Question

Why I Don’t Spare “Spare Change”

       “Poor but honest. ” “The deserving poor.” These words always come to my mind when I think of “the poor”. But I also think of people who, perhaps through alcohol or drugs, have ruined not only their own lives but also the lives of others in order to give way to their own pleasure. Perhaps alcoholism and drug addiction really are “diseases”, as many people say, but my own feeling－ based, of course, not on any serious study－is that most alcoholics and drug addicts belong to the “undeserving poor”. And that is largely why I don’t give spare change to beggars.

       But surely among the street people there are also some who can rightly be called “deserving”. Deserving what? My spare change? Or simply the government’s assistance? It happens that I have been brought up to believe that it is proper to make contributions to charity（慈善機(jī)構(gòu)）, but if I give some change to a beggar, am I making a contribution to charity and thereby helping someone, or, am I perhaps simply encouraging someone not to get help? Or, maybe even worse, am I supporting a cheat?

       If one believes in the value of private charity, one can either give to needy people or to charitable organizations. In giving to a beggar one may indeed be helping a person who badly needs help, but one cannot be certain that one is giving to a needy person. In giving to an organization, on the other hand, one can feel that one’s money is likely to be used wisely. True, facing a beggar one may feel that this particular unfortunate person needs help at this moment－a cup of coffee or a sandwich－and the need will not be met unless I put my hand in my pocket right now. But I have come to think that the beggars whom I meet can get along without my spare change, and indeed perhaps they are actually better off for not having money to buy alcohol or drugs.

       I know nothing about these beggars, but it’s my impression that they simply prefer begging to working. I am not generalizing about street people. I am talking about the people whom I actually meet. That’s why I do not give “spare change”, and I don’t think I will in the future.

68. What does the author think of beggars who take drugs?

   A. They should be given a check-up.            B. They really need money to live.

C. They have no pleasure in life.                D. They are not worth helping.

69. Why doesn’t the author give money to street people?

   A. He doesn’t think they need help.                     B. He doesn’t have enough money to give.

C. He is not convinced they will use it rightly.    

D. He believes they can get help from the government.

70. In the second paragraph, the author presents his idea by_____.

   A. asking questions for people to think about        B. giving examples to support his argument

C. raising questions and answering them                    D. expressing his opinions directly

71. Which of the following opinions does the author accept?

   A. Drug addiction is a disease.                             B. Some street people are poor and needy.

C. Most beggars have received enough help.       

D. Charitable organizations handle money properly.

Answer 1

68—71 DCAB

解析:

（導(dǎo)讀）面對街上行乞之人，我是該怎么做了？

68.文章中并沒有說是不是應(yīng)該給吸毒者或酗酒者進(jìn)行體檢。所以A項不能是正確答案。

每個人都需要錢生活。但是，吸毒者的錢并不是用來生活。按照作者在第四段的觀點(diǎn)，不施舍給他們錢，他們的日子也許會過得更好。所以正確答案不能是B項。

按作者在第一段的觀點(diǎn)，這些吸毒者的生活中有“歡樂”，是“靠酗酒或是吸毒而帶來的快活”。所以C項不能成為正確答案。

在第一段的后面兩句話中，作者直接就說酗酒者和吸毒者是“不值得幫助的人”，在第四段作者又說如果沒有作者給的錢他們的日子也許會過得更好些。這與D項內(nèi)容相符。

69.在第二段作者說把錢給了行乞者可能等于把錢給了不該給的人； 在第三段他又說這些人拿了錢可能就去買酒或毒品。這與C項內(nèi)容相符。

70.第二段基本上沒有明確表明作者的觀點(diǎn)——D項不能為正確答案。全段沒有任何例證——與B項內(nèi)容不符。整段主要由一系列問句構(gòu)成，而且問題沒有答案——這與C項內(nèi)容不符，而與A項內(nèi)容相符。正確答案為A項。

71.在第一段中，作者說許多人認(rèn)為酗酒和吸毒都是“疾病”，但他本人認(rèn)為“多數(shù)酒鬼和吸毒者屬于‘不值得幫助的窮人’”。所以A項不能成為正確答案。

第二第一句話說“街邊行乞的人中當(dāng)然也有一些該叫做‘值得幫助的’”。這與B項內(nèi)容相符。