I woke up this morning. There is an empty feeling that I have had so many times before and it seems to be coming back into my mind. What is it? I can’t figure it out. I got ready for work. On the way 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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I woke up this morning. There is an empty feeling that I have had so many times before and it seems to be coming back into my mind. What is it? I can’t figure it out.

I got ready for work. On the way I decide to stop and get a cheese from the little shop just down the road. I have never been there before but I was hungry and it would be 5 hours before I got off work.

The owner of the store took my order. He asked me what I wanted and I told him I heard he made a great cheese. He seemed pleased to hear that.

As I was sitting in the small space，there was an elderly gentleman finishing his breakfast. He paid the waitress, received this change and made a small joke. As he turned to get up, which was quite a difficult feat for this gentleman, he looked over at me. I gave a small smile.

He looked again in my direction for a moment and said to me, “Has anyone ever told you, you have the most beautiful brown eyes?”

Seeing as I have blue eyes, I can’t say I have ever heard that before. I humored him and said, “No, I can’t say anyone has ever told me that before.”

He smiled, and said,“Well since they are blue you wouldn’t have heard that, but you have beautiful blue eyes.”

I laughed and said thank you very much. He began to tell me a few one liner jokes so I smiled and laughed at his jokes.

He tried to get up to leave again and looked at me and said“Your smile really brightens a room, do you know that?”I said,“Thank you very much.”

He proceeded to get up, which took him quite some time. As he got up he said,“Take care of that smile.”

I felt a sense of comfort wash over me and I reflected on my morning and that empty feeling I had. For a moment in time it seemed to be filled.

1.Before the writer went to work, he felt________.

A. sleepy B. energetic C. sick D. unhappy

2.From the text, we can infer the old man __________.

A. was optimistic about life B. liked to play a joke on others

C. was unwilling to leave D. had difficulty in hearing

3.By saying“since they are blue”, the old man meant“_____________”.

A. because they feel cold B. because they are sad

C. because they have blue eyes D. because they are hungry

4.What lesson can we learn from the story?

A. We should find comfort from stranger.

B. We should pay attention to our own business.

C. We should laugh off our worries in life

D. We should show respect to the old people.

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章主要叙述的是，作者早晨醒来，感到心情抑郁，但是在上班途中进一家小店吃饭的时候，遇到了一位老人，老人的那种乐观态度，改变了作者的心态。

1.细节理解题。从第一段的第二句话可知作者醒来之后，感到心里空荡荡的，有有一种莫名其妙的情绪低落的感觉，因此选D。A困乏的；B充满活力的；C生病的，均与事实不符。故选D。

2.推理判断题。从老人起身很难的样子知道他身体不是很好，但是老人风趣幽默，而且他看到作者心情不好还和作者开玩笑并鼓励作者，可知这个老人对生活很乐观。B、C、D与原句不符。故选A。

3.细节理解题。老人说了Well since they are blue you wouldn’t have heard that 这句话，利用blue这个词有忧郁的意思，指别人心情不好，所以不会夸赞作者的漂亮的眼睛。A、D没有提及；C与原文不符。故选B。

4.推理判断题。根据文章的倒数第二段的As he got up he said, “Take care of that smile.”以及最后一段作者在老人的玩笑和鼓励之下，空荡荡的感觉消失了，对生活有了信心，可知我们应该面对生活中的烦恼，一笑了之，积极乐观地生活。故选C。

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