:阅读理解训练题（六）
A bout ten
years ago, a young and very successful businessman named Josh was traveling
down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his shiny,
black, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE, which was only two months old.
He was watching
for kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought
he saw something. As his car passed, no child came out, but a brick sailed out
and-WHUMP!-it hit the Jag’s shiny black side door! SCREECH... !!!! Immediately
Josh stopped the car, jumped out, seized the kid and pushed him up against a
parked car. He shouted at the kid, “What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you
doing?!” Building up
a head of steam, he went on.“That’s my new Jag, that brick you threw is gonna cost you a lot of
money. Why did you throw it?”
“Please,
mister, please... I’m sorry! I didn’t know what else to do!” begged the youngster. “I threw the brick because no one
else would stop!” tears were
streaming down the boy’s face as he pointed around the parked car. “It’s my brother, mister,” he said. “He rolled of the curb （路沿）and fell out of his wheelchair
and I can’t lift him up.” Sobbing, the boy asked the businessman, “Would you please help me get him
back into his wheelchair?” he’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me.”
Moved beyond
words, the young businessman tried hard to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in
his throat. Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and
took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapers and cuts, checking to see that
everything was going to be OK. He then watched the younger brother push him
down the sidewalk toward their home.
It was a
long walk back to the black, shining, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE — a long and slow walk. Josh never
did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent （凹痕）to remind him not to go through
life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Feel
for the bricks of life coming at you.
56．The boy threw a brick at the
businessman’s car because ________.
A. the
businessman drove at a high speed
B. he envied
the brand-new car very much
C. he wanted
to ask for some money
D. he wanted
to get help from the driver
