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【题目】Like most July days, it was hot. I stepped into a coffee shop to drink a cup of coffee. It was a tiny store with little round tables and chairs.

As I entered, I found a very old woman bent over a table near the door. Her back was so badly twisted that her face nearly touched the table-top. I sat down facing her two tables away.

“Poor woman,” I thought. “What does she get out of life? Why does God let people live so long past their prime(鼎盛时期)?”

As I thought, another aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were talking about childhood days. They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years… In minutes the two of them were trembling (颤抖) with laughter.

I looked again at the first woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself.

I was wearing a dirty shirt.

She was well dressed in white, gold rings on her fingers.

I was in low spirits. She was laughing, smiling.

I was putting the pieces of my life together. She had millions of wonderful memories to recall.

She was old but it wasn’t hurting her.

As I left the shop, I thought of my foolish questions about God letting People past their prime. Why, that woman was more alive, more sensitive than I was. Age has not bent her spirit (精神).

【1】The story happened in a coffee shop in July, didn’t it? （此题1分）

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【2】What did the writer think of the first woman when she saw her in the shop?

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【3】How did the two aged ladies feel when they were talking about their childhood days?

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【4】What does the underlined sentence “I was putting the pieces of my life together” mean?

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【5】How did the young writer and the old woman live according to the passage?

The old woman lived a ____________ life, while the young writer led a ____________ life.

【6】What did the young writer try to tell us in the story? （此题3分）

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Yes, it did.

【2】She felt sorry for her. She thought the woman was old and poor.

【3】They were happy.

【4】It means the writer was living a hard life. / struggled for the life.

【5】The old woman lived a happy and rich lifewhile the young writer led a poor and sad life.

(Any reasonable answer is acceptable.)

【6】Spirit is more important than age. (Any reasonable answer is acceptable.)

【解析】这个故事讲述的是作者在咖啡馆里看到了一个老女人，弯腰驼背的，新生怜悯。但后来却发现其实这个女人不仅穿着整洁、精致，而且精神矍铄，对过去有充实的回忆。因此一个人的精神状态与年龄是没有关系的。

【1】根据短文开头I stepped into a coffee shop to drink a cup of coffee.可知，作者去了一个咖啡馆喝咖啡，下面讲述的这件事就发生在这个咖啡馆里，故这个题目的答案是肯定的。

【2】根据短文第二段中As I entered, I found a very old woman bent over a table near the door. Her back was so badly twisted that her face nearly touched the table-top. I sat down facing her two tables away. “Poor woman,” I thought.可知，在咖啡馆作者看到了一个老太太，她的背扭曲的厉害，她的脸几乎碰到了桌面，作者觉得这是一个可怜的女人，很为她感到难过，认为她又老又穷。

【3】根据短文第三段中In minutes the two of them were trembling (颤抖) with laughter.可知，后来又来了一个上年纪的女人，她和上面提到的老太太聊起来，他们还发出了笑声，由此可知他们是非常开心的，故答案是They were happy.

【4】根据上文I was wearing a dirty shirt. …I was in low spirits.可知，作者穿着一件脏的衬衫、精神低落。由此可知作者过着艰苦的生活，故回答It means the writer was living a hard life.

【5】短文中I was wearing a dirty shirt. She was well dressed in white, gold rings on her fingers.

I was in low spirits. She was laughing, smiling. I was putting the pieces of my life together. She had millions of wonderful memories to recall. She was old but it wasn’t hurting her.这几句话对比了作者和那个老人，由此我们可以看到老人过着开心、富有的生活，而作者却过着穷困、伤心的生活。

【6】这个题目问的是故事中作者想要告诉我们什么，这个故事讲述的是作者在咖啡馆里看到了一个老女人，弯腰驼背的，新生怜悯。但后来却发现其实这个女人不仅穿着整洁、精致，而且精神矍铄，对过去有充实的回忆。最后一句话点题Age has not bent her spirit年龄没有影响她的精神。因此文章中作者想要告诉我们的是精神与一个人的年龄无关。题目是开放性的，回答合理、符合文意即可。