阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分, 满分40分）
阅读下列短文, 从每篇短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was a cold night in Washington, D.C., and I was heading back to the hotel when a man approached me. He asked if I would give him some money so he could get something to eat. I'd read the signs: "Don't give money to beggars as most of them are swindlers." So I shook my head and kept walking.
I wasn't prepared for a reply, but with no hesitation, he followed me and said, "I really am homeless and I really am hungry! You can come with me and watch me eat!" But I kept on walking.
The incident kept bothering me for the rest of the week. I had money in my pocket and it wouldn't have killed me to hand over a dollar or two even if he hadn’t been a real beggar. On a freezing cold night, no less, I assumed the worst of a fellow human being.
Flying back to Anchorage, I couldn't help thinking of him. I tried to reason my failure to help by supposing government agencies, churches and charities were there to feed him. Besides, you're not supposed to give money to beggars.
Somewhere over Seattle, I started to write my weekly garden column for The Anchorage Daily News. Out of the blue, I came up with an idea. Bean's Cafe, a local charity service kitchen, feeds hundreds of hungry local people every day. Why not try to get all my readers to plant one row of vegetables or flowers in their gardens for Bean's?  Plant a row for Bean's. It’s clean and simple.
We didn't keep records back then, but the idea began to take off. Folks would fax me or call when they took something in. It’s food for the spirit and comfort for my conscience.
In April 1995, the Garden Writers Association of America(GWAA) held their annual meeting in Anchorage and after learning our program, Plant a Row for Bean's became Plant a Row For The Hungry. The idea then was to have every member write or talk about planting a row for the hungry, which brought the program to national attention.
As more and more people participated, new variations cropped up. Many companies gave free seeds to customers and displayed the logo for the program.  Donations poured in.  It was then that I could really stop feeling guilty.
The underlined word “swindlers” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.

A．policemen

B．writers

C．cheaters

D．beggars

Why did the author think he assumed the worst of a fellow human being?

A．Because he didn’t show fair respect to a beggar treating him badly.

B．Because he could have helped a hungry man but he passed by.

C．Because he believed that no people begged because of real hunger.

D．Because he thought that charity work was the government’s duty.

How did the author make up for what he had done?

A．He set up a local kitchen to help the poor.

B．He planted a row of vegetables for charity.

C．He called on people to donate money to the Bean’s.

D．He initiated the idea of Plant a row for Bean’s.

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The beggar gave up the first time he was turned down by the author.

B．The author invented the program inspired by the Anchorage Daily News.

C．GWAA expanded the program concept and made it nationwide in 1995.

D．The program was later taken over by some seeding companies.