1、 One evening, I left work and boarded the train. After entering, I noticed something unusual. The center of the car had a few empty seats while both ends were crowded with people standing. I didnt pay much attention and sat down on one of the empty seats. I sensed a funny smell. It wasnt long before
2、 I noticed a homeless person sleeping on three seats in front of me. He was bleeding from his nose. Why wasnt anyone helping him? His clothes were torn and he was giving off a strange smell. Along with the smell, his eyes were dull, watery, and red. Occasionally he scratched himself and people looke
3、d at him as if he had mitted a crime. As the train stopped at stations and more people came in they covered their noses and faced away from him. All the seats around him were empty. Suddenly, he began to swear at the people around him. A plainclothes police officer who looked like a construction wor
4、ker took out his certificate and showed it to the homeless man. The officer, not wanting to touch the homeless man, told him his rights and directed him to exit the train. As the officer walked the man out of the train, the homeless man turned around and said “MY HOME!” and started crying.A man does
5、nt value things until they are gone. If he didnt have a home, at least he had freedom. Now he has neither. No one wants to help someone who wont help himself.【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。乘坐火车时,“我”发现了一个流浪汉,他衣衫褴褛,身上散发异味,乘客们避而远之。突然,他开始咒骂他周围的乘客。后来流浪汉被便衣警察带走,他不仅没有家,这一次还失去了自由。1. When entering the car, how did the autho
6、r feel at first? AAnnoyed. BPuzzled. CSad. DCalm.答案与解析:B考查推理判断。根据第二段第三句“The center of the car had a few empty seats while both ends were crowded with people standing.”可知,车厢中部有一些空座位,而两头却挤满了站着的人;据此可以判断,“我”感到很困惑,故B项正确。2. How did people react to the homeless man?AThey caught him and called the police.BT
7、hey covered him with clean clothes.CThey disliked and avoided him.DThey stared at him curiously.C考查推理判断。根据第三段第三句“Occasionally he scratched himself and people looked at him as if he had mitted a crime.”可知,流浪汉偶尔抓挠自己,人们看着他,好像他曾经犯罪了一样;据此可以判断,人们不喜欢他,避免和他接触,故C项正确。3It can be learned that the policeman _.Aw
8、as very rude to the manBsent the man back to his hometownCforced the man to leave the cityDwent off the train with the manD考查细节理解。根据第四段最后一句中的“As the officer walked the man out of the train”可知,警官最后带着这个流浪汉走下了火车,故D项正确。4What does the author think of the homeless man?AHe is a loser of life.BHe is worth o
9、ur respect.CHe is very funny.DHe is a fearless fighter.A考查推理判断。根据最后一段第二、第三句“If he didnt have a home, at least he had freedom. Now he has neither.”可知,如果他没有家,至少他还有自由,如今他两个都没有了。据此可以判断,他是一个生活的失败者,故A项正确。B太原二模)“Stop all the rushing and screaming: too much excitement is bad for families. Kids are missing o
10、ut on an essential liferelaxed down time,” says Dr. Charlotte Reznick. “Parents work, and kids do scheduled activities theres little family time without pressure,” says Reznick. “One parent is taking the son to a soccer game, and the other parent is taking the daughter to her swim meet. Then theres
11、the art class, baseball practice, extra tutoring, and more! By the time the family meet up for dinner, everyone is exhausted.” All the rushing makes for a short temper. “When parents are reduced to shouting at their children to get them to listen, they lower their own selfesteem as well as losing th
12、e respect of their children,” says Dr. Carl Pickhardt. “While parents think it shows theyre serious about what theyre saying, they are really just showing helpless desperation at not getting their way.”These days what kids are learning at school and from the outside is a lot greater than it used to
13、be even just a generation ago. “The problem is that stress relieving activities reading, taking walks or hot baths, watching the sunset and other activities are not even part of most kids experience any more,” says Reznick. “There are so many more social interaction opportunities in our puter age, b
14、ut not all of them promote meaningful connections, which is another potential outlet for stress,” she says. One way to relieve stress is a simple technique called “the balloon breath”. Its a great way for everyone to bee calm so that they can respond thoughtfully rather than just react. Heres how to do it. Imagine a deflated (未充气的) balloon in your stomach about two to three inches below your navel (肚脐). Slowly breathe in to a count of 1. 2. 3.and feel the l
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