Question

Nate suffered a devastating blow when he lost his job．His boss had spoken rudely,“Your services are no longer needed．”Nate left the building a broken man filled with despair．By the time he reached home, he was in a deep depression．When he entered his house, he blurted out to his wife Sophia,“I lost my job．I am a complete, utter failure．”A tense silence followed．Then a smile crept across Sophia's face．“What great news!”she responded,“Now you can write the book you have always wanted to write．” 　　“But I have no job and no prospect of a job．”he objected, completely without hope．“If I struggle to be an author, then what will we live on?Where will the money come from?” 　　Sophia took her husband by the hand and led him to the kitchen．Opening a drawer, she took out a box that was full of cash．“Where on earth did you get this?”Nate gasped,“To whom does it belong?” 　　“It's ours!”Sophia replied．“I always knew that one day you would become a great writer if only you were given the chance．From the money you gave me for housekeeping every week, I have saved as much as I could so you would have your chance．Now there is enough to last us a whole year．” 　　What a surprise!What encouragement!What a wife!The unemployed husband did concentrate on writing that year, and the novel he wrote became a literary masterpiece．The book is The Scarlet Letter．Sophia has an even greater achievement; she turned Nathaniel Hawthorne from a poor clerk into a world famous master． (1) What would be the best title for the passage? [　　] A． Sophia's Achievement． B． A Great Writer's Struggle to Success． C． Great Encouragement in Hard Times． D． Failure is the Mother of Success． (2) The underlined sentence in the first paragraph suggests ________． [　　] A． Sophia was very disappointed to hear the news B． Nate was too sad to speak any more C． Sophia was thinking of how to encourage Nate D． Both husband and wife had no idea what to do (3) Sophia saved money because ________． [　　] A． she knew her husband would lose his job one day B． she knew their life would be in difficulty C． she was very careful with money D． she was trying to help her husband in every possible way (4) From the passage we can know that Sophia was ________． [　　] A． kind and brave B． careful and encouraging C． helpful and warm－hearted D． clever and determined

Answer 1

答案：1．A;2．C;3．D;4．B;
解析：

(1)	文章主要叙述《红字》作者的妻子Sophia在作者处于困境时给予他的鼓励，可以说Nate的成功很大程度上得益于妻子的鼓励．文章最后一句揭示了主题：Sophia has an even greater achievement; she turned Nathaniel Hawthorne from a poor clerk into a world famous master．本句说明Sophia的成就比作者本人还大，因为是她把丈夫从一个贫穷的小职员变成了一个闻名于世的作家．
(2)	从画线句子后面的内容Then a smile crept across Sophia's face．“What great news!”she responded．“Now you can write the book you have always wanted to write．”判断，听到丈夫告诉妻子自己失业的消息后出现片刻沉默，是因为妻子在想怎样给他以鼓励．而不是失望．
(3)	从Sophia所说的话“I always knew that one day you would become a great writer if only you were given the chance．”判断，她省吃俭用完全是为了帮助丈夫成就一番事业．
(4)	从整个文章判断，Sophia是位非常有心的妻子，不仅省吃俭用，而且能在最困难的时候给丈夫以鼓励，因此B为最佳答案．