2014高考英语阅读理解基础精品二轮训练题（十）及答案.docVIP

2014高考英语阅读理解基础精品二轮训练题（10）及答案 阅读理解 Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street boy was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. “Is this your car, Mister?” he asked. Paul nodded. “My brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was astonished. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you anything? Boy, I wish....” He hesitated. Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the kid said made Paul quite surprised. “I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, and then impulsively he added, “Would you like to take a ride in my automobile?” “Oh, yes, Id love that.” After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house? Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the he wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked. He ran up the steps. Then after a little while Paul saw him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car. “There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didnt cost him a cent. And some day Im going to give you one just like it... then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that Ive been trying to tell you about.” Paul got out and lifted the kid to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride. That Christmas Eve, Paul learned that it was more blessed to give.... 6. Why did what the boy said surprise Paul?________________. A. Because he did