Dear Mr Brown, “Do you like my dress?" A little girl asked a passing stranger. "
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Dear Mr Brown,
“Do you like my dress?" A little girl asked a passing stranger. "My mommy made it just for me." She said with tears in her eyes. "Well, I think it"s very pretty. So tell me , little one, why are you 1 ?" With a quiver(颤动) in her voice the little girl answered，"After Mommy made me this dress, she had to 2 ." "Well, now," said the lady, "with a little girl like you waiting for her, I"m sure she"ll be right 3 ." "No ,Madam,you don"t understand," said the child through her tears," my daddy said she"s up in 4 now with Grandfather. "Finally the woman 5 what the child meant, and why she was crying. Kneeling down she 6 cradled(抱着) the child in her arms and together they cried for the mommy that was gone. Then suddenly the little girl did something that the woman thought was a bit 7 .She stopped crying, stepped back from the woman and began to 8 .She sang so softly that it was almost a whisper. It was the 9 sound the woman had ever heard, almost like the song of a very small 10 . After the child stopped singing she explained to the lady, "My mommy used to sing that song to me before she went away, and she made me 11 to sing it whenever I started crying and it would make me 12 ." "See," she exclaimed, "it did, and now my eyes are13 !" As the woman turned to go, the little girl grabbed her sleeve, "Madam, can you 14 a minute? I want to show you something." "Of course," she answered, "what do you want me to see?" Pointing to a spot on her dress, she said, "Right here is where my mommy 15 my dress, and here, "pointing to another spot, "and here is another kiss, and here, and here. Mommy said that she put all those kisses on my 16 so that I would have her kisses for every booboo (错误) that made me cry." Then the lady realized that she wasn"t just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at a 17 who knew that she was going away and would not be there to kiss away the 18 that she knew her daughter would get. So she took all the love she had for her beautiful little girl and put them into this dress that her child now so proudly 19 . She no longer saw a little girl in a 20 dress. She saw a child wrapped…in her mother"s love.
| 小题1: | | A．standing | B．smiling | C．crying | D．talking |
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| 小题2: | | A．go out | B．run away | C．leave away | D．go away |
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| 小题4: | | A．sky | B．air | C．house | D．heaven |
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| 小题5: | | A．saw | B．realized | C．recognized | D．though |
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| 小题6: | | A．gently | B．rudely | C．happily | D．carefully |
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| 小题7: | | A．sad | B．terrible | C．strange | D．exciting |
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| 小题8: | | A．cry | B．shout | C．laugh | D．sing |
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| 小题9: | | A．sweetest | B．lowest | C．simplest | D．slightest |
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| 小题11: | | A．like | B．wish | C．permit | D．promise |
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| 小题12: | | A．stop | B．begin | C．continue | D．finish |
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| 小题15: | | A．kissed | B．made | C．gave | D．washed |
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| 小题16: | | A．hand | B．heart | C．body | D．dress |
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| 小题17: | | A．woman | B．soul | C．mother | D．Person |
