It was a cold night in Washington, D.C., and ...

It was a cold night in Washington, D. C., and I was heading back to the hotel when a man approached me. he asked if I would give him some money so he could get something to eat. I’d read the signs in the hotel: “Don’t give money to beggars.” So I shook my head and kept walking.

The incident bothered me for the rest of the week. I had money in my pocket and it wouldn't have killed me to hand over a dollar or two even if he had been lying. Back home, I started to write my weekly garden column for The Anchorage Daily News. All of a sudden, I thought of Bean’s Café, the soup kitchen in Anchorage, which feeds hundreds of hungry Alaskans every day. why not try to get all my readers to plant a row of vegetables in their gardens and donate them to Bean’s Cafe?

In April 1995, the Garden Writers Association of America held their annual meeting in Anchorage and after learning of Anchorage’s program, Plant a Row for Bean's became Plant a Row For The Hungry. The original idea was to have every member of the Garden Writers Association of America write or talk about planting a row for the hungry sometime during the month of April.

Garden editor Joan Jackson, backed by The San Jose Mercury News and California’s nearly year-round growing season, raised more than 30,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables the first year, and showed how the program could really work. Today program continues to boom and grow.

1.Why didn’t the writer give money to the man?

A. Because he was afraid that the man was a liar

B. Because he had no money on him at that time

C. Because he was in a hurry to get back to his hotel

D. Because he didn’t know that man

2.What inspired the writer to think of the program to help the poor?

A. A beggar　　 B. A hotel

C. the Garden Writers Association　　 D. Bean’s Café

3.How does the author feel about the effect of the Plan a Row program?

A. It’s discouraging　　 B. It’s satisfying

C. It’s doubtful　　 D. It’s challenging

4.Which might be the best title of the passage?

A. Everybody Can Make a Big Difference to the World

B. A Campaign to Remove Poverty

C. Plant a Row for the Hungry

D. How to Help People in Need

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It was a cold night in Washington, D.C., and I was heading back to the hotel when a man approached me. He asked me for some money so he could get something to eat. I’d read the sign: “Don’t give money to beggars.” So I shook my head and kept marching.
I wasn’t prepared for a reply, but he said, “I am really homeless and I am really hungry! You can come with me and watch me eat!” But I kept on marching.

The incident bothered me for the rest of the week. I had money in my pocket and it wouldn’t have killed me to hand over a dollar or two even if he had been lying. On a freezing cold night, I still assumed the worst of the fellow human being.

Flying back to Anchorage, I couldn’t help thinking of him. I tried to seek excuses for my failure to help by assuming government agencies, churches and charities were there to feed him. Besides, you’re not supposed to give money to beggars.

Somewhere over Seattle, I started to write my weekly garden column for the Anchorage Daily News. Out of the blue, I came up with an idea. Bean’s Café, a soup kitchen in Anchorage, feeds hundreds of hungry Alaskans every day. Why not try to get all my readers to plant one row in their gardens devoted to Bean’s Café?

Before long my idea took off. People would fax me or call when they took something in. Those who only grew flowers donated them. Food for the spirit. And relief for my conscience.

As more and more people started working with the “Plant a Row” concept, many companies gave free seeds to customers and displayed the logo, which also arose in national gardening publications. Row markers with the “Plant a Row” logo were distributed to gardeners to set apart their “Row for the Hungry”.

It is unexpected that millions of Americans are threatened by hunger. If every gardener in America—and we’re seventy million strong—plants one row for the hungry, we can lower the number of neighbors who don’t have enough to eat. Maybe then I will stop feeling guilty about abandoning a hungry man I could have helped.

1.Why did the author turn down the beggar’s request?

A. He was previously reminded not to do so.

B. He was eager to march back to the hotel.

C. He thought that it was beyond his duty.

D. He was short of money at that moment.

2.Which of the following is the closest to the underlined phrase “took off” (Paragraph 6)?

A. We eventually took off at 11o’clock and landed in Seattle safely.

B. To take off pounds, you have to cut down the number of calories.

C. On hearing the news, he took off at once and headed back to the hotel.

D. His business has really taken off owing to his advanced management.

3.What did the author do after the beggar’s incident?

A. He felt guilty but couldn’t help him.

B. He started a project to help the hungry.

C. He ran a blue kitchen to supply the hungry with soup.

D. He still supposed it was unwise to give the hungry with soup.

4.What can be a suitable title for the passage?

