文章大意：这是一篇记叙文。文章简述作者由于工作原因看到了生活中太多的不幸，由一开始的同情、不安变为发现不幸人们的积极方面去报道，尽可能多的去帮助他们，积极地传播友善。
2 . When I graduated from college I dreamed of being a television news reporter. Having no experience, I had to work in a small town until I finally got my big break in the form of a job in Boston. I made it.
Soon, reality set in. I was too often sent to run after accused criminals out of courts, waiting outside of crime scene tape or at the doorstep of a family still crying for tragedy (悲剧). My breaking point came the day I accidentally informed a young woman that her mother died. It was the worst day of my professional life and the day I decided I no longer wanted to shine a light on these stories. My career was ebbing, and at the same time my personal life was too-I divorced.
My mom had always told me “When you’re feeling extremely upset, go help someone else.” So I started seeking out stories of people who had been in the news under tragic circumstances but were doing something inspiring with their lives: a young girl who was paralyzed (瘫痪的) by an accident but was uplifting her classmates with her positive spirit, a blind and autistic (自闭的) musician who learned to play 27 instruments, a disabled soldier who opened his own art studio. I started to tell and promote stories like them.
Over the last 10 years I have discovered my kindness gift: my ability to see the beautiful side of a person and reflect it back to them and the world. In telling stories of people turning their own hurt into acts of helping others I have become more sympathetic, more grateful and kinder. I have learned kindness is who we are, that our power for it is limitless and that, as we shine a light on it, it grows.
1.
What changed the author’s working direction in his job in Boston?| A．The tragedy in the society | B．The low payment of the job |
| C．The hurt from his divorce | D．The fear of cruel criminals |
2.
What is the meaning of the underlined word “ebbing” in paragraph 2?| A．taking off |
| B．getting into trouble |
| C．unchangeable at all |
| D．dull but important |
3.
What the author’s mother said means .| A．helping others is a way to escape from reality |
| B．helping others can comfort your soul |
| C．the best way of helping others is telling stories |
| D．it is difficult to make contributions to helping others |
4.
According to the last paragraph, what does the author advise us to do?| A．To tell inspiring stories. |
| B．To fight against criminals. |
| C．To ignore our own hurt. |
| D．To do as much kindness as possible. |
