For years, my family has vacationed in the same
Florida town. In fact, we just returned home after spending a week of spring
break there with our three sons.
Many nights, we take the same scenic drive to dinner
at a favorite restaurant. As we travel along Gulf Shore Boulevard, we admire a
combination of small beach apartments, swanky high-rises and spectacular homes.
A few years ago, we noticed that whenever we drive
this particular route, there are always two men sitting in front of the same
third-floor window of a low-rise apartment building that overlooks the road.
All that is visible from the road are their two silhouettes. Even during
off-peak months, they’ve always been there. Over the years, we’ve had great fun
speculating about who they are, whether they’re having a drink, and if so, what
they fancy, where they’re from, and what they might be discussing. Our guesses
have become a modern form of car bingo. Widowers? Retirees? Partners? We’ve run
through the gamut of possibilities.
Eventually, I started beeping the horn as we passed.
We’d wave. Our new friends would do likewise. There was something comforting in
seeing them. In a world of constant change, it has been nice to look up and see
that they are there, just as we remember from our last visit. And then last
spring, we drove by and they were missing. The apartment was dark. No one was
visible in the window. Strangely, we drove by and they were missing The
apartment was dark. No one was visible in the window. Strangely, we grew
worried about two people we’d never even met. Where did they go? A new round of
the guessing game began.
On our last trip at Christmastime, we were relieved to
see them once again. We were driving past about 6 p.m., and there they were at
cocktail hour. I told my wife that I suspected they were gin drinkers and said
we should buy them a bottle. She said that if I bought it, she’d deliver it. I
said, “Tomorrow.”
1.Driving
along the scenic route, the author’s family were to
.
A．meet their friends there B．visit the Florida town
C．appreciate a place of
interest D．have supper
together
2.Why
did the author blow the horn?
A．It was a pleasure for
them to see the two men again.
B．It was his habit while
driving along the special route.
C．It was an agreement
between him and the two men.
D．It was for the sake of
safety while driving.
3.Which
of the following can best describe the family?
A．generous and sensitive B．curious and kind
C．helpful and brave D．friendly and hurnorous
4.Which
of the following will best continue this passage?
A．The two men’s favorite
drinks.
B．The two men’s beach apartments
C．The reason of the two men’s
absence
D．The author’s next visit
to the town
