Many years ago, I pulled a family out of a burning car somewhere in Wyoming. Last week I r

Many years ago, I pulled a family out of a burning car somewhere in Wyoming. Last week I received a telephone call from a woman who could not stop crying as she told me that one of my stories had saved her son from committing suicide. In closing she called me a hero.
That got me thinking about what a hero is. Was I a hero because I pulled a family from a burning car? If so, how could I be a hero just because I wrote a story that saved someone’s life?
Today I looked up the word “hero” in the dictionary to see exactly what it meant. It read “a person who does something brave” and also “a person who is good and noble”.
That statement impressed me more than the part about being brave. So I thought about something very important. And I remembered what happened to me years ago.
After my marriage of twenty years ended, I was in such a condition. I was within hours trying to get enough courage to end the pain and misery. When I returned home, someone had sent me a card in the mail which told me how much they would appreciate me as a friend. That wonderful card probably saved my life. That person, without even knowing it, saved a life and became a hero.
The many stories I kept writing in the following years saved the life of a teenage boy. In turn that makes the person who sent me the card a double hero. I suppose that is why I fight so hard to help the children now living in orphanages (孤儿院). Most children come out of these institutions with a very hard and bitter attitude against the world. The gifts we send them let them know that they have not been forgotten. Hopefully, most of them will never hurt anyone because of the kindness shown to them by those of us who cared. If it works, we will also become heroes.
【小题1】The main idea of the passage is .A．why the writer should be a heroB．what a hero exactly isC．whether the writer is a heroD．that everyone is a hero【小题2】Why did the woman call the writer a hero at the end of the call?A．Because he asked her son not to kill himself.B．Because he saved a family from a burning car.C．Because his story saved her son’s life. D．Because he was cute and kind to everybody.【小题3】What does the underlined word “it” in the last sentence of Paragraph 5 refer to?A．The wonderful card the writer received.B．The action of sending the card.C．The fact that the sender helped the writer.D．The fact that the sender was a friend of the writer.【小题4】 What’s the writer’s attitude to “brave people”?A．neutralB．supportiveC．objectiveD．ironyB

(答案→)B 解析：文章介绍作者因为从起火的汽车里面救了一家的命，他的故事救了一个妇女的儿子的命，所以这个妇女称作者为英雄。从而引起作者的疑问“什么是真正的英雄？”【小题1】主旨题：从全篇文章和第二段的句子，That got me thinking about what a hero is. Was I a hero because I pulled a family from a burning car?可知这篇文章讲的是真正的英雄是什么，选B【小题2】细节题：从第一段的句子：she told me that one of my stories had saved her son from committing suicide. In closing she called me a hero.可知因为作者的故事救了这个妇女儿子的命，所以这个妇女称作者是英雄，选C【小题3】猜词题：从第五段的句子：When I returned home, someone had sent me a card in the mail which told me how much they would appreciate me as a friend.可知有人送了一张卡片给作者，说很感谢和他做朋友， it指代的就是这个送卡片的人。选C【小题4】推理题：从文章的句子：Today I looked up the word “hero” in the dictionary to see exactly what it meant. It read “a person who does something brave” and also “a person who is good and noble”.可知作者对勇敢的人是支持的态度，选B

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