Question

  There are good people in this world. Many don't have the means to give,but they do help others.

  They really shine this time of year. Maybe it's the season or maybe people notice more during the holidays. In one day,I read about two heroes to humani?ty. One is an anonymous donor from Kansas City,Missouri. They call him "Se?cret Santa". Every Christmas,he shows up at homeless shelters,food banks and other places where people in need go for help. He hands $ 100 bills to those in need. This year he travelled to parts of New York and New Jersey,where many lost everything to hurricane Sandy.

Escorted (護送) by a police motorcade made up of policemen from both New York and New Jersey,Secret Santa visited the hardest hit areas and distributed $ 100,000 to those in need.

  That same day,I read about a man who has much less than Secret Santa to give away.

On November 14,2012,New York police officer Lawrence DePrimo was patrolling Times Square,when he noticed a homeless man sitting on the sidewalk. His feet were bare—no shoes or socks. Officer DePrimo was heavily dressed but was still cold that night. He wore two pairs of socks to fend off the cold.

  He walked up to the man,asked him for his shoe size,went inside a nearby-shoe store and paid seventy-five dollars,walked outside,and handed him the new socks and winter boots. The man's face glowed with delight as he accepted the gift.

  Officer DePrimo did this with no thought of being recognized for his kind?ness. The daughter of a former policeman ₉ Jennifer Foster, witnessed the event and took a picture that tells a story that many will never forget―a kind man giving from his own savings to a man who was cold and had nothing.

What would this world be like with more people like Secret Santa and officer DePrimo?

It could be a beautiful place.

1. What should be the best title for this passage?

   A. It could be a beautiful place

   B. An American policeman helped a homeless man

   C. Who is the Secret Santa?

   D. Who is the kindest person?

2. Which of the following is TRUE about this passage?

   A. The Secret Santa refers to Lawrence DePrimo.

   B. Hurricane Sandy made many people homeless in New Jersey.

   C. This year the Secret Santa donated $ 100,000 in total.

   D. The homeless knew who the Secret Santa was at last.

3. The underlined phrase "fend off" can be replaced by "      ",

   A. keep off   B. put off   C. hold out   D. put on

4. The passage is developed by      .

   A. providing different examples

   B. following the order of time

   C. making comparisons

   D. analysing causes

Answer 1

[文章大意]本文介紹了兩位好心人幫助處于困境中的人。如果人人都像他們一樣，那么這個世界將會變得非常美好。

1. A主旨大意題。根據文章的內容以及文章最后一句話可知，文章的標題應為A項。而B、 (：過于片面;D項過于寬泛。

2. B細節理解題。根據第二段中的"This year he travelled to parts of New York and New Jersey,where many lost everything to hurricane Sandy."可知，有許多新澤西人受到了颶風桑迪的影響而無家可歸。

3. A詞義猜測題。根據上文的內容可知，DePrimo警官穿著厚衣服但仍感到冷。他穿著兩雙抹子來抵擋寒冷。keep off不接近，避開；put off推遲;hold out維持;put on 穿上。

4. A寫作手法題。文章首段提出文章的主題，而接下來舉出兩個例子，一個是"神秘圣誕老人"，另一個是用自己的工資來幫助街邊無家可歸的人的警官。并且最終得出結'論：如果有更多的"神秘圣誕老人"和好心的警察，這個世界就能成為一個美麗的地方。故選A項。