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A seemingly small gesture at a restaurant outside Houston that wasn't part of the job description for a Waffle House waitress has now had a big effect on her life.
It happened last weekend, when 18yearold Evoni Williams was serving an elderly man breakfast. He needed help. So Williams leaned over the table with a fork and a knife and cut up his ham for him. It might have ended there, but a customer named Laura Wolf was struck enough to take a picture and post it online.
“I didn't know the photo was taken until a couple of hours later，” Williams told the Houston Chronicle. “When I saw it, it's just something I would do for anybody. I was so busy in here, and I actually took the time to stop and hear what he had to say instead of walking past him.”
It apparently meant something to others too. As of Sunday, more than 130,000 people had reacted to the post and nearly 7,000 have shared it.But the story has extended beyond the Internet. Williams, a recent Texas City High School graduate, was honored at a ceremony, Thursday, with a $16,000 scholarship to Texas Southern University. Williams has reportedly been working fulltime at the Waffle House to earn money toward school. Texas Southern University has assigned a counselor to help her begin her degree and she is planning to study business management.
Media at the local, national and international level have all picked up on the story. It is a moment among several in recent years, captured in a picture, put online, and capturing the attention of the Internet: like a New York City police officer giving a homeless man a pair of boots, or a restaurant goer whose wife died of cancer anonymously (匿名地) paying for the meal of another cancer patient.
1. Why did Laura Wolf take the photo and post it online?
A. She was really into recording some small gestures.
B. She wanted to draw attention to the restaurant.
C. She was touched by the considerate waitress.
D. She got paid by the restaurant to do so.
2. Why is a New York City police officer mentioned in the last paragraph?
A. To prove the power of the media.
B. To advocate helping those in need.
C. To show more people tend to use the Internet.
D. To argue the Internet is the center of attention.
3. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. Wide web, colorful life B. Small gesture, big effect
C. Little effort, big reward D. Young mind, great influence
【答案】1. C 2. A 3. B
【解析】
【分析】
这是一篇记叙文。即将上大学的Evoni Williams在一家餐馆打工赚学费，她的一次善意的行为被顾客拍照并上传到网络，接着引起很多关注，并由此得到了该大学的奖学金和学业上的帮助。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句中的“but a customer named Laura Wolf was struck enough to take a picture and post it online(但是一位名叫Laura Wolf 的顾客被深深触动，所以拍了一张照片上传到网上)”可知，Laura Wolf拍照并上传到网上的原因是那位体贴的服务员的行为感动了她。故选C项。
【2题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段的前两句“Media at the local, national and international ... attention of the Internet(地方、国家和国际一级的媒体都报道了这一事件……引起了互联网的关注)”可知，此处意在强调媒体有巨大的作用，后面举的例子是为了说明这一结论，故选A项。
【3题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文，第一段A seemingly small gesture at a restaurant outside Houston that wasn't part of the job description for a Waffle House waitress has now had a big effect on her life.（在休斯顿郊外的一家餐厅里，一个看似很小的动作，并不是华夫饼屋服务员工作职责的一部分，但现在却对她的生活产生了很大的影响）是全文的主题句，结合全文内容，可知这篇文章主要讲了女服务员Evoni Williams因一次小的善意之举而获得很多关注，并得到大学奖学金和学业上的帮助，所以B项“小举动，大影响”适合作为本文标题。故选B项。
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