Question

On Jan. 3, a netizen（网民）nicknamed “Programmer Humor”published a short story on his micro-blog. It said that there was an old lady who swept nearly every inch of his Internet company. When she passed by a programmer, she took a look at the codes on the programmer’s computer and kindly reminded him, “Be careful, the stack is overfilled!”

Certainly, it is a casual and fictitious（虚构的）story made up by the micro-blogger. However, no one would have guessed that the short blog would eventually cause the first great Internet meme（网络快速爆红现象） of 2011 in China. Suddenly, the mysterious “Sweeping Old Lady” is showing up nearly everywhere and reminding professionals of their mistakes. From 8 a. m. on Jan. 5, some netizens collected stories of the “Sweeping Old Lady” and found she had appeared to give advice in 150 kinds of careers. A netizen even said he had met with a similar situation in real life.

Actually, the “Sweeping Old Lady” is not new figure, but is based on the “sweeping monk （和尚）”in Louis Cha’s famous Kung fu novel of “Tian Long Ba Bu”. The “sweeping monk” is an old monk and does the lowest class of work in Shaolin Temple, but he is actually the No. 1 master in the noel both in Kung fu and in the study of Buddhism.

The “Sweeping Old Lady” is also a great modest master. Lots of netizens wish that they could have such a lady beside them to give them precious suggestions at a key time.

Although there may be 1,000 “Sweeping Old Ladies” in 1,000 people’s minds, it cannot prevent the “Sweeping Old Lady” from becoming the most popular figure on the Internet.

“Programmer Humor” said he is just a programmer in the real world and once he saw the story about the “Sweeping Old Lady,” he wrote it down in his micro-blog because it was funny. He never knew who the original writer of the story was and never thought the story could be so popular.

1.What quality does the “Sweeping Old Lady” have?

A．Honest and knowledgeable.               B．Modest and patient.

C．Modest and knowledgeable.               D．Honest and patient.

2.Which description about the “Sweeping Old Lady” is right?

A．She is an old lady good at sweeping the Internet.

B．She is just an imaginary figure created by a netizen.

C．She is well-know as the old “sweeping monk.”

D．She likes to give instructions everywhere.

3.What can we infer from the text?

A．The sweeping old lady is always looking down on the people around her.

B．We should ask sweeping old lady for advice when meeting with difficulties.

C．People want to have a “Sweeping Old Lady” nearby to do the cleaning.

D．We shouldn’t judge a person by his or her appearance and we’d better respect everyone.

4.What does the author think of the “Sweeping Old Lady”?

A．She should be praised and respected.

B．She shouldn’t mind others’ business.

C．She should go in for network.

D．She shouldn’t show off before professionals.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了一个网络快速蹿红的谦卑而博学的‘扫地老太太’的故事。旨在告诉我们不应用外貌判断一个人，我们最好尊重每一个人。

1.推理题：从第四段的句子：The “Sweeping Old Lady” is also a great modest master，判断出正确答案为C项。“‘扫地老太太’的性格特征为谦卑和博学。”

2.本题考查细节性信息的帅选能力。由文中第二段第一句Certainly, it is a casual and fictitious（虚构的）story made up by the micro-blogger，可知答案是B。

3.本题考查领会文章主旨的能力。文章讲述了一个网络快速蹿红的谦卑而博学的‘扫地老太太’的故事。旨在告诉我们不应用外貌判断一个人，我们最好尊重每一个人。故选D。

4.推理题：从文章的倒数第二段的内容，可知作者认为扫地的老太太应该被表扬和尊敬。选A。

考点：考查社会现象类短文

点评：做题时要求考生要认真阅读，掌握文章的主旨，特别是第一段的内容，提问所涉及到的细节问题要认真阅读并理解。要求考生具有一定的阅读理解能力。考查推理题较多，不能以自己的观点代替作者的观点，推理的依据来自于上下文。