It was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth(收費(fèi)站). “I'm paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me，” she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One after another, the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed, “Some lady up ahead already paid your fare.”
It turned out that the woman, Natalie Smith, had read something on a friend's refrigerator: “Practise random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.
Judy Foreman spotted the same phrase on a warehouse wall far away from home. When it stayed on her mind for days, she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down. “I thought it was beautiful，” she said, explaining why she'd taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters, “l(fā)ike a message from above.” Her husband, Frank, liked the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students, one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson, a local news reporter. Alice put it in the newspaper, admitting that though she liked it, she didn't know where it came from or what it really meant.
Two days later, Alice got a call from Anne Herbert, a woman living in Marin. It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper, after turning it around in her mind for days.
“Here's the idea，” Anne says. “Anything you think there should be more of, do it randomly.” Her fantasies include painting the classrooms of shabby schools, leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town, and giving money secretly to a proud old lady. Anne says, “Kindness_can_build_on_itself_as_much_as_violence_can.”
The acts of random kindness spread. If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later. Like all great events, kindness begins slowly, with every single act. Let it be yours!
31. Why did Natalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her?
A. She knew the car drivers well.
B. She wanted to show kindness.
C. She hoped to please others.
D. She had seven tickets.
32. Judy Foreman copied down the phrase because she ________.
A. thought it was beautifully written
B. wanted to know what it really meant
C. decided to write it on a warehouse wall
D. wanted her husband to put it up in the classroom
33. Who came up with the phrase according to the passage?
A. Judy Foreman. B. Natalie Smith.
C. Alice Johnson. D. Anne Herbert.
34. Which of the following statements is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence above?
A. Kindness and violence can change the world.
B. Kindness and violence can affect one's behaviour.
C. Kindness and violence can reproduce themselves.
D. Kindness and violence can shape one's character.
35. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. People should practise random kindness to those in need.
B. People who receive kindness are likely to offer it to others.
C. People should practise random kindness to strangers they meet.
D. People who receive kindness are likely to pay it back to the giver.
【要點(diǎn)綜述】 這是一篇記敘文。文章主要講述了在收費(fèi)站，一位女士給六位司機(jī)付款的善舉。因?yàn)樗谂笥鸭依锏谋渖峡吹搅艘痪潢P(guān)于善舉的美句，她認(rèn)為非常有意義，促使她去幫助別人。并且此美句激發(fā)了更多的人來做善事，把愛心傳遞下去。
31. B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段的“Natalie Smith, had read something on a friend's refrigerator: ‘Practise random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.’ The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.”可知Natalie因?yàn)楸灰痪湓捤袆?dòng)，想要傳遞愛心。故選B。
32. A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段的“‘I thought it was beautiful，’she said…”可知Judy Foreman是由于被此美句所打動(dòng)，所以將它記下來。故選A。
33. D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段的“…Alice got a call from Anne Herbert, a woman living in Marin. It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper, after turning it around in her mind for days.”可知這句話的原創(chuàng)者是Anne Herbert。故選D。
34. C 句意猜測(cè)題。畫線句子中的build on和選項(xiàng)中的單詞reproduce屬于同義轉(zhuǎn)換，意為“擴(kuò)大，擴(kuò)展”。故選C。
35. B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段的“If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later.”可知，當(dāng)人們受到別人的幫助時(shí)，很有可能會(huì)將這樣的善意以各種形式傳遞給其他人。故選B。D選項(xiàng)只表示接受幫助的人會(huì)將善意回報(bào)給幫助他的人，與原文意思不符。
