阅读理解。
The poor are very wonderful people. One evening we went out and we picked up four people
from the street. And one of them was in a most terrible condition-and I told the sisters: You take
care of the other three. I take care of this one who looked worse. So I did for her all that my love
can do. I put her in bed, and there was such a beautiful smile on her face. She took hold of my hand
as she said just the words "Thank you" and she died.
I could not help but examine my conscience before her and I asked what I would say if I was
in her place. And my answer was very simple. I would have tried to draw a little attention to myself.
I would have said I am hungry, I am dying, I am cold, I am in pain, or something, but she gave me
much more-she gave me her grateful love. And she died with a smile on her face. So did that man
whom we picked up from the drain, half eaten with worms, and we brought him to the home. "I have
lived like an animal in the street, but I am going to die like an angel, loved and cared for," he said at
the end. And it was so wonderful to see the greatness of that man who could speak like that, who
could die like that without blaming anybody, without cursing anybody, without comparing anything.
Like an angel-this is the greatness of our people. And that is why we believe what Jesus has said: I
was hungry, I was naked, I was homeless, I was unwanted, unloved, uncared for, and you did it to
And with this prize that I received as a Prize of Peace, I am going to try to make the home for
many people who have no home. Because I believe that love begins at home and if we can create
a home for the poor I think that more and more love will spread. And we will be able through this
understanding love to bring peace, the good news to the poor, the poor in our own family first, in
our country and in the world. When I pick up a person from the street, hungry and I give him a plate
of rice or a piece of bread, I am satisfied. I have removed that hunger. But to a person who is shut
out, who feels unwanted, unloved, terrified, who has been thrown out from society, that poverty is so
full of hurt and so unbearable... And so let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the
beginning of love, and once we begin to love each other naturally we want to do something.
1. What can be learned from the second paragraph?
A. The woman should have paid more attention to herself.
B. The man couldn't blame anyone.
C. The author is religious.
D. The man died in the street.
2. The purpose of this passage is ________.
A. to appeal for more donation for the poor
B. to call on the public to love each other
C. to tell the readers the poor are wonderful
D. to express how moved the author is to receive the prize
3. Which of the following can NOT be inferred from the passage?
A. The author has few supporters.
B. The author was somewhat surprised at what the man said.
C. The author is delighted to help others in trouble.
D. The author may agree to solve social problems in soft ways.
4. What's the best title of this passage?
A. Have Sympathy for the Poor
B. The Poor Are Wonderful
C. Smile and Love
D. Relieve Poverty
