Question

20．Stuffy Pete sat down on a bench in the New York City Park．It was the third bench to the left as you enter the park from the east．
Every Thanksgiving Day for nine years，an Old Gentleman had come to find Stuffy there at one in the afternoon．He led Stuffy to a restaurant and watched him eat a big dinner  He was trying to make it a tradition．
Stuffy had just come from a dinner so big that he had almost no power to move．How he expected that gentleman would not come this year!Then his eyes grew wider and his breath stopped．
The Old Gentleman was thin and tall，dressed all in black．He wore eye-glasses．His hair was whiter and thinner than it was last year．His legs did not seem as strong as they had seemed the year before，but he moved，straight and proud，to Stuffy and toward the tradition that he was building．
"I am glad to see everything's fine with you．For that blessing you and I can give thanks on this day of thanksgiving．If you will come with me，my man，I will give you a dinner that will surely make your body feel as thankful as your mind，"said the gentleman．The words themselves were almost a tradition．
Stuffy was very full，but he understood that his desire for food on Thanksgiving Day was not his own．It belonged to this kind gentleman．
The gentleman led Stuffy to the restaurant and to the same table where they had always gone．He sat at the table，watching．
The turkey and all the other food were gone almost as quickly as they appeared  Stuffy saw the look of happiness on the genleman's face．He continued to eat to keep it there．
In an hour the battle was finished．
"Thank you for my Thanksgiving dinner，"Stuffy stood up heavily．
They said goodbye，as they did each year，at the door．
Stuffy went around the first corner，stood for one minute，and fell．He was picked up and taken to a hospital．
An hour later，the Old Gentleman was brought to the same hospital．
"That nice old gentleman over there，"a doctor was talking to another．"Do you know what's wrong with him？He's almost dead for the need of food．A very proud old man，I think，He told me he hadn't eaten anything for three days．"
37．How many Thanksgiving dinners had the Old Gentleman invited Stuffy to have？D
A．One．
B．Two．
C．Nine．
D．Ten．
38．Why did Stuffy's eyes grow wider and his breath stop when he saw the Old Gentleman coming？B
A．He felt awful because he was too full．
B．He was afraid to have another big dinner…
C．He felt excited to see the gentleman was fine．
D．He was surprised to meet the gentleman there．
39．What does the underlined word"it"in the story refer to？D
A．The gentleman's need of food．
B．Stuffy's effort to finish all the food．
C．Stuffy's thanks to the gentleman．
D．The happiness on the gentleman's face．
40．Why did the Old Gentleman still offer Stuffy the big dinner after he had been hungry for three days？
He was a proud old Gentleman and was always ready to help the poor though he was no longer rich．He didn't want to break his"promise"which he had kept for nine years．More importantly，he wanted build the tradition to offer every American a chance to feel thankful．．

Answer 1

分析 文章大意：这是一篇人物故事类阅读，主要介绍一位值得骄傲的老绅士，总是愿意帮助穷人，虽然他不再富有．但他不想让他保持了九年的"请一个人免费就餐的承诺"无法兑现．更重要的是，他想给每一个美国人机会建立一个感恩的传统．

解答 37．答案：D．细节理解题．根据第二段第一句Every Thanksgiving Day for nine years，an Old Gentleman had come to find Stuffy there at one in the afternoon．九年来，每逢感恩节这一天，一位老先生来那找Stuffy在下午一点．可知，过去的九年，加上今年共吃了十年，选D．
38．答案：B．细节理解题．根据第三段第一句Stuffy had just come from a dinner so big that he had almost no power to move．Stuffy刚吃过一顿大餐以至于他几乎没有力气移动．可知，Stuffy看到老先生又来请他吃大餐时，他已经吃饱了，吃不下去了．因此他怕有一顿丰盛的晚餐．选B．
39．答案：D．词意猜测题．根据Stuffy saw the look of happiness on the gentleman's face．He continued to eat to keep it there句意"Stuffy看到了绅士的脸上幸福的表情，他继续吃以让它保持在那．"，可知的it指的是"在老先生脸上的幸福．"，选D．
40．答案：He was a proud old Gentleman and was always ready to help the poor though he was no longer rich．He didn't want to break his"promise"which he had kept for nine years．More importantly，he wanted build the tradition to offer every American a chance to feel thankful．细节理解题．根据短文内容可知，三天没吃饭的老先生依然请Stuffy吃免费大餐是因为"他是一个令人骄傲的老绅士，总是愿意帮助穷人，虽然他不再富有．他不想打破他保持了九年的"承诺"．更重要的是，他想给每一个美国人机会建立一个感恩的传统．"．答案是He was a proud old Gentleman and was always ready to help the poor though he was no longer rich．He didn't want to break his"promise"which he had kept for nine years．More importantly，he wanted build the tradition to offer every American a chance to feel thankful．

点评 阅读题型，要注重句子与句子之间、段落与段落之间逻辑关系以及对篇章的整体理解．根据所给问题选择正确选项完成试题．