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I hadn’t even got a chance to enter the store before an African American woman approached me and asked if I would help her return an item(商品). The item she had 1 was intended for her daughter, but she had already received a 2 one. The lady 3 to exchange the item for something else in the store but she was told she needed an ID 4 the deal could not exchange.
I went to the 5 with the woman so we could use my ID. The sales assistant immediately started 6 her of asking the first 7 person she saw to help her. Although that was 8 , I didn’t understand why it 9 . After all, not everyone is given the opportunity to 10 an ID in this country.
Then, we asked to speak with a manager, who explained that there was no 11 to return the item without a receipt and then went on to say the woman could not 12 she purchased the item.
“ 13 I, a young white female, were to enter the store and request you to make an exchange without a receipt, I would not be 14 the privilege—as I have proof from the past, ”I said. He must have realized at that moment what he had done, because he 15 to exchange the item.
There are many valuable lessons in the story. The first is to help a stranger in need. I 16 when the woman asked for my help, but 17 in my head I asked myself, “Why not? What valid 18 do I actually have? ”I had none, so I helped her.
The second lesson is not to judge a book by its 19 . The woman looked poor, but she 20 the same treatment as anyone else does.
【文章大意】作者通过讲述在商店里帮助一位贫穷顾客的故事, 说明了两个道理: 第一, 做人应该有一副热心肠; 第二, 人无论贫富, 都是平等的, 都应享有同等的权利和地位。
1. A. purchased B. shown C. lost D. mended
【解析】选A。词语复现题。根据第三段中she purchased the item可知, 她买的这件商品本来是为女儿买的。
2. A. same B. popular C. similar D. different
【解析】选C。前后照应题。根据下文exchange the item for something else, 应该是她的女儿已经有了类似的东西。如果选A项的话, 要将a改成the。
3. A. managed B. wanted C. refused D. promised
【解析】选B。词义辨析题。因为女儿已经有了类似的东西, 所以这位妇女想换一件另外的商品。manage to do sth. 成功做了某事; want to do sth. 想要做某事; refuse to do sth. 拒绝做某事; promise to do sth. 许诺做某事。
4. A. for B. or C. and D. so
【解析】选B。前后照应题。根据下一段的内容可知, 调换商品需要有ID卡(商家发放的一种顾客身份标识卡)才可以, 否则无法调换。
5. A. counter B. department
C. market D. window
【解析】选A。背景常识题。根据常识可知既然作者决定帮助这位妇女, 应该和她一起走到商店的柜台处。
6. A. warning B. informing
C. reminding D. accusing
【解析】选D。上下文语境题。根据全文语境可以看出, 这位黑人妇女在商店受到了不公正的待遇, 被拒绝调换商品。售货员看到她找到作者来帮忙, 十分不礼貌地指责她不应该随便找个人来帮忙。accuse指责; warn警告; inform通知; remind提醒。
7. A. fair B. familiar
C. impossible D. random
【解析】选D。词义辨析题。random任意的; fair公平的; familiar熟悉的; impossible不可能的。
8. A. wrong B. true
C. reasonable D. meaningful
【解析】选B。上下文语境题。这位妇女并不认识作者, 找到她属于随机行为。因此售货员的话符合事实。
9. A. mattered B. happened C. passed D. worked
【解析】选A。词义辨析题。售货员所指责的情况属实, 但作者不明白随便找个人来帮忙就那么值得关注吗(有什么值得如此大惊小怪的呢)。matter关系重大。
10. A. leave B. pay C. find D. obtain
【解析】选D。词义辨析题。毕竟不是所有的人都有机会得到ID卡的。obtain得到。
11. A. request B. place C. way D. need
【解析】选C。前后照应题。根据下文“then went on to say the woman could not ________ she purchased the item. ”说明经理要设置退换商品的门槛。经理解释说即使有了ID卡, 如果没有收据的话, 也是没有办法退换商品的。way方法, 办法。
12. A. answer B. prove C. support D. admit
【解析】选B。背景常识题。根据常识可知, 收据能证明该商品是这位妇女买的。
13. A. Unless B. And C. Instead D. If【解析】选D。语法结构题。经理的这种无赖的行为激怒了作者, 于是作者以自己的经历为例来进行反驳。if如果; unless除非; and和instead均不能引导条件状语从句。
14. A. ordered B. asked C. denied D. given
【解析】选C。词义辨析题。如果我, 一位白人女性, 到这里要求换货, 没有收据, 照样我是不会被(你们)拒绝的。因为我有过去的经历为证。deny拒绝。
15. A. agreed B. prepared
C. failed D. remembered
【解析】选A。上下文语境题。从语境可知, 经理意识到自己的言行失当, 因此同意换商品。agree同意。
16. A. struggled B. wonderedC. hesitated D. nodded
【解析】选C。考查前后照应。根据句中but后面的内容可知, 作者在妇女请求帮助时, 一开始也犹豫过。
17. A. totally B. gradually C. hardly D. quickly
【解析】选D。词义辨析题。但她很快地调整心态, 扪心自问: “为什么不帮她, 我有不帮她的正当理由吗? ”quickly迅速地。
18. A. feelings B. goals C. reasons D. ideas
【解析】选C。词义辨析题。reason理由; idea主意; feeling感情; goal目标。
19. A. design B. cover C. content D. price
【解析】选B。固定表达题。从下文可知, 这位妇女看起来非常穷。售货员和经理的无礼行为可能与此有关。作者想要表达的是, 我们不应该以貌取人(不能通过书的封皮确定一本书的质量)。cover封面。
20. A. deserved B. required
C. received D. appreciated
【解析】选A。词义辨析题。人虽然穷, 但有资格和别人享受同等的待遇。deserve值得。