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| 小题18: | | A．hurts | B．problem | C．joys | D．surprises |
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| 小题20: | | A．easy | B．beautiful | C．attractive | D．simple |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:C
小题14:D
小题15:A
小题16:D
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:C
小题20:D |
解析
试题分析：一个小女孩在大街上让一个路过的女士看妈妈给她做的连衣裙，还给她唱了一首妈妈在世时唱给自己的歌。女士深受感动。小女孩又作出了更惊人的举动：她让女士看妈妈留在裙子上的一个个吻。女士局的自己看到的不仅仅是身穿简单连衣裙的小女孩，而是一个被妈妈的爱包裹着的孩子。
小题1:考查动词与上下文的呼应。A. standing站立；B. smiling 微笑；C. crying 哭；D. talking谈话。根据前文的She said with tears in her eyes.可知她在哭。句意：你为什么哭？故选C。
小题2:考查动词短语与上下文的呼应。A. go out 出去；B. run away 逃跑；C. leave away 离开；D. go away走开，消失。根据后文的with a little girl like you waiting for her。可知小女孩的妈妈走开了，小女孩在这儿等她。句意：妈妈给我做了这件衣服之后,她不得不走开了。故选D。
小题3:考查介词与上下文的呼应。A. in 在......之内；B. out 在......之外；C. back回来； D. down往下。根据上文的After Mommy made me this dress, she had to ."可知小女孩说她妈妈走开了，所以此处女士劝小女孩说妈妈很快就会回来的句意：我确信她将很快就回来。故选C
小题4:考查名词与上下文的呼应。A. sky 天空；B. air 空气；C. house房子；D. heaven天堂根据文意，小女孩的妈妈去世了，因此和爷爷在天堂里。in the heaven 在天堂里。.句意：她和爷爷在天堂里。故选D。
小题5:考查动词与上下文的呼应。 A. saw 看见；B. realized 意识到，明白；C. recognized 认出，承认；D. thought 想，思考。根据下文的and why she was crying.可知此处女士明白了小女孩哭的原因。句意：女士终于明白小女孩的意思了，也明白她为什么哭泣。故选B。
小题6:考查副词与上下文的呼应。 A. gently 温柔地； B. rudely 粗鲁地；C. happily 快乐地；D. carefully认真地。女士明白后，对女孩充满怜爱，温柔地把她搂在怀里。句意：她跪下来温柔地把小女孩搂在怀里。故选A。
小题7:考查形容词与上下文的呼应。A. sad 悲伤的；B. terrible 可怕的；C. strange 奇怪的；D. exciting令人激动的。根据文意，小女孩突然停止哭泣，唱起歌来，让女士感到很奇怪。句意：突然小女孩做了一些让女士感到奇怪的事。故选C。
小题8:考查动词与上下文的呼应。 A. cry 哭；B. shout 大喊；C. laugh 大笑； D.sing唱歌。根据下文的She sang so softly that it was almost a whisper.可知此处女孩开始唱歌。句意：。她停止了哭泣,从女士的怀里退了出来,开始唱歌。故选D。
小题9:考查形容词与上下文的呼应。A. sweetest 甜的；B. lowest 低的；C. simplest 简单的，天真的；D. slightest 轻微的。根据上文的She sang so softly that it was almost a whisper可知小女孩唱得温柔，像在低语，因此女士觉得这是她听过的最甜美的声音。句意：这是女士听过的最甜美的声音。故选A。
小题10:考查名词与上下文的呼应。 A. bee 蜜蜂；B. child 孩子； C. bird 鸟；D.cat 猫。根据上文的It was the sound the woman had ever heard,可知甜美的歌声像小鸟在吟唱。句意：几乎像小鸟唱的歌。故选C。
小题11:考查动词与上下文的呼应。 A. like 喜欢；B. wish 希望，祝愿；C. permit 允许； D. promise 许诺。根据下文的whenever I started crying and it would make me 可知这是妈妈许诺她，无论何时哭，这首歌就让我停下来。句意：妈妈离去前经常给我唱这支歌，她让我答应她。故选D。
小题12:考查动词与上下文的呼应。 A. stop 停止；B. begin 开始； C. continue 继续 D. finish 完成。根据文意可知唱这支歌，能让小女孩停止哭。句意：我一哭就唱这支歌，这样我就不哭了。故选A。
小题13:考查形容词与上下文的呼应。A. clean 干净的；B. wet 湿的； C. dry ***； D. clear 清楚的。根据上文的it did这首歌起作用，可知此处小女孩不哭了，因此眼睛干了。句意：我的眼睛干了。故选C。
小题14:考查动词与上下文的呼应。A. leave 离开；B. keep 保留；C. sit 坐；D. stay 停留。根据下文的I want to show you something.可知小女孩想让女士看东西，因此想让女士再停留一会儿。句意：太太，你能停留一会儿吗？故选D。
小题15:考查动词与上下文的呼应。A. kissed 亲吻；B. made 使；C. gave 给；D. washed 洗。根据下文的here is another kiss, 可知小女孩的连衣裙上有她妈妈的吻。句意：就是在这儿妈妈亲吻了我的裙子。故选A。
小题16:考查名词与上下文的呼应。A. hand 手；B. heart 心脏；C. body 身体；D. dress 连衣裙。根据上文的Right here is where my mommy my dress可知妈妈亲吻了小女孩的裙子。句意：妈妈说她把所有这些吻都留在我的连衣裙上，这样我遇到什么事哭了，就会有她的亲吻。故选D。
小题17:考查名词与上下文的呼应。A. woman 女人；B. soul 灵魂； C. mother 母亲；D. person 人。 根据下文的she knew her daughter would get.可知这是小女孩的母亲留给自己女儿的东西。句意：听了女孩的话，女士觉得她不是在看一件连衣裙，而是在凝视一位母亲。故选C。
小题18:考查名词与上下文的呼应。A. hurts 伤害； B. problem 问题；C. joys 欢乐； D. surprises惊奇。根据上文的it whenever I started crying and it would make me .可知小女孩会哭，是因为是受到了伤害。句意：这位母亲知道她将离去，无法随时守候在女儿身边，吻去她知道女儿必然会遇到的种种伤心事。故选A。
小题19:考查动词与上下文的呼应。 A. held 握住； B. put 放；C. wore穿；D. hid 躲藏。 根据上文的Pointing to a spot on her dress, she said, 可知小女孩正穿着这个裙子。句意：所以她将所有对她美丽女儿的爱倾注在这件连衣裙上。现在，女儿如此骄傲地穿在身上。故选C。
小题20:考查形容词与上下文的呼应。A. easy 容易的；B. beautiful漂亮的；C. attractive 吸引人的；D. simple 简单的。根据下文的wrapped…in her mother"s love.可知这个连衣裙充满了母爱，因此不是一个简单的裙子。句意：她看到的不是身穿一件简单连衣裙的女孩，而是一个被妈妈的爱包裹着的孩子。故选D。 |
举一反三
