Question

【題目】The Power of a Smile

I had an interesting experience at my children's school this week. About six months ago, a crazy father was driving his car half on the sidewalk at a fast speed along the road into the school. I was frightened and had a conflict (沖突) with him, telling him his driving was dangerous.

Two days ago, I was walking along the road into the school, actually a foot or so on to the road because the sidewalk was full of kids, and I saw this same man sitting at the wheel of his car about 10 metres in front of me. He looked at me angrily, started up the engine and speeded past me. So close to me that the car almost brushed my coat. It was obvious he did it purposely, to try to frighten me. I hit his car with my son's school bag hard as it went by. I called the police and they told me I should get his licence (執(zhí)照) plate number and they would go round and talk to him.

This morning I was walking up to the school gate with my kids and the guy got out of his car and walked up to me. I knew he was going to confront (對質(zhì)) me. "Next time I'm going to run you over," he said to me.

And for some reason I smiled. "You nearly ran me over two mornings ago." I said.

Then his manner suddenly changed, became less confrontational, "I'm not going to be dirty, because you smiled."

Did I? I didn't even realize that I had.

"I shouldn't have done it." he said. "I shouldn't have tried to make fun of you, by pulling my foot down so hard. I won't do it again. "

"Okay. Let's just stop it there then." I said.

He put his hand on my shoulder, and for some reason without thinking about it. I put an arm around him.

How strange! It shows how powerful a smile can be and how quickly conflict can turn to empathy (同理心), if you deal with it with a non-confrontational attitude.

【1】The writer told the crazy father his driving was ________ about six months ago.

A.carefulB.slowC.dangerousD.funny

【2】The crazy father wanted to ________ by speeding past the writer two days ago.

A.save the timeB.pick up his sonC.get his son's bagD.frighten the writer

【3】The crazy father changed his manner because ________.

A.the writer smiled to himB.the writer was powerful

C.the police talked to himD.the kids stopped him

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【解析】

本文作者講述了在他的經(jīng)歷。六個月前，一個瘋狂的父親以極快地速度在人行道上開車進(jìn)入學(xué)校，作者告訴他他的駕駛很危險。兩天前，這個瘋狂的父親氣憤地看著我，發(fā)動引擎，從我身邊飛馳而過。車差點(diǎn)擦到作者的外套。很明顯他故意這么做是為了嚇唬作者。作者打電話報了警。今天早上作者和孩子們一起走向?qū)W校的時候，那家伙又想和作者發(fā)生沖突，作者用微笑化解了沖突。本文告訴我們，以一種非對抗的態(tài)度來處理事情， 微笑力量是強(qiáng)大的，沖突能很快轉(zhuǎn)化為同理心。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第1段第2句“About six months ago, a crazy father was driving his car half on the sidewalk at a fast speed along the road into the school. I was frightened and had a conflict (沖突) with him, telling him his driving was dangerous.（大約六個月前，一個瘋狂的父親在人行道上以極快的速度開著他的車進(jìn)入學(xué)校。我很害怕，并與他發(fā)生了沖突，告訴他他的駕駛很危險。）”可知“大約六個月前作者告訴那個瘋狂的父親，他的駕駛是危險的�！惫蔬xC。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第2段第4句“It was obvious he did it purposely, to try to frighten me.（很明顯他故意這么做是為了嚇唬我。）”可知“兩天前那個瘋狂的父親加速從作者身邊經(jīng)過，目的是要嚇唬他�！惫蔬xD。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第5段“Then his manner suddenly changed, became less confrontational, "I'm not going to be dirty, because you smiled."（然后他的態(tài)度突然變了，變得不那么對抗了，說：“我不會這么卑鄙的，因為你笑了�！保┛芍�“那個瘋狂的父親改變了他的態(tài)度，因為作者對他微笑�！惫蔬xA。