题目内容
I love it at night. It’s peaceful. And when it cools down I sometimes do some ironing. I don’t really care for it. I work full-time and am too busy for most housework. I remember the old woman who taught me to iron(熨烫). I was about 15 and somehow got a live-in job taking care of a woman who had been an able-bodied, healthy woman until the accident that caused her to be paralyzed.
The woman had an electric wheelchair. She could move her head and arms but not her hands or fingers. She had this clamp(夹子)attached to her arm and I’d have to open it and put a cup or a pencil in it and then she could move it. She would tell me how to do things. She would instruct me in great detail on the correct way to do things. Her home was perfect and beautiful. She would follow me around in her electric wheelchair to make sure I did everything exactly right. I’m sure she had been a perfect homemaker. She would have me fold everything, including socks and pillow cases. I would complain silently and wish terrible things on her. She taught me the right way to make the bed and tuck the corners. I know sometimes she’d get frustrated and impatient with me. I knew she wanted to grab it and do it herself. But she never yelled or scolded. Only she insisted I do it right. I didn’t like it much, but I did it.
Today I can iron pretty well. I know where to start on a shirt, the right way to do the collar and sleeves. Now that I think about it, I don’t think she is an old lady. I think she might have been about my age now. Anyway, when I iron, I think of her and silently thank her for all the things I learned.
1.From the passage we can infer that the writer of the passage now is ________.
A.a housewife B.a full-time worker
C.a clothes maker D.a college student
2.The writer used to take care of the lady because ______.
A.she wanted to earn some money while sleeping and eating there
B.she wanted to learn how to do housework
C.she was a relative of the disabled woman
D.she had to do something in return to the lady for her kindness
3.When the lady taught the writer how to do housework, the little girl was ______.
A.careful to learn B.eager to learn
C.forced to learn D.unwilling to learn
4.What’s the writer’s attitude towards the lady now?
A.Sympathetic. B.Fearful. C.Thankful. D.Hateful.
1.B
2.A
3.D
4.C
【解析】
试题分析:本文介绍作者通过照顾一个瘫痪的老太太,学会很多家务,虽然当时不愿意,但是,现在对老太太很感激。
1.细节题:从第一段的句子:I work full-time and am too busy for most housework.可知作者是全职的工人。选B
2.推理题:从第一段的句子:I was about 15 and somehow got a live-in job taking care of a woman who had been an able-bodied,可知作者为老太太工作可以吃住在她家,选A
3.推理题:从第二段的句子:I would complain silently and wish terrible things on her.可知作者不愿意学这些家务,选D
4.细节题:从最后一段的句子:Anyway, when I iron, I think of her and silently thank her for all the things I learned.可知作者现在很感激老太太。选C。
考点:考查故事类短文
点评:本文以细节题的考查为主,细节题是针对文中某个细节、某句话或某部分具体内容设置问题,正确答案的根据一定可以在原文中找到,即原文的改写往往成为正确选项。通常细节题的正确选项有以下特征:对原文句子中的关键词进行替换。把原文中的一些词换成意义相近的词,成为正确选项。词性或者语态的变化。把原文中的一些词变换一下词性,或者改变原文句子的语态,给考生制造障碍。语言简化。把原文中的复杂语言现象进行简化,成为正确答案。正话反说。把原文中的意思反过来表达而成为正确选项(适用于寻找错误选项的题目)。
When I first saw the book Alice in Lace, I thought I was going to like it. And as it turned out, I love it! I love books about life and being a kid. And Alice in Lace is just that kind. It’s a humorous book about being thirteen and the problems kids might face. Alice and her friends get a strange assignment from their totally cool teacher, Mr. Everett. It was like playing the game of “Life,” but you had to act it out.
So Pamela is pregnant, Elizabeth buys a car and Alice gets married. Well, of course, Pamela wasn’t really pregnant, but she walked around with a pillow under her shirt to get people’s reactions. Elizabeth didn’t really buy a car, but she went to the car lot and made the sales guy think she was. The whole class got assignments like these! I would love to do something like that for school.
In the book Alice has a lot to think about. “Getting married is hard!” Alice says. She has to plan the ceremony, the honeymoon, find a place to live, pay for furniture and two months’ rent and food. Maybe she and her “husband” could work it out — if they were getting on fine!