There were once three little butterfly（蝴蝶）brothers, one white, one red, and one yellow. They played among the flowers in the garden, but never grew tired because they were so happy. One day there came a 1 rain, and it wet their wings. They 2 home, but when they got there they found the door 3 and the key gone. So they had to stay outdoors in the 4 .
Soon they flew to the 5 and yellow tulip（郁金香）, and said, “Friend Tulip, will you open your flower and let us 6 till the storm is over?” The tulip 7 , “The red and yellow butterflies may enter, because they are 8 me, but the white one may not come in.” 9 the red and yellow butterflies said, “If our white brother may not find shelter in your flower, we’ll stay 10 in the rain with him.”
It fained harder and harder, and the 11 little butterflies flew to the white lily and said, “Good Lily, will you 12 your bud（花蕾）a little so we may fly in out of the rain?” The lily answered, “The white butterfly may 13 , because he is like me , but the red and yellow ones must stay outside in the storm..” Then the little white butterfly said, “If you won’t 14 my red and yellow brothers, I’ll stay out in the rain with them. We would rather be 15 than be separated.”
So the three little butterflies flew away. But the 16 , who was behind a cloud, 17 it all, and he knew what good little 18 the butterflies were. So he pushed his face through the clouds, drove away the rain, and 19 brightly on the garden. He dried the 20 of the butterflies, and warmed their bodies. They danced among the flowers till evening. When they flew back home, they found the door wide open.
| 小题1: | | A．thick | B．light | C．heavy | D．small |
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| 小题2: | | A．flew | B．walked | C．jumped | D．moved |
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| 小题3: | | A．dragged | B．locked | C．protected | D．repaired |
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| 小题4: | | A．tree | B．water | C．wind | D．Rain |
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| 小题5: | | A．black | B．green | C．red | D．blue |
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| 小题7: | | A．apologized | B．roared | C．shouted | D．answered |
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| 小题8: | | A．from | B．like | C．through | D．with |
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| 小题10: | | A．inside | B．above | C．below | D．outside |
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| 小题11: | | A．poor | B．lucky | C．rich | D．happy |
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| 小题12: | | A．close | B．shake | C．open | D．show |
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| 小题13: | | A．go out | B．come in | C．get up | D．take off |
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| 小题14: | | A．invite | B．touch | C．trouble | D．receive |
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| 小题15: | | A．wet | B．sorry | C．dry | D．lonely |
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| 小题17: | | A．noticed | B．heard | C．reached | D．caught |
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| 小题18: | | A．sisters | B．classmates | C．workers | D．brothers |
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| 小题19: | | A．pointed | B．arrived | C．shone | D．returned |
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| 小题20: | | A．wings | B．heads | C．feet | D．legs |
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The secret of happiness
An old man walked slowly with a cane(手杖)into the restaurant .His old jacket, worn-out shoes and warm personality made him stand out from the usual crowd.
