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【题目】 A girl named Carly Butler travelled 3,755 miles from Canada to London. She wanted to retrace (重温) her grandmother’s daily life during World War II by the descriptions in old love letters.

Carly found 104 letters and telegrams between her grandmother in England and grandfather in Canada. Every week she would open seven new letters, and then she would do as described in the letters in the next week.

Her grandmother and her grandfather met at a dancing party in London in May 1943 and they stayed together just for three days, and then her grandfather married her grandmother.

Now, 67 years later, Carly left her own husband in Canada, opened her grandmother’s letters and tried to follow the letters to retrace all the things in those letters.

So far, she has visited her grandmother’s birthplace in West Hampstead. She spent a day visiting Oxford and watching a film at the Marble Arch Cinema. Carly also plans to see her grandmother’s working place. Her grandmother passed away in 1998.

Carly even hopes to come back to Canada on the Queen Mary II, because her grandmother did all those years ago.

Rhoda Breakell, head of the Genes Reunited, said, “Her trip is inspiring, unusual and it is clear that she is really enjoying retracing her grandmother’s footsteps.”

【1】Why did Carly want to travel 3,755 miles from Canada to London?

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【2】How many letters would Carly open every week?

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【3】When did Carly’s grandfather marry her grandmother?

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【4】What did Carly do in West Hampstead?

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【5】Does Carly enjoy retracing her grandmother’s footsteps?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Because she wants to see how her grandmother lived. And retrace her grandmother’s footsteps.

【2】Seven letters a week.

【3】In May 1943.

【4】She spent a day visiting Oxford and watching a film at the Marble Arch Cinema. Carly also plans to see her grandmother’s working place. Her grandmother passed away in 1998.

【5】Yes.

【解析】

文章主要讲述了卡莉·巴特勒根据她外婆的情书，然后追溯她祖母的足迹，从加拿大到伦敦旅行了3755英里的故事。

【1】根据“She wanted to retrace (重温) her grandmother’s daily life during World War II by the descriptions in old love letters.”她想通过旧情书中的描写来追溯她祖母在二战期间的日常生活。可知，因为她想看看她祖母的生活。然后追溯她祖母的足迹。所以卡莉才想从加拿大到伦敦旅行3755英里。故答案为：Because she wants to see how her grandmother lived. And retrace her grandmother’s footsteps.

【2】根据“Every week she would open seven new letters,”每周她都会打开七封新的信。可知，卡莉每周要打开7封信。故答案为：Seven letters a week.

【3】根据“Her grandmother and her grandfather met at a dancing party in London in May 1943 and they stayed together just for three days, and then her grandfather married her grandmother.”1943年5月，她的祖母和祖父在伦敦的一个舞会上相识，他们在一起只呆了三天，然后祖母嫁给了她的祖父。故答案为：In May 1943.

【4】根据“She spent a day visiting Oxford and watching a film at the Marble Arch Cinema. Carly also plans to see her grandmother’s working place. Her grandmother passed away in 1998.”她花了一天时间参观牛津大学，在大理石拱门电影院看电影。卡莉还计划去她祖母的工作场所看看。她的祖母于1998年去世。故答案为：She spent a day visiting Oxford and watching a film at the Marble Arch Cinema. Carly also plans to see her grandmother’s working place. Her grandmother passed away in 1998.

【5】根据“Rhoda Breakell, head of the Genes Reunited, said, “Her trip is inspiring, unusual and it is clear that she is really enjoying retracing her grandmother’s footsteps.””基因重聚的负责人罗达·布雷克尔说：“她的旅行令人振奋，不同寻常，很明显她真的很喜欢追寻祖母的足迹。”可知，卡莉喜欢追寻她祖母的足迹。故答案为：Yes.

本题是根据短文回答问题的题型。我们应该先浏览一下问题，心中对所给任务有一个初步的了解，然后带着问题回到阅读材料中，采用跳读的方式来寻找细节所在的段落，然后锁定目标段落，寻找总结自己所要的答案。例如2小题。根据“Every week she would open seven new letters,”每周她都会打开七封新的信。可知，卡莉每周要打开7封信。故答案为：Seven letters a week.