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9."Grandma,Grandma,tell us a story!"Four darling children sat by my feet,looking up at me expectantly.Suddenly,we were interrupted by clapping."Terrific,"the director said,stepping up the stage from the aisle(过道)."Except,could you kids face the audience a bit more?"
      The kids shifted to face the empty seats,which would be filled in a few days for the church play."Perfect,"the director said."Now,Grandma,read to your grandchildren."A pan of sadness hit me.If only I could read to my real grandchild!
       I had a granddaughter,but I'd never met her.Sixteen years earlier my son was involved in a relationship that ended badly.But out of it came a blessing:a baby girl named Lena.I hoped to be a grandmother to her-but shortly after the birth,the mother moved without any address left.Over the years,I asked around town to try to find my son's ex-wife,but it seemed that she didn't want to be found.
       I'd just joined this new church a week earlier and was at once offered the part of Grandma in the play.At least now I could pretend to be a grandma.The rehearsals went well,and finally the day of the show arrived.The performance was great."You all looked so natural up there,"one of my friends said.
Afterward,I walked over to one of the girls in the play."How's my granddaughter?"I joked.
"Fine!"she answered.Just then,someone else walked up and asked the girl her name.
I wasn't sure I heard the girl's answer correctly.But it made me ask her another question."What's your mother's name?"
She told me,but I was still in shock."And what's your father's name?"I asked.She told me.It was my son.
She'd only started going to that church a week before I did.Since that day of the play,we've stayed close. Not long ago,she even made me a great grandma.
51.What was the author doing at the beginning of the story?C
A.Telling a story.                 B.Playing a game.
C.Preparing for a play.            D.Acting in a movie.
52.Why did the writer feel sad when he heard the director's words?B
A.Because the words were quite out of place.
B.Because the words make her think of her lost grandchild.
C.Because her performance did not satisfy the director.
D.Because the writer's real granddaughter was in the play.
53.What happened in the church after the play?C
A.The author played a joke on Lena.
B.Lena treated the author as a friend.
C.The author got to know who Lena was.
D.Lena mistook the author for her grandmother.
54.This passage is mainly organized in the pattern ofA.
A.time and events              B.contrast and conclusion
C.cause and effect              D.questions and answers
55.We can infer that when writing the story,the author feltA.
A.happy          B.worried        C.confused          D.anxious.

分析 本文属于记叙文阅读,作者通过这篇文章向我们讲述了作者在一场演出中扮演祖母的角色,这使她想起了自己从未见过面的孙女Lena,演出结束后作者偶然得知其中一个小女孩就叫做Lena,询问了她父母的名字之后作者确定这是她的孙女,这使作者感到很高兴.

解答 51.C  细节理解题,根据第一段Suddenly,we were interrupted by clapping."Terrific,"the director said,stepping up the stage from the aisle(过道)."Except,could you kids face the audience a bit more?"可知在故事的开始作者在为一个演出排练,故选C.
52.B  细节理解题,根据第二段A pan of sadness hit me.If only I could read to my real grandchild!I had a granddaughter,but I'd never met her.可知导演的话使作者想起了她没有见过面的失去了的孙女,因此感到伤心,故选B.
53.C  细节理解题,根据倒数第三段I wasn't sure I heard the girl's answer correctly.But it made me ask her another question."What's your mother's name?"
She told me,but I was still in shock."And what's your father's name?"I asked.She told me.It was my son.可知在演出结束后作者在教堂中了解到了Lena是谁,故选C.
54.A  推理判断题,通读全文可知本文是按照时间以及叙述事实来描述整个事件的,故选A.
55.A  推理判断题,根据最后一段She'd only started going to that church a week before I did.Since that day of the play,we've stayed close. Not long ago,she even made me a great grandma.可知作者最后找到了自己的孙女,成为了一名祖母,因此作者写这篇文章时应该是很高兴的,故选A.

点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力.做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确选择.在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.

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