It’s a sad and familiar voice that we often hear in big cities: “Can you spare some change?”
Usually, when faced with that particular
, I have feelings of guilt if I pass by
giving a coin or two.
I had that feeling
in Venice while on a tour of Italy’s famous sites in 2006. I had taken refuge from the
in a quiet café. Outside, there was an old woman kneeling on the hard, ancient paving stones,
.
Steady
of tourists were walking past her. A young backpacker stood away from the crowd,
drinking in the vistas（景观、景色）, but I noticed the young traveler was also
the old woman.
A tourist group walked along the street,
the woman and walked on.
group of tourists arrived and walked past the old lady. The backpacker watched
everybody else went on their way, focused on the
around them. Then, I was preparing to leave when I caught sight of the backpacker stepping forward and
some money in the woman’s cup. He did this somewhat
just before the arrival of another tourist group. As I
, the leader of the group stopped and put some money in the cup. Having been shown the way, other tourists followed suit and
some more coins to the cup.
His work done, the young man walked over to the old beggar-woman, patted her on the shoulder and said, “I hope that
a little.”
I don’t know if the woman understood his English or
what had just happened, but I did.
I placed some money in the woman’s cup and continued my travels,
after witnessing such a
act of kindness.
| 小题1: | | A．sound | B．question | C．excuse | D．command |
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| 小题2: | | A．beyond | B．after | C．without | D．before |
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| 小题3: | | A．many times | B．some times | C．only once | D．once again |
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| 小题4: | | A．crowds | B．families | C．streets | D．signs |
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| 小题5: | | A．singing | B．crying | C．begging | D．trembling |
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| 小题6: | | A．streams | B．packs | C．masses | D．groups |
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| 小题7: | | A．simply | B．seemingly | C．similarly | D．specially |
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| 小题8: | | A．showing | B．following | C．checking | D．observing |
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| 小题9: | | A．glanced at | B．laughed at | C．rushed at | D．stared at |
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| 小题10: | | A．One | B．More | C．Another | D．Other |
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| 小题12: | | A．stones | B．sights | C．signs | D．tourists |
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| 小题13: | | A．lending | B．borrowing | C．placing | D．taking |
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| 小题14: | | A．accidentally | B．successfully | C．purposefully | D．cheerfully |
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| 小题15: | | A．watched | B．shown | C．understood | D．walked |
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| 小题16: | | A．changed | B．charged | C．found | D．added |
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| 小题17: | | A．measures | B．helps | C．explains | D．matters |
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| 小题18: | | A．recognized | B．caught | C．realized | D．figured |
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| 小题19: | | A．pleasant | B．annoyed | C．disappointed | D．light-hearted |
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| 小题20: | | A．beautiful | B．smart | C．pure | D．happy |
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