2011年3月份百题精练1（英语）.docVIP

2011年3月份百题精练（1） 英语试题 第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Last year, I took a sightseeing trip to Washington, D.C．I saw many of our unfortunate and homeless fellow citizens on the street. Standing outside the Ronald Reagan Center, I heard a voice say, Can you help me? When I turned around, I saw an elderly blind woman with her hand extended. Immediately, I pulled out all of my loose change and placed it on her hand without even looking at her. I was annoyed at being bothered by a beggar, But the blind woman smiled and said. I dont want your money. I just need help finding the post office. In an instant, I realized what I had done. I acted with prejudice -- I judged another person simply for what I assumed she had to be. I hated what I saw in myself. This incident re-awakened my belief in humility （谦卑） Id lost for a moment. The thing I had forgotten about myself is that I am an immigrant. I left Honduras and arrived in the U. S. at 15．I started my new life with two suitcases, my brother and sister, and a strong, no-nonsense mother. Through the years, I have been a doorkeeper, roofer, cashier, mechanic and pizza delivery driver among many other humble （卑微的） jobs, and eventually I became a network engineer. In my own life, I have experienced many open acts of prejudice. I remember a time, at age 17 — I was a busboy, and I heard a father tell his little boy that if he did not do well in school, he would end up like me. So I know what its like, and I should have known better. But now, living in my American middle-class lifestyle, it is too easy to forget my past, to forget who I am, where I have been, and to lose sight of where I want to be going. That blind woman on the streets cured me of my self-induced（自我引发的）blindness. She reminded me of my belief in humility and to always keep my eyes and heart open. By the way, I helped that lady to the post office. I hope to thank her for the priceless lesson. 56．How did the w