题目内容
She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart.She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful brown haired, freckle-faced image of innocence.Outside, it was pouring so heavily.
We all stood there just inside the door of the Wal-Mart.We waited, some patiently, others annoyed because nature messed up their hurried day.I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world.
Her voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance (昏昏欲睡) we were all caught in."Mom, let's run through the rain," she said.
"No, honey.We'll wait until it slows down a bit," Mom replied.
This young child waited about another minute and repeated: "Mom, let's run through the rain."
" We'll get wet totally if we do," Mom said.
"No, we won't, Mom.That's not what you said this morning," the young girl said as she tore at her Mom's arm.
"This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?"
"Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, If God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!"
The entire crowd stopped dead silent.I dare say you couldn't hear anything but the rain.We all stood silently. No one came or left in. the next few minutes,Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say.
Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly.Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child's lifetime when innocent trust can be developed so that it will bloom into faith."Honey, you are absolutely right.Let's run through the rain.If get wet, well maybe we just need washing," Mom said.Then off they ran.
We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they rushed past the cars and they held their shopping bags over their heads just in case.They got soaked.But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars.And yes, I did.I ran.I got wet.I needed washing.
You may lose your material possessions, your money and even your health, but no one can ever take away your precious memories.So don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories.
【小题1】Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word "affirmation"?
A.happiness | B.approval | C.disagreement | D.love |
A.Her husband was cured of his cancer. |
B.She was strong-willed and considerate. |
C.She was in despair and pretended to forget what she said. |
D.Her daughter completely understood the situation her family was in. |
A.The mother should not tell her child about the family misfortune. |
B.Parents should act more bravely than their children. |
C.Parents should grasp every opportunity to influence their children to grow well. |
D.Children should learn to show gratitude and understanding to their parents. |
A.Run Through the Rain | B.Be a Determined Mother |
C.Wait in the Rain | D.Have a Wonderful Experience |
【小题1】B
【小题2】B
【小题3】C
【小题4】A
解析试题分析:
【小题1】B 推理题。根据文章前一段If God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!可知妈妈对女儿这样讲。现在女儿要证明这一点。所以这是一个确认这一说法的时刻。故该词指确认的意思,所以B正确。
【小题2】B 推理题。根据"Honey, you are absolutely right.Let's run through the rain.If get wet, well maybe we just need washing," Mom said.Then off they ran. 根据这位母亲所说内容,我们可以知道她非常的体贴,考虑得很周到,她知道女儿的想法,同时她面对丈夫的癌症,还能以这样的心态,也说明她很坚强。故B正确。
【小题3】C 推理题。根据文章最后一句So don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories.说明父母亲要抓住各种机会来教育子女,让这样的时刻在子女的脑海里留有教育的痕迹。故C正确。
【小题4】A 主旨大意题。本文讲述了一对母女在沃尔玛外面躲雨的时候的一段对话和行为。通过她们在雨中奔跑的行为告诉我们要抓住机会来教育自己的子女,让他们对生活有信心和勇气。故A项内容和文章较为契合。
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点评:本文讲述了一对母女在沃尔玛外面躲雨的时候的一段对话和行为。通过她们在雨中奔跑的行为告诉我们要抓住机会来教育自己的子女,让他们对生活有信心和勇气。集中考查了推理题,要求考生能根据题干和选项的设置结合文章上下文语义的串联来选择合适要求的选项,所选有据,切记主观。
I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the more wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she’d said again, “it’s for Elizabeth. ”
I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.
They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface(表面)”.
As years passed I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive(原谅) me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came.
My hope turned to disappointment(失望), then little interest and, finally, peace— it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside —a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times.
Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
【小题1】The writer began to love her mother’s desk ______.
A.after Mother died |
B.before she became a writer |
C.when she was a child |
D.when Mother gave it to her |
A.mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter |
B.mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done |
C.mother cared much about her daughter in words |
D.mother wrote to her daughter in careful words |
A.deep understanding between the old and the young |
B.different ideas between the mother and the daughter |
C.free talks between mother and daughter |
D.part of the sea going far in land |
A.She had never received the letter. |
B.For years, she often talked about the letter. |
C.She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life. |
D.She read the letter again and again till she died. |
A.My letter to Mother |
B.Mother and Children |
C.My mother’s Desk |
D.Talks between Mother and Me |
When Emily Beardmore first heard that a trip was being planned by the biology class at Windsor High School, she thought about how much fun it would be.
“I thought it would be a really good experience to go with other friends and teachers to another country in an environment other than a vacation environment,” the 17-year-old girl said.
A few months later, Emily got her chance when she and 14 of her classmates, along with biology teacher Tamara Pennington went to Costa Rica for eight days in late May.
“It was not just a tour,” said Pennington, who organized the trip. “You can go any place in the world on just a tour. This one was really working with the sea turtles (海龟) and practicing conservation(保护). It just seemed like the perfect science field trip for kids who think they want to get into science to see what it's really like to be out in the field and enjoy themselves.”
Emily said her time on the turtle program, which was the focus of the trip, was “crazy.”“We were walking on the beach at night and you can’t see anything—just see a big black dot.” She said with a laugh. “I was not expecting the turtles to be that big.” The turtles are leatherback turtles, which are becoming extinct (灭绝) because their eggs are used as food.
“When they would move their legs while laying their eggs they were really hard to control because they were a lot more powerful than you would imagine,” Emily said.
Once the eggs were collected, the students took them back to a hatchery(孵化场) and dug holes to copy the hole the mother turtle had made and then buried the eggs for the 60 days needed to hatch.
“The experience was so cool,” Emily said. “You go to another country to see what their culture is like and learn what their everyday lives are like. It made me really want to help out my mom a lot more than I do, and value what I have.”
【小题1】What did Pennington consider the trip to be?
A.It was a common tour to a foreign country. |
B.It was a journey to practice what students learned. |
C.It was to attract students’ interest in science. |
D.It was a trip to do practical science activities. |
A.she was afraid of walking on the beach at night |
B.she didn’t dare to catch the powerful turtles |
C.she had thought turtles were small animals |
D.she got crazy at the sight of turtles at night |
A.She learned to be grateful to her teachers. |
B.She understood the importance of what she had. |
C.She realized the beauty of foreign culture. |
D.She knew the importance of everyday life |
A.Teens Help Fight Turtle Extinction. |
B.Teens Take a tour to Costa Rica. |
C.Teens Have a Research on Turtles. |
D.Teens Learn to be Independent. |