A. Plant a Row for the Hungry

B. Lend a Hand to Beggars

C. Never Hesitate to Help Others

D. Plan a Gardening Project

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A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by, and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace, and stopped for a few seconds, and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the money box without stopping, and continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3-year-old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried, but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally, the mother pushed hard, and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money, but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the most talented musicians in the world. He had just played one of the most beautiful pieces ever written, on a violin worth $3.5 million dollars.　

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.

This is a real story. Joshua Bell’s playing in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment.

The outlines were: in a common environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we enjoy beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected situation?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?”

1.Few people stopped to listen to Joshua Bell playing because______.

A. people were in a hurry　　　　　　　　

B. they were not interested in music

C. it was too cold in the subway　　　　　

D. the performance was not good enough

2.When children stopped to look at the violinist, their parents ______.

A. would give him some money　　　　　

B. would stop to enjoy the music

C. would applaud for the performance　　

D. would urge them to continue walking

3.Joshua Bell played in the metro station in order to ______.

A. make more money　　　　

B. practice his skills in playing music

C. made an advertisement for his concert

D. find out people’s reaction under such a circumstance

4.The purpose of the passage is to _____.

A．set us to think about our life　　

B．show us how to play music

C．tell us the importance of music　

D．report a subway performance

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A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by, and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace, and stopped for a few seconds, and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till without stopping, and continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3-year-old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried, but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally, the mother pushed hard, and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money, but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the most talented musicians in the world. He had just played one of the most beautiful pieces ever written, on a violin worth $3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.

This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment.

The outlines were: in a commonplace(普通的) environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we enjoy beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected situation?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?

1.Few people stopped to listen to Joshua Bell playing because____________.

A. people were in a hurry

B. they were not interested in music

C. it was too cold in the subway

D. the performance was not good enough

2.When children stopped to look at the violinist, their parents ____________.

A. would give him some money

B. would stop to enjoy the music

C. would applaud for the performance

D. would urge them to continue walking

3.Which of the following is true about Joshua Bell’s performance?

A. Nobody gave him money

B. Nobody recognized him.

C. Nobody appreciated it

D. Nobody organized it

4.Joshua Bell played in the metro station in order to ____________.

A. make more money

B. practice his skills in playing music

C. made an advertisement for his concert

D. find out people’s reaction under such a circumstance

5.The purpose of the passage is to _________.

A. set us to think about our life

B. show us how to play music

C. tell us the importance of music

D. report a subway performance

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Plant a Row for the Hungry

It was a cold night and I was heading back to the hotel when a man approached me. He asked if I would give him some money so he could get something to eat. I'd read the signs:＂Don't give money to beggars." So I　 _______ my head and kept walking.

I wasn't _______for a reply, but with submission, he said, "I really am homeless and I really am hungry! You can come with me and watch me _______!"But I kept on walking.

The_______bothered me for the rest of the week. I had money in my pocket and it wouldn't have _______ me to hand over a buck or two even if he had been_______. On a freezing night I assumed the _______of a fellow human being.

On the flight back home, I couldn't help thinking of him. I tried to explain my _______to help by assuming government agencies, churches and charities were there to_______him. Besides, you're not supposed to give money to ________

One day, I started to write my weekly garden column for The Anchorage Daily News as usual. Out of the blue, an idea ________my mind. Why not try to get all my readers to plant one row in their gardens dedicated to the ________?

We didn't keep records back then, but the idea began to ________.As more and more people started ________the Plant a Row for the Hungry concept, new ways and variations________ up, if you will pardon the pun (双关语）。Today, the program continues to flourish and ________ flowers for the spirit, and comfort for my________.

I am shocked that millions of Americans are________by hunger. If every gardener in America plants one row for the hungry, we can make a________in the number of neighbors who don't have enough to eat. Maybe then I will stop feeling guilty about________ a hungry man I could have helped.

