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Last summer, Katie Steller pulled off the freeway on her way to work in Minneapolis. She stopped at a traffic light, where a man was sitting with a sign asking for help. She rolled down her window and shouted. “Hey. I’m driving around giving free haircuts. Do you want one right now?” The man laughed, then paused. “Actually,” he said, “I was really hoping to get a haircut.” Steller pulled out a red chair from her car and helped the man cut his hair immediately. After the work was done, the man looked in a mirror. “I look good!” he said.
Up to now, Steller has given 30 or so such haircuts around the city to people with little influence, and she is strongly aware of the power of her cleanup job.
As a teen, she suffered from a severe disease, causing her hair to get thinned, so her mother arranged for Steller’s first professional haircut. “To sit down and have somebody look at me and talk to me like a person and not just an illness, it helped me feel cared about and less alone,” she says. After that, Steller knew she wanted to have her own barbershop so she could help people feel the way she’d felt that day. Not long after finishing cosmetology (美容术) school in 2009, she began what she now calls her Red Chair Project, reaching out to people on the streets. Her aim was that by doing some kind acts, others would be inspired to spread their own.
“Part of what broke my heart was just how lonely people looked,” she said. “I thought maybe I’d go around and ask if people want free haircuts. I can’t fix their problems, but maybe I can help them feel less alone for a moment.”
It all began with a belief in simple acts of kindness, such as a free haircut. “The way you show up in the world matters,” said Steller. “You have no idea what people are going to do with the kindness that you give them.”
1. How does the writer begin the passage?
A. By making a comparison. B. By giving a reason.
C. By raising a question. D. By describing a scene.
2. What made Stellar start the Red Chair Project?
A. Her mother’s love for her. B. Her interest in cosmetology.
C. Her care for those in need. D. Her wish to fight severe diseases.
3. What did Stellar expect from the project?
A. To spread kindness. B. To solve social problems.
C. To deal with relationships. D. To make people look smarter.
【答案】1. D 2. C 3. A
【解析】
【分析】本文是记叙文。文章讲述了Katie Steller通过帮助街头的人们理发来传播善行的故事。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。第一自然段描述了Katie Steller在等红灯的时候遇到一个需要帮助的人，主动提出给他剪头发的场景，再引出下文Katie Steller免费帮助人理发这一善行，所以作者是以描述一个具体场景来开始文章的。故选D项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三自然段“After that, Steller knew she wanted to have her own barbershop so she could help people feel the way she’d felt that day. Not long after finishing cosmetology (美容术) school in 2009, she began what she now calls her Red Chair Project, reaching out to people on the streets.(在那之后，Steller知道她想要拥有自己的理发店，这样她就可以帮助人们感受她那天的感受。2009年，她从美容学校毕业后不久，就开始了她现在称为“红椅子计划”的项目，向街头的人们伸出援手)”可知，Steller创立“红椅子计划”的原因是出于她对那些需要帮助的人的关心。故选C项。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三自然段“Her aim was that by doing some kind acts, others would be inspired to spread their own.(她的目标是，通过做一些善事，其他人也会受到鼓舞，去传播他们自己的善行)”可知，Steller希望“红椅子计划”能传播善行。故选A项。