A young waitress watched him move toward a table by the window. She ran over to him, and said: “Here, sir……let me help you with that chair.”
Without saying a word, he smiled and nodded(点头)a thank you. She pulled the chair away from the table and helped him sit. Then she put his came against the table.
“Thank you, miss.”he said, kindly.
“You’re welcome, sir.”she said.
After he had finished his breakfast, the waitress brought him the change(零钱)from his bill. He left it on the table. She helped him up and walked with him to the front door.
When she went to clean his table, she found a business card under his plate and note on a napkin(纸巾). Under the napkin was a 100-dollar bill.
The note on the napkin read: “Dear miss, I respect you very much and I can see you respect yourself, too. It shows by the way you treat others. (3)You have found the secret of happiness. Your kindness will shine through to all those who meet you.”
The man she had waited on was the owner of the restaurant where she worked. This was the first time that she or any of the other workers had ever seen him in person.
By Steve Brunkhorst
小题1:The old man left﹩100 under the napkin because he| A．had a habit of giving tips to waitresses | | B．thought the meal was delicious | | C．wanted to thank the waitress for her good attitude | | D．learned the secret of happiness from the waitress |
小题2:What do we know about the waitress and the old man?| A．The waitress knew who the old man was from the note. | | B．The waitress knew the old man before she served him. | | C．The old man wanted to have the waitress as his secretary. | | D．It was the first time that the waitress had ever seen her boss. |
小题3:We can tell from the story that the old man went to the restaurant to .| A．have a good meal | | B．enjoy good service | | C．see the restaurant for himself | | D．show his love for common people |
小题4:The underlined phrase“waited on”means .| A．looked at | B．served | C．waited for | D．Found |
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A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms, 36 ___my teacher said again and again that it was important.
One day, I happened to 37 ___an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to 38____. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!” I was 39 ____, I thought, perhaps this is not a 40 topic. Well, I’d 41____ change the topic. So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? 42 ___the way, have you ever 43 ____ there?”
“Certainly, everyone back home will 44 ___me if I leave China without seeing 45 ___” It was great. I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. It is a place of 46 ____.” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “ 47 _____ !” I couldn’t 48 ____asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do 49___”, he answered, gently surprised.
I said, “Didn"t you say "You don’t say"?”
Hearing this, the Englishman 50 ____to tears. He began to 51 ____, “"You don"t say" actually means "really?". It is an 52 ___of surprise. Perhaps you don"t pay attention 53____ English idioms.”
Then I knew I had made fool of 54____. Since then I have been more 55 ____with idioms.
| 小题2: | | A．look | B．meet | C．pick up | D．find out |
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| 小题4: | | A．pleased | B．angry | C．afraid | D．surprised |
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| 小题5: | | A．proper | B．strange | C．safe | D．polite |
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| 小题8: | | A．gone | B．visited | C．seen | D．been |
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| 小题9: | | A．look at | B．think of | C．send for | D．laugh at |
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| 小题10: | | A．it | B．them | C．anything | D．something |
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| 小题11: | | A．fun | B．interest | C．business | D．mountain |
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| 小题12: | | A．Really | B．Good | C．You don"t say | D．You are right |
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| 小题14: | | A．this | B．so | C．anything | D．me a favor |
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| 小题15: | | A．laughed | B．cried | C．moved | D．came |
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| 小题16: | | A．explain | B．shout | C．prove | D．say |
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| 小题17: | | A．experience | B．expression | C．explanation | D．example |
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| 小题19: | | A．me | B．myself | C．him | D．somebody |
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| 小题20: | | A．helpful | B．popular | C．careful | D．satisfied |
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I was working as a consultant(顾问) in a beer company, helping the president and senior vice-presidents with something important. It was a big 16 . At the same time, my mother was in the 17 stages of cancer. .
I worked during the day and 18 40 miles home to be with her every night. It was 19 and stressful, but it was what I wanted to do. My promise was to continue to do excellent consulting during the day, 20 my evenings were very hard. I didn’t want to 21 the president with my situation. 22 I felt someone at the company wanted to 23 what was going on. So I told the vice-president of Hunan Resources, asking him not to 24 the information with anyone.
