Question

【題目】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(鼎盛時(shí)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 (顫抖) 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? （此題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? （此題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】這個(gè)故事講述的是作者在咖啡館里看到了一個(gè)老女人，彎腰駝背的，新生憐憫。但后來卻發(fā)現(xiàn)其實(shí)這個(gè)女人不僅穿著整潔、精致，而且精神矍鑠，對過去有充實(shí)的回憶。因此一個(gè)人的精神狀態(tài)與年齡是沒有關(guān)系的。

【1】根據(jù)短文開頭I stepped into a coffee shop to drink a cup of coffee.可知，作者去了一個(gè)咖啡館喝咖啡，下面講述的這件事就發(fā)生在這個(gè)咖啡館里，故這個(gè)題目的答案是肯定的。

【2】根據(jù)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，在咖啡館作者看到了一個(gè)老太太，她的背扭曲的厲害，她的臉幾乎碰到了桌面，作者覺得這是一個(gè)可憐的女人，很為她感到難過，認(rèn)為她又老又窮。

【3】根據(jù)短文第三段中In minutes the two of them were trembling (顫抖) with laughter.可知，后來又來了一個(gè)上年紀(jì)的女人，她和上面提到的老太太聊起來，他們還發(fā)出了笑聲，由此可知他們是非常開心的，故答案是They were happy.

【4】根據(jù)上文I was wearing a dirty shirt. …I was in low spirits.可知，作者穿著一件臟的襯衫、精神低落。由此可知作者過著艱苦的生活，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.這幾句話對比了作者和那個(gè)老人，由此我們可以看到老人過著開心、富有的生活，而作者卻過著窮困、傷心的生活。

【6】這個(gè)題目問的是故事中作者想要告訴我們什么，這個(gè)故事講述的是作者在咖啡館里看到了一個(gè)老女人，彎腰駝背的，新生憐憫。但后來卻發(fā)現(xiàn)其實(shí)這個(gè)女人不僅穿著整潔、精致，而且精神矍鑠，對過去有充實(shí)的回憶。最后一句話點(diǎn)題Age has not bent her spirit年齡沒有影響她的精神。因此文章中作者想要告訴我們的是精神與一個(gè)人的年齡無關(guān)。題目是開放性的，回答合理、符合文意即可。