One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City，Calif.，to New Orleans.In

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One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City，Calif.，to New Orleans.In the middle of the dert, I came upon a young man standing by the roadside. He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him.There was a time in the country when you'd be considered a jerk if you pasd by somebody in need. Now you are a fool for helping. With gangs, drug addicts, murderers, rapists, thieves lurking everywhere, “I don't want to get involved” has become a national motto.Several states later I was still thinking about the hitchhiker.Leaving him stranded in the dert did not bother me so much.What bothered me was how easily I had reached the decision.I never even lifted my foot off the accelerator.Does anyone stop any more? I wondered.I recalled Blanche DuBois's famous line：“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers”. Could anyone rely on the kindness of strangers the days? One way to test this would be for a person to journey from coast to coast without any money, relying solely on the goodwill of his fellow Americans.What kind of Americans would he find? Who would feed him, shelter him，carry him down the road?The idea intrigued me.The week I turned 37，I realized that I had never taken a gamble in my life.So I decided to travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny.It would be a cashless journey through the land of the almighty dollar.I would only accept offers of rides, food and a place to rest my head.My final destination would be Cape Fear in North Carolina，a symbol of all the fears I'd have to conquer during the trip.I ro early on September 6, 1994, and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge with a 50­pound pack on my back and a  sign displaying my destination to passing vehicles：“America”．For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4,223 miles  across 14 states.As I traveled, folks were always warning me  about someplace el.In Montana they told me to watch out for  the cowboys in Wyoming; in Nebraska they said people would not  be as nice in Iowa. Yet I was treated with kindness everywhere I went.I was amazed by people's readiness to help a stranger, even  when it emed to run contrary to their own best interests.小题1:Why did the author drive past the young man in the dert without stopping?A．Becau he failed to notice this man.B．Becau he was driving too fast.C．Becau he thought the young man didn't need help.D．Becau he was afraid of being tricked.小题2:What was it that made the author upt?A．Leaving the young man alone in the dert.B．Being considered a fool.C．Making the decision of not offering help so easily.D．Keeping thinking about the young man.小题3:The author decided to travel without a penny in order to ________.A．find out how long he could survive without helpB．go through the great difficulty in surviving unexpected environmentC．find out whether strangers would offer help to himD．figure out how strangers thought of his plan小题4:In the passage，the author described his journey as a gamble becau ________.A．he was not so sure of the outlook of the journeyB．he had no money to give to strangersC．he was sure of the coming sufferingsD．he wasn't sure whether to make the journey小题5:The following part might probably ________.A．describe how he fooled strangersB．describe how strangers went out of their way to help himC．explain why people refud to help strangersD．explain how he overcame his difficulties on the way 题型：未知难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:D小题2:C小题3:C小题4:A小题5:B

解析

当今社会，帮助陌生人的人会被当成傻瓜，在这样的导向下，人们是否还会向陌生人伸出援手？作者为了得到答案，亲历了一次“身无分文”的旅行。小题1:解析 细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后两句可知，如今人们不想因为帮助陌生人而陷入麻烦，作者正是受这种思想的影响，而没有停车。答案 D小题2:解析 细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“What bothered me was how easily I had reached the decision.”可知，使作者感到不安的是自己怎么会那么轻易就作出了不伸出援手的决定。答案 C小题3:解析 细节理解题。根据文章第三段最后三句的内容以及第四段“The idea intrigued me”可知，作者决定进行这次“身无分文”的旅行是想看看是否会有陌生人帮助他，因此选择C。答案 C小题4:解析 推理判断题。根据文章的描述可知，由于现在的人们不愿意帮助陌生人，作者不知道他是否会得到帮助，因此作者把这次旅行当成是一次冒险，说明他对这次旅行的前景不乐观，因此选择A。答案 A小题5:解析 篇章结构题。根据最后一段的描述可知，作者无论到哪儿都会得到帮助，甚至一些人宁愿违背自己的利益，也会去帮助他，因此下文作者会具体说明人们是如何尽力帮助他的。答案 B。

考点

据考高分专家说，试题“One summer I was dri.....”主要考查你对 [人生感悟类阅读 ]考点的理解。 人生感悟类阅读

人生感悟类阅读的概念：

生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。

生活感悟类阅读解题指导：

一、文章特点： 生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。二、解题技巧：针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。