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阅读理解（文化教育类）
03
七、
It was a cold
winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge
tollbooth (
收
费站). “I’m paying
for myself, and for the six cars behind me,” she
said with
a
smile,
handing
over
seven
tickets.
One
after
another,
the
next
six
drivers
arriving
at the tollbooth
were informed, “Some lady up ahead already paid
your fare.”
It turned out
that the
woman, Natalie Smith,
had read something on a friend’s
refrigerator:
“Practice
random
kindness
and
senseless
acts
of
beauty.”
The
phrase
impressed her so much that she copied
it down.
Judy Foreman spotted the same
phrase on a warehouse wall far away from home.
When it stayed on her mind for days,
she gave up and drove all the way back to copy
it down. “I thought it was beautiful,”
she said, explaining why she’d taken to
writing it at the bottom of all her
letters, “like a message from above.” Her
husband, Frank, liked the phrase so
much that he put it up on the classroom wall
for
his
students,
one
of
whom
was
the
daughter
of
Alice
Johnson,
a
local
news
reporter.
Alice
put
it
in
the
newspaper,
admitting
that
though
she
liked
it,
she
didn’t
know
where it came from or
what it really meant.
Two days later,
Alice got a call from Anne Herbert, a woman living
in Marin.
It was in a restaurant that
Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper,
after
turning it around in her mind for
days.
“Here’s
the
idea,”
Anne
says.
“Anything
you
think
there
should
be
more
of,
do
it
randomly.”
Her
fantasies
include
painting
the
classrooms
of
shabby
schools,
leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in
the poor part of town, and giving money
secretly to a proud old lady. Anne
says, “
Kindness can build on itself as
much as
violence
can
.”
The acts of
random kindness spread. If you were one of those
drivers who found
your fare paid, who
knows what you might have been inspired to do for
someone else
later. Like all great
events, kindness begins slowly, with every single
act. Let
it be yours!
31. Why did Natalie Smith pay for the
six cars behind her?
A. She knew the
car drivers well.
B. She wanted to show
kindness.
C. She hoped to please
others.
D. She had seven tickets.
32. Judy Foreman copied down the phrase
because she .
A. thought it was
beautifully written
B. wanted to know
what it really meant
C. decided to
write it on a warehouse wall
D. wanted
her husband to put it up in the classroom
33. Who came up with the phrase
according to the passage?
A. Judy
Foreman.
B. Natalie Smith.
C. Alice Johnson.
D. Anne
Herbert.
34. Which of the following
statements is closest in the meaning to the
underlined
sentence above?
A. Kindness and violence can change the
world.
B. Kindness and violence can
affect one’s behavior.
C.
Kindness and violence can reproduce themselves.
D. Kindness
and violence can
shape one’s character.
35.
What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. People should practice random
kindness to those in need.
B. People
who receive kindness are likely to offer it to
others.
C. People should practice
random kindness to strangers they meet.
D. People who receive kindness are
likely to pay it back to the giver.
【考点】考察教育类阅读
【文章大意
】
作者在本文中通过讲述“随心随意求美，
无来无由行善”这句
话的由来，
告诉
我们要多行善，让善良的行为传播。
31.
【答案】
B
【试题解析】推理题。根据文章第二段“Practice
random
kindness
and
senseless
acts
of
beauty.”
The phrase
impressed her so much that
she copied it down
可知这句话“随
心随意
求美，无来无由行善”给她留下了深刻的印象。所以她要多行善。她才会为后面的
6
辆车缴费，也算是一种行善吧！故
B
正确。
32.
【答案】
A
【试题解析】细节题。根据第三段的二句
When
it
stayed
on
her
mind
for
days,
she
gave
up and drove all the way back to copy
it down. “I thought it was beautiful,”可
知她走了几天以后，还开车回去把这句话记了下来是因为：她认为这句话很美。故
A
正确。
33.
【答案】
D
【试题解析】细节题。根据文章第四段第二句
It
was
in
a
restaurant
that
Anne
wrote
the
phrase down on a piece of paper, after
turning it around in her mind for days.
可知这句话在
Ann
的脑海里好几天了，
所以她就把她下了下来。
说明这句话是
Anne
Herbert.
想出来的。故
D
正确。
34.
【答案】
C
【试题解析】
推理题。
根据本句“Kindness
can
build
on
itself
as
much
as
violence
can.”
本句是一个省略句：
Kindness can build
on itself as much as violence can build on
itself
。再根据最后一段第一句
The
acts of random kindness spread.
可知善良和暴力都
是可以传播的。
所以
C
项符合上下文，
也就是号召我们要多做善事，
让善良的
行为传播得更
远。
35.
【答案】
B
【试题解析】推理题。
根据最后一段
1,2
行
The
acts of random kindness spread. If you
were one of those drivers who found
your fare paid, who knows what you might have
been inspired to do for someone else la
ter.
可知善良是可以传播的。如果作为司机的
你发现有人帮
你付了费用，你也要想着为别人做一些好事情。让善良的行为得以传播。故
B
正确。
【长难句解析】
Her
husband,
Frank,
liked
the
phrase
so
much
that
he
put
it
up
on
the
classroom
wall
for his students, one
of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson, a local
news
reporter.
【翻译】她的丈夫
Frank
非常中这句话，
就把它贴在教室的墙上
，
让他的学生看，
其中一个
学生省略当地一个记者
Alice Johnson
的女儿。
【分析】本句主句中有一个
so…thta…的固定句式：如此…以至于…；
that
引导的是一个
结果状语从句。
另外后面含有
一个定语从句
one
of
whom
was
the
daughter
of
Alice
Johnson,
a local news
reporter
修饰先行词
Alice
Johnson
。
八、
Like many
new graduates, I left university full of hope for
the future but with
no real idea of
what I wanted to do. My degree, with honors, in
English literature
had not really
prepared me for anything practical. I knew I
wanted to make a
difference in the
world somehow, but I had no idea how to do that.
That’s when I
learned about the
Lighthouse Project.
I started my
journey as a Lighthouse Project volunteer by
reading as much as I
could
about
the
experiences
of
previous
volunteers.
I
knew
it
would
be
a
lot
of
hard
work, and that I would be away from my
family and friends for a very long time. In
short,
I
did
not
take
my
decision
to
apply
for
the
Lighthouse
Project
lightly.
Neither
did my family.
Eventually,
however,
I
won
the
support
of
my
family,
and
I
sent
in
all
the
paperwork
needed
for
the
application.
After
countless
interviews
and
presentations,
I
managed
to
stand
out
among
the
candidates
and
survive
the
test
alone.
Several
months
later,
I finally received a
call asking me to report for the duty. I would be
going to a
small village near Abuja,
Nigeria. Where? What? Nigeria? I had no idea. But
I was
about to find out.
After completing my training, I was sent to the
village that was small and
desperately
in
need
of
proper
accommodation.
Though
the
local
villagers
were
poor,
they
offered
their
homes,
hearts,
and
food
as
if
I
were
their
own
family.
I
was
asked
to lead a small team of local people in
building a new schoolhouse. For the next
year
or
so,
I
taught
in
that
same
schoolhouse.
But
I
sometimes
think
I
learned
more
from my students than they did from me.
Sometime
during that
period,
I realized that all those
things that had seemed
so
strange
or
unusual
to
me
no
longer
did,
though
I
did
not
get
anywhere
with
the
local