1.A.nodded B.shook C.turned D.lowered

2.A.intended B.meant C.motivated D.prepared

3.A.eat B.shop C.live D.drink

4.A.accident B.situation C.incident D.condition

5.A.pleased B.confused C.saved D.killed

6.A.starving B.lying C.begging D.watching

7.A.best B.better C.worst D.worse

8.A.failure B.responsibility C.hope D.willingness

9.A.adopt B.feed C.house D.free

10.A.churches B.charities C.beggars D.readers

11.A.caught B.crossed C.changed D.slipped

12.A.hungry B.homeless C.poor D.generous

13.A.show up B.take up C.show off D.take off

14.A.paying for B.working with C.advertising for D.messing with

15.A.sped B.showed C.cropped D.broke

16.A.grow B.increase C.decline D.appear

17.A.conscience B.explanation C.assumption D.dedication

18.A.ruined B.infected C.threatened D.depressed

19.A.sense B.link C.difference D.leap

20.A.supporting B.discouraging C.abusing D.abandoning

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It was always very cold on that lake shore in the night, but we had plenty of blankets and were warm enough. We never moved a muscle all night, but waked at early dawn in the original positions, and got up at once, thoroughly refreshed. There is no end of medicine in such an experience. That morning we could have defeated ten such people as we were the day before—sick ones at any rate. But the world is slow, and people will go to “water cures” and “movement cures” and to foreign lands for health. Three months of camp life on Lake Tahoe would bring back Egyptian mummy to life, and give him a healthy appetite. I do not mean the oldest and driest mummies, of course, but fresher ones. The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine. And why shouldn’t it be? —it is the same the angels breathe. I think that hardly any amount of tiredness can be gathered together that a man cannot sleep off in one night on the sand by its side. Not under a roof, but under the sky; it seldom or never rains there in the summertime. I know a man who went there to die. But he made a failure of it. He was a skeleton (骨瘦如柴的人) when he came, and could barely stand. He had no appetite, and did nothing but read tracts (小册子) and reflect on the future. Three months later he was sleeping out of doors regularly, eating all he could hold, three times a day, and hunting game over the mountains three thousand feet high for fun. And he was a skeleton no longer, but weighed part of a ton. This is no fancy sketch, but the truth. His disease was consumption. I confidently recommend his experience to other skeletons.

—Mark Twain

1.Which of the following is the topic of the passage?

A. How to live near Lake Tahoe

B. The imagination of Lake Tahoe

C. The area of Lake Tahoe has amazing powers to bring back people’s health

D. Lake Tahoe’s air and water quality are fantastic for Egyptian mummies

2.The writer’s tone of this passage is ________.

A. determined　　 B. persuasive

C. homesick　　 D. entertaining

3.What does the author mean by saying the air is “the same the angels breathe”?

A. The altitude is very high.　　 B. The wet air surrounded the lake.

C. The cold wind in the area.　　 D. The wideness of the land.

4.The author uses the “Egyptian mummy” to compare to ________.

A. people who lost their families　　 B. sick and exhausted people

C. a dead man　　 D. the writers bad dream

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It was a cold morning at a metro station in Washington DC, a man started to play the violin. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by, and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace, and stopped for a few seconds, and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the tin without stopping, and continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3-year-old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried, but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally, the mother pushed hard, and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money, but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the most talented musicians in the world. He had just played one of the most beautiful pieces ever written, on a violin worth $3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.

This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment.

The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we enjoy beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected situation?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?”

1.Few people stopped to listen to Joshua Bell playing because____________.

A. it was too cold in the subway

B. they were not interested in music

C. people were in a hurry

D. the performance was not good enough

2.Which of the following is true about Joshua Bell’s performance?

A. Nobody gave him money

B. Nobody recognized him.

C. Nobody appreciated it

D. Nobody organized it

3.Joshua Bell played in the metro station in order to ____________.

A. make more money on the street

B. practice his skills in playing music

C. made an advertisement for his concert

D. find out people’s reaction under such a circumstance

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?.

A. The Importance of Music　　 　　　　 B. A Talented Violinist

C. A Subway Violin Performance　　　 D. The Things We Miss

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

It was________cold winter night and the moon was shining brightly across________night sky.                    　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 (2013·山东，22)

A．/；a　                         B．a；the

C．the；a　                         D．the；/

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(2013·山东，22)It was________cold winter night and the moon was shining brightly across________night sky.

A．/；a　 B．a；the　 C．the；a　 D．the；/

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It was ______ cold winter night and the moon was shining brightly across ____ night sky.

A．不填；a          B．a; the             C．the; a             D．the; 不填

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