Question

Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.

After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, “I wonder why that woman doesn't wash her window. It really looks terrible.”

One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside. Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean!

Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批評(píng)) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window. That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings? Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (評(píng)判) someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.

1.The writer couldn't see everything clearly through the window because_____.

A. the woman's window was dirty

B. the writer's window was dirty

C. the woman lived nearby

D. the writer was near-sighted

2.The writer was surprised that_____.

A. the woman was sitting by her window

B. the woman's window was clean

C.the woman did cleaning in the afternoon

D.the woman's window was still terrible

3."It dawned on me" probably means "____".

A. I began to understand it B. it cheered me up

C. I knew it grew light D. it began to get dark

4.From the passage, we can learn ______.

A. one shouldn't criticize others very often

B. one should often make his windows clean

C. one must judge himself before he judges others

D. one must look at others through his dirty windows

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文中作者給我們講述了他的親身經(jīng)歷，他透過(guò)窗戶看鄰居的時(shí)候，以為是鄰居家的窗戶太臟了，后來(lái)作者偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)原來(lái)是自己的窗戶臟。由此作者想要告訴我們，在我們批評(píng)別人之前，要先審視一下自己。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中I had been criticizing (批評(píng)) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window可知，作者一直都以為是鄰居的窗戶很臟，后來(lái)才發(fā)現(xiàn)原來(lái)是自己的窗子太臟了。故選B。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段中What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean!可知，作者驚奇的發(fā)現(xiàn)鄰居的窗子是非常干凈的，臟的是自己的窗子。故選B。

3.詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)文意可知，作者一直通過(guò)自己臟的窗子看鄰居家，還以為是鄰居家的窗子太臟。后來(lái)他才發(fā)現(xiàn)這個(gè)事實(shí)，因此這里It dawned on me 的意思是，作者終于明白了這個(gè)事實(shí)，故選A。

4.主旨大意題。根據(jù)短文的大意和短文的最后一段我們可以知道，作者通過(guò)自己的這個(gè)經(jīng)歷想要告訴我們，在我們批評(píng)別人之前，先要想想自己是否也有這個(gè)缺點(diǎn)，故C選項(xiàng)最符合文意。

考點(diǎn)：人生哲理類短文閱讀。