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2017-04-13

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It was a chilly November evening in New York City, and my daughter and I were walking up Broadway. Nora noticed a guy sitting inside a cardboard box next to a newsstand. She pulled at my coat sleeve and said, "That man' s cold, Daddy. Can we take him home?"
I don' t remember my reply, but I do remember a sudden heavy feeling inside me. I had al-ways been delighted at how much my daughter noticed in her world, whether it was birds in flight or children playing. But now she was noticing suffering and poverty. She wasn' t even four.
A few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who delivered meals to elderly people. The volunteers went to a nearby school on a Sunday morning, picked up a food package, and delivered it to an elderly person. I signed us up. Nora was excited about it. She could understand the importance of food, so she could easily see how valuable our job was. When Sunday came, we picked up the package and phoned the elderly person we' d been assigned. She invited us right over.
The building was depressing. When the door opened, facing us was a silver-haired woman in an old dress. She took the package and asked if we would like to come in. Nora ran inside. I re-luctantly followed. Our hostess showed us some photos of her family. Nora played and laughed. I accepted a second cup of tea. When it came time to say good-bye, we three stood in the doorway and hugged. I walked home in tears.
Where else but as volunteers do you have the opportunity to do something enjoyable that' s good for yourself as well as for others? Indeed, the poverty my daughter and I helped lessen that Sunday afternoon was not the woman' s alone--it was in our lives, too. Now Nora and I regularly serve meals to needy people and collect clothes for the homeless. Yet, as I' ve watched her grow over these past four years, I still wonder--which of us has benefited more?
The man Nora noticed on that evening was probably __________.

A.asking for food
B.one of those homeless
C.taken home by the author
D.buying a newspaper

参考答案

B

答案解析

【内容概要】
本文主要讲了作者在看到女儿关注路边的流浪汉之后,带着女儿一起参加志愿者活动,给老年人发放食物的故事。最后作者感慨道自己在女儿的带领下开始更多地体会到了帮助他人的价值。
【参考译文】
在11月纽约一个寒冷的晚上,我和女儿劳拉在百老汇大街上走着。劳拉看到报摊旁的纸板箱里坐着一个人。她拉了拉我的衣袖说,“那个人很冷,爸爸。我们能把他带回家吗?”
我不记得自己的回答了,但是我记得自己突然沉重的心情。以前看到女儿如此关注自己的世界,不管是飞翔的鸟儿还是玩耍的孩童,我都很高兴。但是现在她开始注意到苦难和贫穷,她甚至还不到4岁。
几天后,我在报纸上看到一篇关于志愿者给老年人送食物的文章。志愿者们在周日早上到附近的学校领取食品包装盒,然后送给老人。我给我们两人都报名了。劳拉对此很激动。
她能理解食物的重要性,因此很容易明白我们工作的价值所在。星期天到了,我们领取了食品包装盒,并与安排给我们的老人打电话联系,她邀请我们过去。
那是一栋让人很压抑的楼房。门开后,面对我们的是一位穿着旧裙子、白发苍苍的老妇人。她接过食品盒,并问我们是否愿意进来。劳拉跑了进去,我迟疑地跟在后面。主人向我们展示了一些她家人的照片。劳拉玩耍着,非常开心,我又喝了一杯茶。离别时,我们三人站在门口拥抱。我含着泪走回了家。
除了做志愿者,你哪里还有机会可以做对自己、对别人都好的令人愉快的事?确实,那个周日下午,女儿和我所帮助减轻的贫穷并不仅仅是老妇人一个人的——它也存在于我们的生活中。现在劳拉和我经常会为有需要的人们提供食物,为无家可归的人们收集衣物。看着她在过去四年里的成长,我仍然在想——我们到底谁收获得更多?
【精解精析】
【定位】第一段第二句“Nora noticed a guy sitting inside a cardboard box next to a news-stand.”
【答案详解】推理题。定位句说Nora看到的这个人坐在报摊旁的纸板箱里,前一句提到的时间又是11月的一个寒冷的晚上,可以推测出这是个无家可归的人,故选B。

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