I then started walking south where I spotted a man standing by the bus stop on Connecticut Ave.He appeared to be in his 60s.I don’t know what drew me to him，but I thought I would make my second attempt.I was a bit nervous and asked him which bus came by that stop.Then I explained that I was starting a year­long project to give $10 to someone every day and that I wanted to give my $10 for today to him.The gentleman，I later found out that his name was Ed，responded without hesitation that he could not accept my offer and that there were many people more deserving the money than him.This was exactly one of the things that I hoped would happen.People would think of others before themselves.

　　【解题导语】　本文是一篇记叙文，属于人生百味类短文阅读。文章讲述了作者在母亲逝世后数年间坚持做慈善，并在今年做“赠与需要帮助的人10元钱”的活动时遇到两个反应截然不同的人，并由此得出感悟。

　　1．The author set the starting date on December 15 to

　　.

　　A．help the charity

　　www.gkxx.comB．remember his mother

　　C．make an explosion

　　D．fulfill the

　　wish of his mum

　　解析：选B。细节理解题。由第一段中的“I chose December 15 as the starting date，which marked three years since my mother died from heart disease.”可知，我从12月15日开始的，这标志着母亲因心脏病过世3年了。故选B。

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