题目内容
One day I heard that one of my dear friends had lost his mother. This made me sad, for my friend was very close to his mother. He had been by her side as she traveled through her long and hard journey with cancer. At this time, many memories about my loved ones that had passed away came flooding to me. Finally these memories passed, but it was really sad to think that my friend would have to go through the pain.
Three times I tried to write an email to my friend and three times words failed me. I am a person who is not often lost for words and I decided to have a sleep. Upon waking up I could hardly wait for my computer to work, the words I needed were there. I was still left with a heavy heart although I had sent an email.
Everything in this universe is balanced and indeed it is. Three days later, I received his reply letter. I was happy to hear that he’d been admitted to (录取) Cambridge University. It served as a gentle reminder for me that my friend would be okay and that life would go on.
Everything in life is balanced; the lowest feelings change places with the highest feelings. Without the lows, we would never appreciate the highs. No matter how dark the clouds seem to be, the sunshine is always there and just waiting for the opportunity to shine through.
1. When the author learnt her friend had lost his mother, she ______.
A．gave him some money
B．wrote an email to him
C．went to visit him
D．went for a journey with him
2.What good news did the author’s friend receive?
A．He received the author’s email.
B．He was told that life would go on.
C．He would go to Cambridge University.
D．His life would go back to normal again
3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A．The author wrote four emails to her friend.
B．The mother of the author’s friend died from cancer.
C．The author’s friend is a teacher in Cambridge University.
D．The author felt relaxed after sending the email.
4. From the text, we can learn that the author is ______.
A．sincere and warm-hearted
B．proud and confident
C．serious and friendly
D．funny and responsible
5. The author aims to tell us that ______.
A．life is not fair to everybody
B．time waits for no man
C．everyone has good and bad times in life
D．where there is a will, there is a way
1.B
2.C
3.B
4.A
5.C
【解析】
试题分析：这篇文章通过作者朋友的故事，告诉我们生活的一切都是平衡的，有起有落，无论乌云多么厚重，阳光总会来到。
1.根据文章可知，I was still left with a heavy heart although I had sent an email.作者在知道了他的朋友的母亲去世之后，他给朋友写了一封邮件。故选B
2.细节题。根据文章I was happy to hear that he’d been admitted to (录取) Cambridge University.可知，作者收到了朋友的回信，知道朋友被剑桥大学录取了，作者非常高兴。故选C
3.细节判断题。根据文章可知，作者给朋友发了一封邮件；他朋友的母亲死于癌症；虽然给朋友发了邮件，作者的心情仍然很沉痛；作者的朋友被剑桥大学录取了。故选B
4.推断题。根据文章内容，作者在知道了朋友的母亲去世之后，心情非常沉痛，后来知道了朋友被牛津大学录取之后，真的为朋友高兴，可知，作者是一个真诚又热心的人。故选A
5.主旨题。根据文章最后一段可知，作者是想告诉我们生活中的一切都是平衡的，有低潮就会有高潮，无论乌云多么厚重，阳光总会来到。故选C
考点：教育类记叙文
点评：文章围绕作者朋友身上所发生的故事来展开讲述。解答此类文章需要对文章花两分钟过的时间进行浏览，把握作者写作的大意，同时将自己设身处地的融入情节中，对于第一遍做不出的题目不要急于作答，将后续题目答完后再仔细作答。
阅读快车系列答案I began working in journalism(新闻工作) when I was eight.It was my mother’s idea.She wanted me to“make something”of myself,and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.
With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue.The crowds were there.There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union.For several hours I made myself highly visible,making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.When it was suppertime,I walked back home.
“How many did you sell,my boy?”my mother asked.
“None.”
“Where did you go?”
“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”
“What did you do?”
“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”
“You just stood there?”
“Didn’t sell a single one.”
“My God,Russell!”
Uncle Allen put in,“Well,I’ve decided to take the Post.”I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickel(五分镍币).It was the first nickel I earned.
Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman.I would have to ring doorbells,address adults with self-confidence(自信),and persuade them by saying that no one,no matter how poor,could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.
One day,I told my mother I’d changed my mind.I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.
“If you think you can change your mind like this,”she replied,“you’ll become a good-for-nothing.”She insisted that,as soon as school was over,I should start ringing doorbells,selling magazines.Whenever I said no,she would scold me.
My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember.My mother,dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life,determined that I would not grow up like him and his people.But never did she expect that,forty years later,such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.
1.Why did the boy start his job young?
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A．He wanted to be famous in the future. |
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B．The job was quite easy for him. |
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C．His mother had high hopes for him. |
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D．The competition for the job was fierce. |
2.From the dialogue between the boy and his mother,we learn that the mother was _______.
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A．excited |
B．interested |
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C．ashamed |
D．disappointed |
3.What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?
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A．She forced him to continue. |
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B．She punished him. |
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C．She gave him some money. |
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D．She changed her plan. |
4.What does the underlined phrase “this battle”(last paragraph) refer to?
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A．The war between the boy’s parents. |
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B．The arguing between the boy and his mother. |
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C．The quarrel between the boy and his customers. |
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D．The fight between the boy and his father. |
5.What is the text mainly about?
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A．The early life of a journalist. |
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B．The early success of a journalist. |
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C．The happy childhood of the writer. |
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D．The important role of the writer in his family. |