.heard | B.saw | C.recognized | D.called |
6. A.colorful | B.new | C.old | D.unusual |
7. A.smell | B.know | C.blame | D.comfort |
8. A.streets | B.city | C.trip | D.tracks |
9. A.flashed | B.turned | C.dated | D.reported |
10. A.opened | B.caught | C.held | D.hung |
11. A.find | B.miss | C.forget | D.remember |
12. A.reading | B.cooking | C.crying | D.destroying |
13. A.sympathy | B.shock | C.expectation | D.joy |
14. A.Luckily | B.Particularly | C.Apparently | D.Humorously |
15. A.daytime | B.evening | C.night | D.morning |
16. A.car | B.cloth | C.bike | D.house |
17. A.ignored | B.loved | C.appreciated | D.convinced |
18. A.enthusiasm | B.honesty | C.sadness | D.kindness |
19. A.bent down | B.spoke up | C.walked away | D.gave up |
20. A.criticized | B.judged | C.expressed | D.wondered |