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in Washington, ., 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 e 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 Caf233。 高三學(xué)年 英語 九月月考試卷 第 I 卷 第一 部分:閱讀理解 (共兩節(jié),滿分 40 分 ) 第一節(jié): (共 15 小題:每小題 2 分,滿分 30 分) 閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個選項( A、 B、 C 和 D)中,選出最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。, 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 Caf233。 One day, a professor entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for s surprise test. They waited anxiously at their desks for the test to begin. The professor 21 the question papers, with the text facing down as usual. 22 he handed them all out, he asked his students to 23 the page and begin. To everyone’s surprise, there were no 24 , just a black dot in the center of the page. The professor, seeing the expression on everyone’s face, told them the following: “I want you to write what you 25 there.” The students, 26 , got started on the inexplicable(費解的 ) task. At the end of the class, the professor 27 all the answer papers and started reading each of them aloud in front of all the students. All of them, with no 28 , described the black dot, trying to explain its position in the middle of the sheet, etc. After all had been 29 , the classroom was silent, and the professor began to explain: “I’m not going to grade this. I 30 wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the 31 part of the paper. Everyone focused on the black dot, and the same happens in our 32. We have a white paper to observe and 33 , but we always focus on the dark spots. Our life is a 34 given to us with love and care, and we always have 35 to celebrate: nature renewing itself every day, our friends around us, the job that 36 our livelihood and the miracle we see every day. 37 , we insist on focusing only on the dark spots: the health issues that bother us, the lack of money, the 38 relationship with colleagues, the 39 with a friend, and etc. The dark spots are very 40 pared to everything we have in our lives, but they are the ones that pollute our minds.” 21. A handed out B. wrapped up C. referred to D. pointed at 22. A. Since B. Until C. If D. After 23. A. fold B. turn C. open D. use 24. A. exercises B. choices C. questions D. scores 25. A. remember B. imagine C. study D. see 26. A. surprised B. confused C. curious D. displeased 27. A. collected B. finished C. marked D. selected 28. A. excuse B. doubt C. exception D. explanation 29. A. said B. answered C. returned D. read 30. A. also B. just C. even D. finally 31. A. big B. black C. beautiful D. white 32. A. lives B. classrooms C. colleagues D. studies 33. A. send B. keep C. enjoy D. show 34. A. burden B. gift C. pressure D. lesson 35. A. reasons B. time C. freedom D. festival 36. A. threatens B. ruins C. provides D. changes 37. A. However B. Therefore C. Besides