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1、I watched from a distance as the homeless man quarreled with those who did not leave money for him - the majority.I walked up to him and right on queue he asked me for a quarter." I ' ll give you a quarter ifyou tell me your story." He laughed, "You' ll give me a quarter for m
2、y story?” I lay the qufront of him and corrected myself “ Nahhere ' tse quarter but it would be nice to hear your story. " I followed his eyes to the quarter and for a brief moment I saw a glimmer of reflection. I sat down next to him and waited.“I was in the army,“ he waid.a sniper(狙击手)and
3、 was supposed to shoot down theenemy from the distance." I cstenfedy to his grizzly voice as he went deeper into the story.He wore dirty old torn clothes and smelled like a dead rat left in a mouse trap. He told me how he used to hunt with his family and was really good at it. He had his own wa
4、y of respecting animals by not wasting what he killed for food and not killing more than he needed. When the army came knocking on his door, he felt pride and joined up. All those years of polishing his hunting skills could now serve a larger purpose to defend us from the bad guys. He set out to fig
5、ht in Iraq.It wasn ' t long before he realized his ideals and expectations werjust a shadow of the truth.He became disillusioned with the killings, which he felt were of innocent people."I was a sniperbut I never really killed anyone," he said. "One day I had to do it. They asked
6、me to shoot thislady from the distance. I saw kids near that lady and my hands were on the trigger ( 扳机).Man, I was tearing up . I couldn 'do it. She wasn' d oing anything to anyone and she was with the kids I couldn ' t see through my tears. It just didn' t make any sense to me.”The
7、 story goes on as he describes eventually being put into prison for 180 days for refusingto follow orders. He told me how he was black listed so that he couldn' t get a job. All the rightswe take for granted were taken away from him. Why? Here was a man who was being punished and for what? For r
8、efusing to kill the lady? For being a hero?”I have no regrets,”the homeless man said."I may be homeless now, but I never killed that lady. I never anyonein the army. It didn ' feel right. I didn ' go there to do that. I went there to save people. He continued, “can live with being homel
9、ess- that,osay. But I wouldn ' be able to live with killing innocent people.”On that lonely Friday night, I met a hero. It just never occurred to me that a hero could be a smelly old man left on streets.1. It can be learned from the passage that the homeless man.()A. never killed animalsB. had a
10、 strong respect for lifeC. deserved the punishment he receivedD. felt guilty about disobeying the order42. The underlined word “ disillusioned (Para” graph 4) is closest in meaning to . ()A. disappointedB. frightenedC. delightedD. admired3. The most disappointing for the man was probably that .()A.
11、he couldn t get a job to support himselfB. he couldn t go back to fight for his countryC. he received orders to kill an innocent personD. he got little money from the people in the streetD. sympathetic4. How did the man feel when he was reduced to a beggar?()A. hopelessB. regretlessC. greedy5. What
12、does the passage mainly talk about? ()A. A beggar who often came into conflict with othersB. A poor man who earned money by telling storiesC. A true hero who begged for a living on streetsD. A homeless man who helped the poor men答案及剖析:语篇解读: 本文介绍了一位曾经在伊拉克服役的狙击手的故事。 狙击手在伊拉克因为拒绝执行枪杀一位带着孩子的妇女的命令, 被判处 18
13、0 天监禁, 出狱后被列入黑名单, 找不到工作,被剥夺了一切权利, 沦为街头乞丐。 但是他却一直不后悔自己的行为。 他是一位真正的英雄。1.B 推理判断题。 根据文章内容可知, 狙击手在做猎人时从不滥杀动物, 在伊拉克战场上又 拒绝执行枪杀平民妇女,这些行为都说明他尊重生命。2 .A 词义猜测题。 根据第三段第一句 It wasn t long before he realized his ideals and expectations were just a shadow of the truth.以及which he felt were of innocent people. 句可知, 战
14、场上的 事实与理想相去甚远,是“令人失望的”,故选 A 。3 .C 推理判断题。根据文章内容可知,他对自己的流落街头行乞毫不后悔,可知 A 、 B 、 D 三项均与这相悖,所以令他感到最失望事情应该是他收到命令枪杀无辜。4.B细节理解题。根据第四段"I have no regrets, " the homeless mOn她知,他对自己沦为乞丐毫不后悔。故选 B 。5.C.主旨大意题。本文主要讲述一个在伊拉克战场上因拒绝执行命,枪杀无辜平民妇女而先被判监禁,后流落街头的狙击手的故事。他因尊重生命而遭受不公正的对待,所以他才是真正的英雄。Until last summer I
15、 had a very comfortable life: winter vacations skiing and summer cruises. My parents spent a lot of money on a private school, so they could get me into a competitive middle school. Everything was about tomorrow, next year, my graduation. We never had to worry about today.Before last summer I never
16、thought much about the people in the world who live day to day, every day, whose lives are controlled by poverty and hunger. Then I enrolled in a two-week intensive program. We lived in a“Tribal Village,“ in a hot, dry open grassland in Arkansas, astate of the south-central United States. I am a tri
17、bal member in Mozambique, a country of southeast Africa. Every meal, I make the fire for my family, and feel the flames lick up my nostrils as I blow to keep the fuel alive. I cook mush with vegetables. This is all my family is ever given. I feed the hen and three rabbits their dinner. I grow attach
18、ed to the rabbits, even though I know I shouldn ' t. I name them. I ' m not getting enough t o eat; it ' s time to decide whether or not to kill the rabbits. I feel pain but it ' s a privileged child ' s pain because I know I will soon be eating again. That' s not true for a
19、lot of other children around the world.Growing up comfortably in the U.S., I ' ve never had to worry about my dinner, and even though this whole process was only a simulation, it changed my life. Now I believe in doing whatever I can to help find practical ways to defeat hunger.So I' ve beco
20、me president of Roots and Shoots, a group working to improve local environments for people and animals. I ' m also working to create a program at my high school called the “Safe Passage trip to help young people in the Guatemala City dump. And I ' ve got plans to do more. I'm often think
21、ing of laboring in the hot sun and the millions who still do. Now, I try to live for today and stop worrying so much about the future. When I eat or feel full, I am grateful for this fortunate life and want to extend the same feeling to others.I believe in offering help to those who need it.1. What
22、is true about the author before last summer?()A. Her life was under great pressure.B. Her life was well-planned.C. She didn' t have to worry about the future.D. She had to worry about her dinner2. We can learn from the second paragraph that.()A. the author raised some rabbits as petsB. the autho
23、r took part in a two-week program in AfricaC. the author had a very difficult life in the “Tribal Village”D. the author never thought about poor people after the program3. The author feel pain because.()A. she is a privileged childB. she is not getting enough to eatC. she doesn' t want to kill t
24、he rabbitsD. she can' t go back to her regular life4. What does the underlined word “ simulation ” in the fourth paragraph probably mean? ()A. Reality B. Experience C. Imagination D. Imitation5. What influence did the author s experience in the “Tribal Village ” have on her? ()A. It gave birth to a belief in helping others.B. It taught her to be grateful to her parents.C. It has made her life more comfortable.D. It inspired her to start two groups to help others.答案及剖析:语篇解读: 作者生活在一个富有的家庭里, 一直过着衣食无忧的日子。 去年夏天
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