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　　双鸭山市第一中学2016年高二上学期期中考试
　　英语试题
　　第I卷
　　第一部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）
　　第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30 分）
　　A
　　People are compassionate. With effort, we can translate compassion into action. An experience last weekend showed me this is true. I work part-time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly. These old people are our main customers, and it’s not hard to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walp to my register (收款机) with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash, had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day.
　　I couldn’t help staring at him. I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be lick had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world. I told him that I was sorry, but store rules didn’t allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job.
　　Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spop. If anything, he looked more pitiable. “Charge it to me,” was all he said.
　　What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft and safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed either. Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.
　　1. The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits _______.
　　A. promised to obey the store rules         
　　B. forgot to take any money with him
　　C. hoped to have the food first and pay later     
　　D. could not afford anything more expensive       
　　2. Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?
　　A. kind and lucky                      B. friendly and helpful
　　C. poor and lonely                          D. hurt and disappointed
　　3. The writer acted upon the store rules because _______.
　　A. he expected someone else to pay for the old man
　　B. he felt no pity for the old gentleman
　　C. he considered the old man dishonest      
　　D. he wanted to keep his present job
　　4. What does the writer learn from his experience?
　　A. Wealth is more important than anything else.
　　B. Obeying the rules means more than compassion.
　　C. Experience is better gained through practice.
　　D. Helping others is easier said than done.       
　　B
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