About ten years ago, a young and very successful
businessman named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was
going a bit too fast in his shiny, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE, which was
only two months old.
He was watching for kids rushing out from between
parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car
passed, no child came out, but a brick sailed out and—WHUMP! —it hit the Jag’s
shiny black side door! Immediately Josh stopped the car, jumped out, seized the
kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, “What was
that all about and who are you? That’s my new Jag, that brick you threw is
gonna cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it? ”
“Please, mister, please. . . I’m sorry! I didn’t
know what else to do! ” begged the youngster. “I threw the brick because no one
else would stop! ” Tears were streaming down the boy’s face as he pointed
around the parked car. “It’s my brother, mister” he said. “He rolled off the
curb (路沿) and fell out of his wheelchair and I
can’t lift him up. ”Sobbing, the boy asked the businessman, “ Would you please
help me get him back into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me.
”
Moved beyond words, the young businessman tried hard
to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. Straining, he lifted the
young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the
scrapers and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then
watched the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.
It was a long walk back to the black, shining 12
cylinder Jaguar XKE—a long and slow walk. Josh never did fix the side door of
his Jaguar. He kept the dent (凹痕) to remind him not to
go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his
attention. Feel for the bricks of life coming at you.
1.The boy threw a brick at the businessman’s car
because _____ .
A．the
businessman drove at a high speed
B．he envied the
brand-new car very much
C．he wanted to
get help from the driver
D．he wanted to
ask for some money
2.Which of the following is the right order of the
story?
a. The younger brother threw a brick at Josh’s car.
b. The elder brother fell out of his wheelchair.
c. The younger brother begged Josh for help.
d. Josh lifted the elder brother back into his
wheelchair.
e. Josh shouted at the younger brother.
A．a(chǎn), c, b, e, d B．a(chǎn), c, d, b, e
C．b, a, c, e, d D．b, a, e, c, d
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A．Josh would
accept the money from the kids.
B．Josh was a
kind-hearted man
C．The two kids
were Josh’s neighbors.
D．Josh’s new car broke down easily.
4.According to the passage, the last sentence means
_____ .
A．trying to be
more understanding seeing others in trouble
B．driving fast
in a neighborhood street is dangerous
C．trying to get
ready for the trouble in your future life
D．protecting
oneself from being hurt
him, which made some noise. This soon wakened the lion. Losing his temper, he caught the mouse in his paws and was about to kill it. The mouse, terrified, pleaded to the lion to spare its life.