题目内容
A strange woman comes to my door one day in early March.It’s a rich area so we often have people selling things door to door,dusters,make?up,frozen foods—but she doesn’t look like a professional saleswoman.She hasn’t got the patter(喋喋不休) either.She just smiles shyly and puts a card in my hand:“Amy Turner.Pet Portraits Undertaken.”
I run my fingernail along the cheap gold edge of the card and look at her,waiting for an explanation.
“I’ll paint any animal in the comfort of your own home.”Amy Turner says.“Wouldn’t you like a nice picture of your loved one?I’ve had experience of dogs,cats,parrots,prize bulls...”
“Prize bulls!”I can’t help looking up and down our street.The thought of any of my neighbours keeping bulls in their back gardens makes me smile.
“I don’t have any animals,”I say as we look past each other.She must be wishing some little cat or dog would come running down the hall to give the game away and it is the first chance I’ve had to smell the air outside.It is one of those spring mornings when you wake up and find winter’s gone.Even the camellia in the garden opposite has flowered overnight,pink blossoms which look shocking against the quiet greens and greys.
“Why are you still in your dressing gown?”Amy says,turning her attention back to me.“It’s nearly lunchtime.Are you ill?”
“I’m fine,”I lie.I’m not going to tell a stranger I’ve just been sick in the toilet upstairs and would still be sticking my fingers down my throat if the doorbell hadn’t rung.But now I’m not sure what to do next.Amy is still standing there.She_doesn’t_seem_to_think_that_not_having_a_pet_is
_a_good_enough_excuse.
“I’m starving.”she says and I smile politely,nodding the way you do before you say goodbye.
“No,”she puts her foot in the door.“I’m really starving.I’ve had nothing to eat for two days and no one has any pets for me to paint.I need some food or I’ll faint,right here on your doorstep.”
I stand to one side and let her in.
1.According to the text,what does a professional saleswoman usually do?
A.Sells things door to door with her cards.
B.Never puts a card into people’s hands.
C.Tries to talk people into buying her things.
D.Smiles,hands her cards and walks away.
2.What does the underlined word “one” in the third paragraph stand for?
A.Dog. B.Child. C.Pet. D.Cat.
3.From the text we know that Amy is a ________.
A.young baby?sitter B.poor beggar C.professional salesgirl D.poor painter
4.What does the writer mean by saying “She doesn’t seem to think that not having a pet is a good enough excuse.”?
A.It seems that she doesn’t want to leave.
B.She wants the writer to give another excuse.
C.She is sure there is a pet in the house.
D.She thinks that not having a pet is a bad thing.
1. 答案 C
解析 从生活常识及本文的大意看,专业推销员是专门为了说服别人掏钱买她东西的人。talk sb. into doing sth.是习语,表示“说服某人做某事”。
2. 答案 C
解析 Amy发给“我”的名片上写着:“Pet Portraits(肖像) Undertaken”,由此可知她想给“我”的宠物画张像。
3. 答案 D
解析 从前半部分及她的名片可知,Amy是个贫穷的画家。
4.答案 A
解析 这句话的意思是“她看上去并不认为没有宠物是一个很好的借口”,表明Amy不是真的想走。
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“If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!” That may seem a strange thing to say. But touching things can help you to see them better. Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round. But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is. You can feel how heavy the glass is. When you feel all these about the ball, you really see it. With your skin, you can feel better. For example, your fingers can tell the difference between two coins in your pocket. You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too.
All children soon learn what “Don’t touch!” means. They hear it often. Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up. In shops, we touch things as we might buy: food, clothes. To see something well, we have to touch it.
There are ways of learning to see well by feeling. One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin. Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin. At first, it is not easy to feel these things. You are too used to them!
Most museums are just for looking. But today some museums have some things to touch. There you can feel everything on show. If we want to see better, reach out and touch. Then you will really see.
【小题1】By touching things,________.
A.you will have a strange feeling |
B.you will learn how to reach out your hand |
C.you can tell the difference of the things |
D.you can tell what colors they are |
A.try them on first | B.keep their right hands on them |
C.ask about them | D.feel and touch them |
A.the things are used by people, too | B.people feel the things too often |
C.people know how to use the things | D.the things are hard to feel |
A.Touching by Feeling | B.To See or to Feel? |
C.To See Better---Feel | D.Ways of Feeling |