Question

【題目】

Four years ago, 55-year-old Billy Ray Harris was homeless. He lived on a street corner in Kansas City, holding out a cup and asking passers-by for money. But then, one day, his life changed.

On February 9th, a kindhearted woman named Sarah Darling passed Billy Ray. She reached into her purse, took out all the coins she had and dropped them into his cup. Neither of them realized that this small generous act would change their lives.

Sarah didn’t realize that she had given Billy her $4000 diamond ring with all her change until the following morning. She and her husband, Bill Krejci, rushed to see if they could find Billy. To their surprise, the homeless man was not only in the same place, he also returned the ring at once. The grateful couple paid him back for his honesty by emptying out their pockets of all the money they had.

But this was just the beginning of their story. Sarah and her husband, Bill, became friends with Billy Ray. Bill Krejci, a web designer, felt that he needed to do something more for this amazingly honest man. So on February 18th, he set up a special page to raise money for him. In just three months, Billy received over $200,000. That is not enough. Billy is living with a person who is generous instead of living in the streets. And that’s not all—Thanks to the news report, he got together again with his older brother, Edwin Harris who he had been unable to find for 16 years.

All the good luck is just because Billy did the right thing—returning something that did not belong to him.

【1】Why did Sarah give her ring to Billy?

A. Because she wanted to help Billy. B. Because it was Billy’s ring.

C. Because she did it by mistake. D. Because she wanted to test Billy.

【2】The underlined word “That” in Paragraph 4 refers to “________”.

A. setting up a special page B. receiving money

C. living with a generous person D. returning the diamond ring

【3】Where can you probably find this article?

A. In a history book. B. In a magazine.

C. In a guide book. D. In an ad.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 C

【2】 B

【3】 B

【解析】

短文大意：本文是故事類閱讀，講述了無家可歸的比利·雷行乞時誤收了善良的薩拉·達(dá)林女士價值4000美元的鉆戒，但他不為所動，在第二天等在原地歸還給薩拉·達(dá)林夫婦；夫婦二人心存感激，丈夫設(shè)計了一個特別的頁面來為他籌集資金，不僅讓他有了家，而且和他的哥哥埃德溫·哈里斯最終重逢。短文贊揚(yáng)了人性的誠實(shí)和知恩圖報的品德。

【1】題意：莎拉為什么把戒指給比利?考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Sarah didn’t realize that she had given Billy her $4000 diamond ring with all her change until the following morning.，可知她誤把戒指和同零錢都給了比利，故選C。

【2】題意：第4段中帶下劃線的“That”是指“________”。考查詞義理解題。not enough不夠，根據(jù)上文Billy received over $200,000.，可知指的是籌集到的20多萬美元，故選B。

【3】題意：你可能在哪里可以找到這篇文章?考查來源推測題。A. In a history book.在歷史書里；B. In a magazine.在雜志上；C. In a guide book.在一本指南中；D. In an ad.在廣告中。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，講述的是好人有好報的故事，可知會出現(xiàn)在雜志上，故選B。