题文
The Wal-Mart in Cleburne, Texas, was crowded. People were waiting in long lines at checkout counters to pay for small things that would be next-morning treasures under someone’s Christmas tree.The woman standing in cashier Jeffrey Kandt’s line seemed to be living on the edge of subsistence（生计）. Her clothes were worn and her hands were those of a person who’d worked hard for what she had. She held a single item in her arms as she patiently waited to move to the front of the line — a Sony CD player. She had saved all year for this. With tax, the total would be close to $ 220.
As the woman got close to the cashier, she suddenly shouted, “Where’s my money? All of my money fro my son’s gift! Oh no!”
“Why my line?” Kandt thought as he watched the poor woman searching through her clothes. He was going to have to call his manager to avoid the sale but it would mean a long wait for the customers behind her. “I am going to go home late tonight,” Kandt thought.
Then an amazing thing happened. At the back of the line, a man took out his wallet, pulled out $100 and passed it forward. As the cash moved up the line, a twen5ty-dollar bill was added here, and a ten-dollar bill was added there. When the collection finally reached the registewr, Kandt counted $ 220.
Strangers had fulfilled a poor woman’s Christmas wish.
The poor in his line at the Wal-Mart in Cleburne, Texas, had come together on Christmas Eve, 2002.
小题1:According to the passage, the woman’s Christmas wish was to ______.A．collect $ 220 for her familyB．buy her son a CD player as a giftC．buy enough food for her familyD．organize a big party for her son小题2:Which of the following statements is TRUE about Jeffrey Kandt when the woman couldn’t find her money?A．He was impatient and wanted to go home.B．He wanted to see whether the woman had money or not.C．He wanted the woman to stand in another line.D．He didn’t think about the customers waiting behind the woman.小题3:What does paragraph 5 mainly talk about?A．a description of a man standing in the lineB．the cashier, Jeffery KandtC．the collection of $ 220D．a reason why the strangers collected he money小题4:What can we learn from the passage?A．The woman collected money by herself.B．The woman seemed to be poor, but in fact had lots of money.C．Strangers in the line volunteered to help the woman.D．The woman had never ay money. 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:C
解析
小题1:依据第二、三段提供的信息可知，“她”的愿望是为“她的”儿子买一份圣诞礼物。）
小题2:依据第四段的信息“avoid the sale”及“I am going to go home late tonight”可知，选项A是正确答案。）
小题3:第五段第一句为主题句，后面几句都围绕这一主题叙述，所以选项C是正确答案。）
小题4:从第五段的情节可知，陌生人是主动帮助这位妇女的，故正确答案为选项C。）
考点
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1、浏览试题，明确要求。
在阅读文章前，最好先浏览一下文章后面的题干和选项。知道了问题后再去看文章，可使思路更敏捷，而且也便于阅读时留意文中出现的与选项有关的信息。
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要用全文的中心思想统帅各个题目，研究其内在联系和逻辑关系，并依次审核那些还未打上的题目，确保理解无误。
