One night, as Diaz stepped off the train and onto a nearly empty
platform, a teenage boy approached and pulled out a knife.
“He
wanted my money, so I just gave him my wallet and told him, ‘Here you go ’”
Diaz says.
As
the teen began to walk away, Diaz told him, “Hey, wait a minute. You forgot
something. If you’re going to be robbing people for the rest of the night, you
might as well take my coat to keep you warm.”
The
robber looked at him puzzled, saying, “Why are you doing this?”
Diaz
replied, “If you’re willing to risk your freedom for a few dollars, then you
must really need the money. I mean, all I wanted to do was get dinner and if
you really want to join me…..”
Diaz
says he and the teen went into a diner and sat in a booth.
“The
manager comes by, the dishwashers come by, the waiters come by to say hi,” Diaz
says.
The
kid said, “You know everybody here. Do you own this place?”
“No,
I just eat here a lot,” Dias said. “But you’re even nice to the dishwasher,” he
said.
Diaz
replied, “Well, haven’t you been taught you should be nice to everybody?”
“Yeah,
but I didn’t think people actually behaved that way,” the teen said.
When
the bill arrived, Diaz said, “You’re going to have to pay for this bill because
you have my money and I can’t pay for this. So if you give me my wallet back,
I’ll gladly treat you.”
The
teen returned it immediately. “I gave him $20…. I figure maybe it’ll help him.”
Diaz says he asked for something in return--- the teen’s knife--- “and he gave
it to me.”
Afterwards,
when Diaz told his mother what happened, she said, “You’re the type of kid that
if someone asked you for the time, you gave them your watch.”
“I
figure, you know, if you treat people right, you can only hope that they treat
you right. It’s as simple as it gets in this complicated world.”
1.What did Diaz do to the teen?
A.
He gave the teen a new wallet B. He
treated the teen to dinner
C.
He gave his coat to the teen D.
He bought the teen’s knife
2.From the passage we can infer that the boy _______.
A.
expressed his gratitude for Diaz’s kindness
B.
gave up the idea of robbing in the end
C.
wasn’t taught how to be nice to everybody
D.
gave the knife to Diaz in return for his forgiveness
3.As for what Diaz did, his mother showed an attitude of _______.
A.
anger B.
concern C.
criticism D.
praise
4.By telling the story of Diaz, the author intends to tell us
______.
A.
to keep calm in danger
B. not to go out alone at night
C.
to treat others kindly
D. not to harm others on purpose