When Julio Diaz stepped off the subway after work one night, he was simply planning to go to his favorite local diner for a meal. But when a teenage boy approached him with a knife, Diaz knew the evening was about to take a more dramatic(巨大而突然的) turn.
The young man demanded Diaz’s wallet, and Diaz passed it over without objection(异议). But just as he turned to walk away, Diaz called, “Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something.”
The young man turned around, surprised.
“If you’re going to rob people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep warm.”
The teenager looked at Diaz in disbelief, and asked why he would do such a thing. Diaz replied, “If you’re willing to risk your freedom for a few dollars, I guess you must really need the money.”He said he was heading out for dinner, and that he would be happy to take someone with him.
The young man decided to take Diaz up on his offer. As they were sitting at the table, the manager, dishwashers and waiters all stopped over to say hello to Diaz, and the young man was amazed at his popularity.
“Haven’t you been taught that you should be nice to everybody?”Diaz asked him.
“Yeah, but I didn’t think people actually behaved that way,” the teenager replied. Thanks to Diaz, he was beginning to see that kindness wasn’t so strange, after all.
When the bill came, Diaz told the teen that he’d have to get the check. After all, he still had Diaz’s wallet.
But the teenager put the wallet on the table without a moment’s thought, and Diaz treated him to dinner. Diaz also gave the would-be robber a $20 bill — in exchange for his knife. “I figure, you know, if you treat people right, you can only hope that they treat you right,” Diaz said.
小题1:When a teenage boy approached him with a knife, Diaz was on his way ________.
A．to the subway station.
B．to his workplace.
C．to have a meal.
D．to see a drama.小题2:The young man felt surprised when Diaz ________.
A．stepped off the subway platform
B．passed the wallet over without objection
C．called him to wait for a moment
D．invited him to have dinner together小题3:The underlined part “take Diaz up on”can be replaced by “________”.
A．follow
B．understand
C．check
D．accept小题4:The teenager gave the wallet back to Diaz maybe because _________.
A．Diaz was so popular with people in the restaurant
B．he began to realize people should be nice to others
C．Diaz had to pay for the meal they had together
D．he had been given a $20 bill to take with him小题5:Diaz possibly felt _________ during the whole night.
A．relaxed and happy
B．worried and helpless
C．angry and scared
D．surprised and anxious