A few days 25 , the president called me into his office. I 26 he wanted to talk to me about one of the many issues we were 27 on. When I entered, he asked me to sit down. He faced me from across his large 28 , looked me in the eye and said, “I 29 your mother is very ill.”
I was totally 30 by surprise and burst into tears. He just looked at me, let my 31 subside(平息)，and then he 32 said a sentence I will never forget: “Whatever you need.” That was it. His 33 and willingness to both let me be in my pain and to offer me 34 were qualities of compassion(同情) that I 35 with me to this day.
| 小题1: | | A．honour | B．success | C．challenge | D．task |
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| 小题2: | | A．previous | B．final | C．fine | D．developing |
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| 小题3: | | A．walked | B．rode | C．ran | D．drove |
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| 小题4: | | A．tiring | B．exciting | C．boring | D．frightening |
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| 小题5: | | A．as if | B．after all | C．even though | D．now that |
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| 小题6: | | A．help | B．puzzle | C．cheat | D．bother |
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| 小题8: | | A．know | B．realize | C．hear | D．announce |
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| 小题9: | | A．enjoy | B．learn | C．share | D．hide |
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| 小题10: | | A．after | B．ago | C．before | D．later |
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| 小题11: | | A．knew | B．figured | C．doubted | D．found |
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| 小题12: | | A．working | B．getting | C．living | D．going |
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| 小题13: | | A．room | B．office | C．desk | D．computer |
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| 小题14: | | A．guess | B．hear | C．believe | D．think |
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| 小题16: | | A．crying | B．explaining | C．talking | D．worrying |
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| 小题17: | | A．suddenly | B．sadly | C．gently | D．carefully |
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| 小题18: | | A．happiness | B．understanding | C．excitement | D．sadness |
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| 小题19: | | A．everything | B．anything | C．nothing | D．something |
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| 小题20: | | A．take | B．bring | C．help | D．carry |
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My wife and I used to feel that it was impossible to be a true friend to someone whose name we didn"t know. How wrong we were! Years of Sunday-morning bus trips through the city with the same group of “nameless” people have changed our thinking. Before the bus takes off, we all join in a conversation: where’s the silent woman who sits up front and never responds to our cheery greetings? Here she comes. Her worn clothing suggests she doesn"t have much money to spare, but she always takes an extra cup of coffee for the driver.
We get smiles from a Mexican couple as they get on the bus hand in hand. When they get off, they’re still holding hands. The woman was pregnant late last year, and one day her change of shape confirmed that she’d delivered the child. We even felt a little pride at the thought of our extended family.
For many months, our only sadness lay in our inability to establish the same friendship with the silent woman at the front of the bus. Then, one evening, we went to a fish restaurant. We were shown to a table alongside someone sitting alone. It was the woman from the bus.
We greeted her with friendly familiarity we’d shown all year, but this time her face softened, then a shy smile. When she spoke, the words escaped awkwardly from her lips. All at once we realized why she hadn’t spoken to us before. Talking was hard for her.
Over dinner, we learned the stay of a single mother with a disabled son who was receiving special care away from home. She missed him desperately, she explained. “I love him… and he loves me, even though he doesn’t express it very well,” she murmured. “Lots of us have that problem, don’t we? We don’t say what we want to say, what we should be saying. And that’s not good enough.” The candles flared on our tables. Our fish had never tasted better. But the atmosphere grew pleasant, and when we parted as friends—we shared names.
小题1:All the following statements can describe the woman except ______.| A．poor | B．warm -hearted | C．silent | D．cold |
小题2:The underlined word “establish” in the 3th paragraph has the same meaning as_________.| A．keep | B．discover | C．set up | D．accept |
小题3:The woman had the same problem with her son in the way that ______.| A．they both disabled people | | B．they both had some difficulty in expressing | | C．they both liked bus travel | | D．they both brought interest to the passengers |
小题4:Which of the following might be the best title of this passage?| A．Friends of the Road | B．The Silent Woman on the Bus | | C．Going to Work by Bus | D．Different Kinds of Friendship |
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