【AbouttenyearsagoayoungandverysuccessfulbusinessmannamedJoshwastravelingdownaChicagoneighborhoodstreet.Hewasgoingabittoofastinhisshinyblack12cylinderJaguarXKEwhichwasonlytwomonthsold.Hewaswatchingf】
AbouttenyearsagoayoungandverysuccessfulbusinessmannamedJoshwastravelingdownaChicagoneighborhoodstreet.Hewasgoingabittoofastinhisshinyblack12cylinderJaguarXKEwhichwasonlytwomonthsold.
Hewaswatchingforkidsrushingoutfrombetweenparkedcarsandsloweddownwhenhethoughthesawsomething.Ashiscarpassednochildcameoutbutabricksailedoutand-WHUMP! -ithittheJaguar'sshinyblacksidedoor!SCREECH...!!!!ImmediatelyJoshstoppedthecarjumpedoutseizedthekidandpushedhimupagainstaparkedcar.Heshoutedatthekid"Whatwasthatallaboutandwhoareyou?Justwhattheheckareyoudoing?!""That'smynewJaguarthatbrickyouthrewisgonnacostyoualotofmoney.Whydidyouthrowit?"
"Pleasemisterplease...I'msorry!Ididn'tknowwhatelsetodo!"beggedtheyoungster."Ithrewthebrickbecausenooneelsewouldstop!"tearswerestreamingdowntheboy'sfaceashepointedaroundtheparkedcar. "It'smybrothermister"hesaid."Herolledoffthecurb(路沿)andfelloutofhiswheelchairandIcan'tlifthimup."Sobbingtheboyaskedthebusinessman"Wouldyoupleasehelpmegethimbackintohiswheelchair?He'shurtandhe'stooheavyforme."
MovedbythewordstheyoungbusinessmanliftedtheyoungmanbackintothewheelchairandtookouthishandkerchiefandwipedthescrapersandcutscheckingtoseethateverythingwasgoingtobeOK.Hethenwatchedtheyoungerbrotherpushhimdownthesidewalktowardtheirhome.
Itwasalongwalkbacktotheblackshining12cylinderJaguarXKE--alongandslowwalk.JoshneverdidfixthesidedoorofhisJaguar.Hekeptthedent(凹痕)toremindhimnottogothroughlifesofastthatsomeonehastothrowabrickathimtogethisattention.Feelforthebricksoflifecomingyou.
【小题1】Theboythrewabrickatthebusinessman'scarbecause________.
A.hewantedtoaskforsomemoneyB.hewantedtogethelpfromthedriverC.thebusinessmandroveatahighspeedD.hehatedthebrand-newcarverymuch【小题2】Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?A.Joshwouldacceptthemoneyfromthekids.B.ThetwokidswereJosh'sneighbors.C.Josh'snewcarbr

