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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 up 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 hero B.that everyone is a hero
C.whether the writer is a hero D.what a hero exactly is
【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 fact that the sender helped the writer.
B.The action of sending the card.
C.The wonderful card the writer received.
D.The fact that the sender was a friend of the writer.
【小题4】According to the writer, who can be considered as a hero?
A.A person who is brave.
B.A person who helps someone in trouble.
C.A person who can hold a door for others.
D.A person who writes wonderful stories.


【小题1】D
【小题2】C
【小题3】A
【小题4】B

解析试题分析:这篇文章讲述了作者写的故事挽救了一位女士儿子的生命,因此被称为英雄,由此,作者在查找“英雄”到底是什么?最终,作者认为任何人只要帮助他们摆脱了困境,都可以被称作英雄。
【小题1】主旨题。作者通过两个事例,引出了英雄的准确意思是什么。故选D
【小题2】细节题。根据文章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.可知,作者的故事挽救了她儿子的生命,所以她称作者“英雄”。故选C
【小题3】推断题。根据文章That wonderful card probably saved my life. That person, without even knowing it, saved a life and became a hero.可知,那个美好的卡片挽救作者的生命,那个人,甚至不知道这个事情,它挽救了一个生病,变成了一个英雄。it指代的是这个寄送卡片的人帮助了作者的这件事情。故选A
【小题4】主旨题。根据文章可知,作者认为,不管任何人,只要帮助他人从困境中摆脱出来,他就是一名英雄。故选B
考点:人生百味类议论文
点评:总体来说文章的题目设置不难,围绕着对英雄一词的阐述来展开讲述。解答此类文章需要将自己设身处地的融入情节中,对于第一遍做不出的题目不要急于作答,将后续题目答完后再仔细作答。

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