5．A Particular Sign That Struck Me I was driving around downtown one afternoon in the winter making a few deliveries．I was listening
to a band，cruising （漫游）around，and minding my own business…
I came up to a red light and stopped…waited．As I looked over to my left，I saw a young guy
standing there．He was holding a cardboard sign with some writing on it．
As with most major cities，when you're in the heart of downtown，it's pretty common to have
homeless people on every other corner，holding a cardboard sign with something written on them-asking
for money．I suppose after so many years，one can easily get desensitized （不敏感）to this sort of
thing．In general，you see the person，read the sign if it's short enough，and make a decision that you
don't want to go through the trouble of giving them money，or you tell yourself that they don't look like
they're in need of money，or some other decision or thought goes through your mind．There are
hundreds of thoughts and excuses out there…and we've all come up with them before．
I looked at this gentleman，skimmed over the sign，but this time，I stopped．My mind went blank
from all the hustle （忙碌） of the day，and work，and how I had to hurry，and where I had to go next，
and what I was doing that night，and how much money I needed to come up with and so on…The world
stopped for a brief moment．I can't remember what the sign said exactly but it was something like：
"Need money/food，have stomach cancer，homeless，anything helps．God bless．"
The light turned green，traffic moved forward，and I went with it．About a block or two away，my
heart had simply sunk for this guy．I knew I probably couldn't really help him，but I had to see if nothing
else，maybe I could buy him lunch．So I turned around to go back and ask him if I could buy him lunch，
talk to him and hear his story．
It took me about five minutes to get looped （繞圈） around and back on to the same street where I
had seen him．It was just five minutes---but he was gone．
41．When did the author meet the young man？A
A．He was busying sending goods．
B．He was going home after work．
C．He was planning to have lunch．
D．He had nothing to do but listen to music．
42．The third paragraph tells us thatA．
A．some people pretended to be homeless to beg money
B．people have already become insensitive to the homeless
C．people have prepared many excuses to deal with troubles
D．people usually pretended not to see the homeless
43．After seeing the sign of the young man，the authorC．
A．found it nothing unusual at all
B．thought of many ways to help him
C．seemed to be seized for a while
D．felt sorry for being unable to help him
44．Why did the author drive back to find the young man？D
A．To encourage him to fight against cancer．
B．To find out why he suffered from cancer．
C．To share stories with each other．
D．To buy a meal for the young man．
45．What does the author expect to show by telling his story？C
A．People are heartless to the homeless now．
B．We shouldn't believe the story of a stranger at once．
C．Don't hesitate to show care and love to the homeless．
D．We shouldn't be afraid of getting into the trouble of giving strangers money．
分析 本文的主要內(nèi)容是，這是一篇記敘文．主要講了作者在等紅燈時，遇到一個需要幫助的人，作者猶豫再三，開車而過，但作者心里很不安，于是回去找那個人，但那個人已經(jīng)走了．通過這個故事作者告訴我們遇到自己想做的事時，一定要認(rèn)真按照自己的想法及時去做，不要錯過了，徒留后悔在心頭．
解答 41．A，細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子I was driving around downtown one afternoon in the winter making a few
deliveries可知，作者是在送東西的時候遇到那個年輕人的．
42．A，推理判斷題，根據(jù)句子As with most major cities，when you're in the heart of downtown，it's pretty common to have homeless people on every other corner，holding a cardboard sign with something written on
them-asking for money，在大城市I的市中心總會遇到這些無家可歸的人舉著牌子乞討錢，可以推測有一些人假裝無家可歸在乞討，故答案為A．
43．C，細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子I looked at this gentleman，skimmed over the sign，but this time，I stopped．My mind went blank from all the hustle （忙碌） of the day，and work，and how I had to hurry，and wher I had to go next，and what I was doing that night，and how much money I needed to come up with and so
on…The world stopped for a brief moment可知，作者看到這個年輕人的牌子，陷入了深思，故答案為C．
44．D，細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子So I turned around to go back and ask him if I could buy him lunch，talk to
him and hear his story可知，作者也幫不上什么大忙，但至少能為他買一餐飯，故答案為D．
45．C，寫作意圖題，短文主要講了作者在等紅燈時，遇到一個需要幫助的人，作者猶豫再三，開車而過，但作者心里很不安，于是回去找那個人，但那個人已經(jīng)走了．通過這個故事作者告訴我們遇到自己想做的事時，一定要認(rèn)真按照自己的想法及時去做，不要錯過了，徒留后悔在心頭，故答案為C．
點評 解答任務(wù)型閱讀理解題，首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標(biāo)題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應(yīng)盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．其次，細(xì)讀題材，各個擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細(xì)細(xì)閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關(guān)信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時，要有較強的針對性．對于捕獲到的信息，要做認(rèn)真分析，仔細(xì)推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對題目要求，才能做到穩(wěn)、準(zhǔn)．
