WhileIwaswaitingoutsidemywife’sofficebuildingforhertogetoutofwork,Isawabeggarcomingmywayfromacrosstheparkinglot.“Ihopehedoesn’taskmeforanymoney,”Ithought.Hedidn’t.Hecameandsatinfrontofthebu
WhileIwaswaitingoutsidemywife’sofficebuildingforhertogetoutofwork,Isawabeggarcomingmywayfromacrosstheparkinglot.
“Ihopehedoesn’taskmeforanymoney,”Ithought.
Hedidn’t.Hecameandsatinfrontofthebusstop,buthedidn’tlooklikehecouldhaveenoughmoneytoridethebus.Afterafewminuteshespoke.“That’saprettycar,”hesaid,pointingtomycar.Hewasragged(衣衫褴褛),buthehadanairofdignity(尊严)abouthimself.
Igavehimasmileandcontinuedcleaningmycar.
HesattherequietlyasIworked.Theexpectedaskingformoneynevercame.Asthesilencebetweenuswidened,itseemedthatavoiceinsidemesaid,“Askhimifheneedsanyhelp.”
“Doyouneedanyhelp?”Iasked.
HeansweredinthreesimplebutmeaningfulwordsthatIshallneverforget.Weoftenlookforwisdomingreatmenandwomen,andweexpectitfromthoseofhigherlearningandachievements.Iexpectednothingbutadirtyhandfromhim,buthesaidthreewordsthatshookme.
“Don’tweall?”hesaid.
Iwasfeelinghigh,successfulandimportantaboveabeggarinthestreet,untilthosethreewordshitmelikeashot.
Don’tweall?
Ineededhelp.Maybenotforabusfareorforaplacetosleep,butIneededhelp.Ireachedinmywalletandgavehimnotonlyforabusfare,butenoughtogetawarmmealandshelterfortheday.Thosethreelittlewordsstillringtrue.Nomatterhowmuchyouhave,nomatterhowmuchyouhaveachieved,youneedhelp,too.Nomatterhowlittleyouhave,nomatterhowloadedyouarewithproblems,evenwithoutmoneyoraplacetosleep,youcangivehelp.
53.Thestoryhappened_________.
A.outsideanofficebuilding B.infrontofastore
C.nearapostoffice D.onabus
54.WhichofthefollowingisNOTTRUE?
A.Thewriterwaswaitingforhiswifetogetoutofwork.
B.Hethoughtthebeggarwouldaskhimformoney.
C.Thebeggarkeptsilentanddidn’taskhimformoney.
D.Thewriterwasshockedbythethreesimplewords.
55.“Iwasfeelinghigh,successfulandimportantaboveabeggarinthestreet.”means__________.
A.IthoughtIwasbetterinanywaythanthebeggar
B.IfeltthebeggarisasgoodinsomewaysasIam
C.IfeltIlikedthebe