It’s a sad and familiar sentence from a beggar that we often hear. Usually, when asked “Can you spare some
36 ?” I’ve been struck with a feeling of
37 if I passed by without giving a coin or two.
My conscience was hurt again when I was making a
38 in Venice in 2006. I was sitting in a quiet café. Outside the café on the street was an old woman on her knees, 39 . Steady streams of
40 were walking past her. A young backpacker stood away from the crowd drinking something, but I noticed he was also
41 the woman.
She knelt motionlessly, her head almost touching the ground, a worn blanket providing little
protection
42 the cold. The sight was especially
43 when compared with the signs of the
44 city around her.
A tourist group hurried along the street,
45 at the woman and walked on. Another group of tourists arrived,
46 again, walked past her. The backpacker watched. Then, as I prepared to leave, I stopped at the sight of the backpacker
47 and placing some money in the woman’s cup. He did this rather
48 , just before the arrival of another tourist group. I watched
49 the leader of the group stopped and put some money in the cup. With the young man
50 the way, other tourists followed.
The young backpacker
51 this process in front of the next tour party going past. Once again, the subtle peer(同伴) pressure
52 on the tourists, who all added coins to the cup. His work
53 , the young man walked over to the old beggar woman and said, “I hope that helps a bit.”
I placed some money in the woman’s cup and
54 my tour, light-hearted after witnessing such a
55 act of caring.
| 小题1: | | A．time | B．effort | C．change | D．reward |
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| 小题2: | | A．satisfaction | B．guilt | C．anger | D．pleasure |
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| 小题3: | | A．lecture | B．report | C．study | D．tour |
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| 小题4: | | A．crying | B．begging | C．singing | D．dancing |
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| 小题5: | | A．passengers | B．customers | C．tourists | D．foreigners |
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| 小题6: | | A．ignoring | B．serving | C．observing | D．following |
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| 小题8: | | A．frightening | B．touching | C．fascinating | D．interesting |
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| 小题9: | | A．peaceful | B．noisy | C．wealthy | D．primitive |
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| 小题10: | | A．glanced | B．laughed | C．shouted | D．stared |
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| 小题12: | | A．looking around | B．stepping forward | C．getting about | D．breaking in |
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| 小题13: | | A．secretly | B．carelessly | C．deliberately | D．eagerly |
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| 小题14: | | A．since | B．before | C．after | D．as |
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| 小题15: | | A．showing | B．showed | C．pointing | D．pointed |
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| 小题16: | | A．stopped | B．valued | C．made | D．repeated |
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| 小题17: | | A．moved | B．replied | C．worked | D．carried |
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| 小题18: | | A．done | B．was done | C．has been done | D．had been done |
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| 小题19: | | A．cancelled | B．continued | C．started | D．delayed |
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| 小题20: | | A．funny | B．smart | C．simple | D．modest |
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