题目内容
As a young boy, I sometimes traveled the country roads with my dad. He was a rural mill carrier, and on Saturdays he would ask me to go with him. Driving through the countryside was always an adventure: There were animals to see, people to visit, and chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop, and Dad did.
In the spring, Dad delivered boxes full of baby chickens, and when 1 was a boy it was such a fun to stick your finger 'through one of the holes of the boxes and let the baby birds peck on your fingers.
On Dad' s final day of work, it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds because at least one member from each family was waiting at their mailbox to thank him for his friendship and his years of service. "Two hundred and nineteen mailboxes on my route." he used to say, "and a story at every one. " One lady had no mailbox, so Dad took the mail in to her every day because she was nearly blind. Once inside, he read her mail and helped her pay her bills.
Mailboxes were sometimes used for things other than mail. One note left in a mailbox read. "Nat, take these eggs to Marian; she's baking a cake and doesn't have any eggs. " Mailboxes might be buried in the snow, or broken, or lying on the groom:. bat the mail was always delivered On cold days Dad might find one of his customers waiting for him with a cup of hot chocolate. A young wrote letters but had no stamps, so she left a few button on the envelope in the mailbox; Dad paid for the stamps. One businessman used to leave large amounts of cash in his mailbox for Dad to take to the bank. Once, the amount came to 8 32,000.
A dozen years ago, when I traveled back to my hometown on the sad occasion of Dad’s death, the mailboxes along the way reminded me of some of his stories. I thought I knew them all, but that wasn't the case.
As I drove home, I noticed two lamp poles, one on each side of the street. When my dad was around, those poles supported wooden boxes about four feet off the ground. One box was painted green and the other was red, and each had a long narrow hole at the top with white lettering: SANTA CLAUS, NORTH POLE. For years children had dropped letters to Santa through those holes.
I made a turn at the comer and drove past the post office and across the railroad tracks to our house. Mom and I were sitting at the kitchen table when I heard footsteps. There, at the door, stood Frank Townsend, Dad's postmaster and great friend for many years. So we all sat down at the table and began to tell stories.
At one point Frank looked at me with tears in his eyes. " What are we going to do about the letters this Christmas?" he asked.
"The letters?"
'I guess you never knew. "
"Knew what?"
" Remember, when you were a kid and you used to put your letters to Santa in those green and red boxes on Main Street? It was your dad who answered all those letters every year. "
I just sat there with tears in my eyes. It wasn’t hard for me to imagine Dad sitting at the old table in our basement reading those letters and answering each one. I have since spoken with several of the people who received Christmas letters during their childhood, and they told me how amazed they were that Santa had known so much about their homes and families.
For me, just knowing that story about my father was the gift of a lifetime.
- 1.
It can be inferred from the passage that the writer regarded his travels with Dad us_____.
- A.great chances to help other people
- B.happy occasions to play with baby chickens
- C.exciting experience* with a lot of fun
- D.good opportunities to enjoy chocolate cookies
- A.
- 2.
The writer provides the detail about the businessman to show that_____.
- A.Dad had a strong sense of duty
- B.Dad was an honest and reliable man
- C.Dad had a strong sense of honor
- D.Dad was a kind and generous man
- A.
- 3.
According to the passage, which of the following impressed the writer most?
- A.Dad read letters for a blind lady for years.
- B.Dad paid for the stamps for a young girl.
- C.Dad delivered some eggs to Marian.
- D.Dad answered children's Christmas letters every year.
- A.
- 4.
The method the writer uses to develop Paragraph 4 is______.
- A.offering analyses
- B.providing explanations
- C.giving examples
- D.making comparisons
- A.
- 5.
What surprised the children most when they received letters in reply from Santa Claus every year?
- A.Santa Claus lived alone in the cold North Pole.
- B.Santa Claus answered all their letters every year.
- C.Santa Claus had unique mailboxes for the children.
- D.Santa Claus had so much information about their families.
- A.
- 6.
Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
- A.The Mail
- B.Christmas Letters
- C.Special Mailboxes
- D.Memorable Travels
- A.
日常生活类—记叙文
【文章大意】本文主要讲述了邮递员爸爸的简单、丰富而又充实、有趣的邮递生活,尤其是给孩子们回复给圣诞老人的邮件更是感人至深。
1.推理判断题。根据文章的前两段作者和父亲一起大家经历的所见所闻所感,可知那些是愉快的经历,故答案C符合文意。
2.推理判断题。商人把那么多钱放在邮箱里托付给爸爸存入银行,可见爸爸是一个诚实的、可以信赖的人,故答案B符合文意。
3.推理判断题。根据文章最后几段对父亲给孩子们回复圣诞老人的回信的回忆的大段描述,可以推断出答案D符合文意。
4.推理判断题。根据第四段的整体理解,可知本段主要用了举例的写作手段,故答案C符合文意。
5.细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段最后一句:and they told me how amazed they were that Santa had known so much about their homes and families.可知答案D符合文意。
6.文章标题题。根据文章的整体理解,本文主要讲的是邮递员爸爸的简单而又朴实的邮递生活,故答案A符合文意。本题可用排除法。
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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(学问). Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk”, she said again, “is for Elizabeth.” I never saw her anger, 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. But she lived “on the surface”.
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, 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 in, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told me, 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 and refolded many times. Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you chose. 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. |