Although this book was funny, it really made me think about how problems like these could really mess up your life. Take teenage pregnancy for example. How could you have a baby and stay in school? You couldn’t find a babysitter every day to stay with your kid. A child really consumes your life. I understand what the teacher was trying to do. He was trying to discourage the class from getting into these problems by giving them a glimpse of life. As someone about to become a teenager myself, I can say sometimes a story makes you think about what’s up ahead.
Overall, I would say this book is wonderful. My favorite part of the book is discovering that if I like it, there are seven other Alice books I can check out at my local library. I love this book, and I hope you will too.
【小题1】We can infer from the passage that Pamela, Elizabeth and Alice _______.
A.turn out to be the author’s classmates |
B.are characters in Alice in Lace |
C.get along quite well |
D.become dismissed from school |
A.life isn’t easy as expected |
B.it is hard to deal with her husband |
C.she regrets getting married |
D.it’s fun to get married |
A.To encourage them to enjoy a meaningful life. |
B.To prevent them getting into those troubles at an early age. |
C.To make them realize the hardship of life. |
D.To teach them how to make a living. |
A.advise us to buy Alice in Lace |
B.tell us how wonderful Mr. Everett’s idea is |
C.share her inspiration from Alice in Lace |
D.show off her reading ability |
The 92-year-old, thin, calm and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, even though she is nearly blind, moved to a nursing home today.
Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the hall of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready.
As she walked slowly to the elevator, I provided a true description of her tiny room, including the old sheets that had been hung on her window. “I love it,” she said with the happiness of an eight-year-old girl having just been presented with a new puppy.
“Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room…just wait.”
“That doesn’t matter,” she replied. “Happiness is something you decide ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is arranged. It’s how I arranged my mind. I have already decided to love it. It’s a decision I make every morning when I wake up. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I’ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I’ve stored away.” She went on to explain, “Old age is like a bank account. You take what you’ve put in. So, my advice to you would be to put in a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories. Thank you for your part in filling my memory bank.” And with a smile, she said, “All my memories are happy ones.”
Mrs. Jones was always happy in the nursing home and she died at the age of 108.
1.We can infer from the passage that the author ________.
A.is one of Mrs. Jones’ children |
B.is a relative of Mrs. Jones |
C.works in the nursing home |
D.is the owner of the nursing home |
2.The room in which the old lady will live ________.
A.is very comfortable |
B.is fairly big |
C.isn’t well equipped |
D.is equipped with new furniture |
3.Mrs. Jones was very happy when told about her room because she ________.
A.couldn’t see what her room was like |
B.thought the nursing home was her home |
C.would have to live in the nursing home |
D.had already made up her mind to be happy |
4.Which of the following words can best describe Mrs. Jones?
A.Proud. |
B.Pleasant. |
C.Determined |
D.Honest |
The 92-year-old, thin, calm and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, even though she is nearly blind, moved to a nursing home today.
Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the hall of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready.
As she walked slowly to the elevator, I provided a true description of her tiny room, including the old sheets that had been hung on her window. “I love it,” she said with the happiness of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.
“Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room…just wait.”
“That doesn’t matter,” she replied. “Happiness is something you decide ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is arranged. It’s how I arranged my mind. I have already decided to love it. It’s a decision I make every morning when I wake up. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I’ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I’ve stored away.” She went on to explain, “Old age is like a bank account. You take what you’ve put in. So, my advice to you would be to put in a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories. Thank you for your part in filling my memory bank.” And with a smile, she said, “All my memories are happy ones.”
Mrs. Jones was always happy in the nursing home and she died at the age of 108.
1.We can infer from the passage that the author________.
A.is one of Mrs. Jones’ children |
B.is a relative of Mrs. Jones |
C.works in the nursing home |
D.is the owner of the nursing home |
2.The room in which the old lady will live________.
A.is very comfortable |
B.is fairly big |
C.isn’t well equipped |
D.is equipped with new furniture |
3.Mrs. Jones was very happy when told about her room because she________.
A.couldn’t see what her room was like |
B.thought the nursing home was her home |
C.would have to live in the nursing home |
D.had already made up her mind to be happy |
4. Which of the following words can best describe Mrs. Jones?
A.Proud. |
B.Pleasant. |
C.Determined |
D.Honest |