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【題目】On February 3rd, 1949, New York Harbor（港）was an exciting place. Many people were there to greet a ship from France. On the ship were 49 French railroad boxcars（火車車廂）filled with gifts from the people of France to the people of America. These boxcars were from the famous Merci Train（Merci：a French word meaning “thank you”）.

After World War II, a lot of factories, roads and farms in France had been destroyed. Many French people had no jobs or money and had little to wear and little to eat. In the winter of 1947, a train was sent across the United States, stopping in cities and towns along the way. At every stop, people gave whatever they could. Factories gave clothing and medicine. Farmers gave food. Families gave money. Even school children gave away their pocket money. All the things were then taken to France by ship.

By 1949,the French had begun to recover（恢復(fù)）from the war. The Merci Train was their way of saying “thank you” to America. French people had filled the boxcars with gifts. Most of them were personal, like hand-made toys, children’s drawings, or postcards. But the boxcars themselves were perhaps the most meaningful of the gifts. On each car, the French people had painted the pictures of all their 40 provinces. with an American eagle on the front. The boxcars were taken to each state of America, where they were warmly greeted.

Now many of the states still keep their boxcars. Gifts sent by the French people can still be seen in some museums. The Merci Train came out of the war, but it now reminds the world that countries can also work together in peace.

【1】Many people crowded at New York Harbor on February 3rd, 1949 to ________.

A. welcome the Merci Train B. meet their families

C. have a big party D. start a trip by ship

【2】The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 refers to（指）________.

A. the American people B. the French people

C. the boxcars D. the gifts

【3】The French people painted their 40 provinces and an American eagle on each boxcar because________.

A. they thought France was stronger than America

B. it could show the friendship between the two countries

C. the boxcars would be more beautiful

D. they were very good at painting pictures

【4】The best title for this passage is ________.

A. The Story Of The Merci Train

B. American Museums Where The Boxcars Kept

C. Gifts That American People Liked

D. World War II

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了1947年冬，一輛火車在美國(guó)穿越，沿途�？吭诔鞘泻袜l(xiāng)村。在每一站，人們捐贈(zèng)其有的東西，而后所有這些東西都用船運(yùn)到了法國(guó)。至1949年，法國(guó)開(kāi)始從戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)上恢復(fù)過(guò)來(lái)。默希火車的49節(jié)火車車廂裝滿法國(guó)人民給美國(guó)人的禮物，向美國(guó)表達(dá)感謝�，F(xiàn)在，美國(guó)許多州還保存著他們的車廂，它提醒著世界國(guó)與國(guó)也能和平共處。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段內(nèi)容我們可知許多人來(lái)到 New York Harbor 的目的是為了歡迎來(lái)自法國(guó)的 Merci Train，故正確答案為 A。

【2】詞意猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第三段第三句和第四句的 personal，like hand-made toys...”可知 them 指代的是 gifts，故正確答案為 D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“...the French people had painted the pictures of all their 40 provinces，...where they were warmly greeted.”可以推測(cè)出正確答案為 B。

【4】標(biāo)題歸納題。 通過(guò)文章內(nèi)容我們可知整篇文章都是圍繞 Merci Train 來(lái)寫的，故正確答案為 A。