The chain of love
One night, he drove home. It was too difficult to find a job in this small community in the Midwest, but he never gave up. As winter approached, the cold finally hit the house.
It's deserted all the way People generally don't go this way unless they leave here. Most of his friends have gone far away. They have to support their families and realize their dreams. However, he stayed. After all, this is where his parents are buried. He was born and raised in Sri Lanka and is familiar with everything here.
It's getting dark and it's snowing lightly, so he has to hurry.
He knew that he almost missed the old lady trapped on the side of the road. He could see that the old lady needed help. So he drove to the front of the old lady's "Mercedes" and stopped.
Although he is smiling, she is still a little worried. No one stopped to help her for over an hour. Will he hurt her? He looks poor and hungry, which is not reassuring. She stood motionless in the cold wind. He knew what she was thinking. Only cold and fear can make people like that. "I'm here to help you, mom. Why don't you warm up in the car? By the way, my name is Joe. " He said.
Her trouble is just a flat tire. Joe climbed under the car, found a place to install a jack, and climbed down once or twice. As a result, he got his hands dirty and hurt them. When he tightened the last nut, she rolled down the window and began to chat with him. She said she was from St. Louis, just passing by, and she appreciated his help. Joe just smiled and helped her close the trunk.
Once she asked how much money she should give him, and she was willing to pay. Joe doesn't think about money. For him, it's just helping people in need. God knows how many people have helped him in the past when he needed help. He said that if she really wants to thank him, please ask her to help those in need next time and "think of me".
He watched the old lady start the car and hit the road. It was cold and stuffy, but he was happy on his way home and drove away into the twilight.
After walking along this road for several miles, the old lady saw a small cafe. She wants to go in and eat something to drive away the cold, and then continue on her way home.
The waiter came over and gave her a clean towel to dry her wet hair. She has a smile that can't be erased even after standing all day. The old lady noticed that the waitress was pregnant for nearly 8 months, but because of overwork and pain, the service attitude has not changed.
⑾ After dinner, the old lady took out a hundred dollars to pay the bill, and the waitress took the hundred dollars to change, while the old lady quietly went out. When the waitress wanted to know where the old lady had gone, she noticed the words on the napkin. It says, "You don't owe me anything. I used to be like you. Someone once helped me, just as I help you now. If you really want to repay me, please don't let the chain of love break here. "
Although we have to clear the table and serve the guests, the waitress is still very happy to stick to this day. In the evening, she came home from work and lay in bed, still thinking about the money and what the old lady wrote. How did the old lady know that she and her husband needed money so badly? The baby will be born next month, and life will be very difficult. She knows how anxious her husband is. When he was lying beside her, she gave him a gentle kiss and whispered, "Everything will be all right. I love you, Joe. "
Reading questions:
1, explain the meaning of some words in the text.
After all, this is where his parents are buried. He was born and raised in Sri Lanka and is familiar with everything here. He knew that he almost missed the old lady trapped on the side of the road.
2. Why does the author use "finally" in the sentence "Winter is coming, and the cold finally hits the house"?
3. Please add appropriate related words in brackets according to the original meaning of the sentence.
It's too difficult to find a job in this small community in the Midwest. He never gave up.
She stood motionless in the cold wind. He knew what she was thinking. Only cold and fear can make people like that. What is the meaning of "like that" in this sentence? Why is the old lady "like that"?
Please rewrite the seventh paragraph of the article into a dialogue form as originally intended.
6. In paragraph 1 1, the old lady wrote on the napkin, "You don't owe me anything, I used to be like you." What does "I used to be like you" mean here?
7. The title of this article is Love Chain. What did the three main characters (Joe, the old lady and the waiter) do to keep the love chain uninterrupted? Please underline the relevant sentences. And write it down in concise language.
8. After reading the essay, you must have something to say. Please choose a person and write down what you want to say to him. Can it be the characters in the text, can it be yourself, or can it be other people in life? )
Reference answer:
1, ① S: Here, here. Joe's hometown. (2) Stranding: This means that the old lady's car can't run because of a flat tire and stops at the side of the road.
Because Qiao's family is poor, the arrival of winter will make him cold, so he doesn't want to come in the cold. However, the laws of nature do not depend on people's will, and the cold winter will come eventually. Here, the use of "finally" highlights the poverty of the Qiao family.
3. although? But? (although? But? )
"Like that" in this sentence means that the old lady is standing still in the cold wind. The old lady is like this because she feels cold; Second, because her car ran aground, she was helpless; Third, she saw Joe down and out, hungry, and worried that he would hurt her.
When the old lady saw that Joe had repaired the car, she said gratefully, "Thank you! How much should I pay you? " Joe just smiled and didn't speak. The old lady added, "Just say it, no matter how much it costs, I will promise you!" "Joe shook his head and said," thank you! I didn't expect to ask for your money. " The old lady asked doubtfully, "Why?" Joe replied, "it's just for me to help people in need." "How many people helped me when I needed help in the past?" The old lady said, "But if you don't collect money, I can't rest assured." Joe said, "If you really want to thank me, please help those in need next time and think of me!" " ! Enough! "
6. "I used to be like you" here means that they all met with difficulties. The difficulty of the old lady means that the car ran aground halfway; The difficulty of a waiter refers to working with a big belly to earn money in order to make a living.
Joe met many difficulties and many people helped him. Now he helps the old lady repair the car. The old lady was deeply moved, helping the waiter to live and help her tide over the difficulties. Faced with the difficulties of life, the waiter gently expressed his love to her husband and encouraged him to overcome the difficulties.
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First, there are many basic knowledge topics-sense of faith and sense of language.
This piece includes pronunciation, font, words, punctuation, and sentence analysis. The basic principle of doing this problem is to have a sense of faith and compare more. We have made full preparations, accumulated a lot of knowledge and mastered certain methods and skills, so we should trust our intuition when we see this problem. Secondly, we must overcome the habit of rushing to choose the answer before reading the complete question, because there is no absolute right or wrong in Chinese questions.
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Scientific and technological articles do not lie in our mastery of these knowledge, nor in how much we know about these contents. It examines our language ability? Ability to filter information. Therefore, it is necessary to read the article quickly, understand the meaning of the article and the author's writing ideas, and return every option to the article when doing the problem, and carefully compare it with the original text.
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The language expression of the sixth question is the biggest change from year to year, and it is also a question that can better examine students' Chinese quality. Of course, this is also an easy problem to divide. Don't panic when you meet new problems. Such questions always give clear requirements. We just need to realize these requirements one by one and try to make the language beautiful and reasonable.
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