Question

Most teens can't wait to learn to drive. Not so with me. Driving made me nervous. I didn't get a license until I turned 24 years old. As a result, when I first married, we only had one car and car pooled to work. My husband's hours were different from mine by one hour. I worked earlier. So he dropped me off and went to the diner to drink coffee until work time.

Then, in the afternoons, I leisurely walked the three miles to his work place where I waited in his car, reading a book.

One day while waiting for him, I noticed the most beautiful Cadillac pull in the lot. It was powder blue and sleek looking. The kind of car you dream about. I was busily admiring the car, when I noticed the driver. Honestly, she was probably the prettiest woman I had ever seen off the movie screen.

She pulled into the spot beside our car and it was all I could do not to stare. There was a striking resemblance to Liz Taylor. Jet black hair and alabaster skin. Our eyes made contact and she smiled at me. Her eyes were as blue as the sea, and teeth like an even row of pearls. She was wearing a light blue shirt that just matched her car. Peeking through her long, softly curled hair I could see gold hoop earrings. They had to be gold to shine like that. A couple of minutes later, a nice looking man came out of the building, entered her car, leaned over and kissed her and she drove away.

Sitting there in my jeans, shirt and hair in a pony tail, I wanted to cry. How could some people have it all?

Maybe I would have forgotten about her, but the following week, I saw her again. Then it became almost routine to see her about once a week. She seemed friendly and always waved, flashing a big smile. My envy lingered long after she drove away.

Many nights when sleep evaded me, I would think about the beautiful lady. I wondered if she and her husband ate out, and where they dined, and what she was wearing. I wanted her to get out of the car and let me see her full length. Did she wear really high heeled shoes and pants, or a skirt.

I would get my answers in a couple of weeks.

Sitting in our usual parking lot, I was holding my book, watching her over the top of it. She was waiting and when her husband came to the car, she called to him. They spoke a few words and he opened the car door for her to step out. He took her arm and helped her out of the car. I could see very well as she moved to get out. She was wearing a skirt.

She haltingly walked around to the passenger side very slowly, leaning on a walking cane. Sitting sideways in the car, she lifted one leg with her hands and then the other one. The beautiful lady had a prosthesis on the left leg and a brace on the right leg. I couldn't watch them drive away as the tears were blinding me. For weeks I had envied this woman and her way of life, while I had been able to walk three miles to our car!

When my husband arrived and found me crying, he immediately asked what was wrong. Through my tears, I told him about the beautiful lady. He said he knew her husband and also knew the story. The beautiful lady and her parents were in a car that either stalled or got caught on the railroad tracks and was hit by a train. Both parents were killed and she was severely injured. She was only 12 years old. The railroad made a large settlement with her because the crossing had no signals. He explained her car was specially built for her needs as well as the home.

I prayed for forgiveness all the way home. The lady I thought had everything I didn't. I realized how lucky I was to have my parents, the ability to walk, run or dance through life and many wonderful things money can't buy. I would not have traded places with the beautiful lady for anything

When you meet a person who seems to be much better off than you, don't be fooled.

1.In the afternoons the woman walked three miles to her husband’s work place to___.

A. take exercise on the way B. meet the beautiful lady.

C. enjoy the scenery and reading D. wait for her husband

2.After seeing the beautiful lady, the woman concluded_______.

A. the beautiful lady led a rich and happy life.

B. the beautiful lady liked to show off herself.

C. she and her husband must make more money.

D. she shouldn’t have married her husband.

3. The woman prayed for forgiveness all the way home because_______.

A. She should have known the whole story earlier.

B. She shouldn’t have compared herself with the woman.

C. She shouldn’t have told her husband what she had seen.

D. She shouldn’t have seen the woman getting out of the car.

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The woman learned that health and family are more important.

B. The woman was poor and couldn’t afford another car and fancy clothes.

C. The woman envied the beautiful lady of her capable husband.

D. The woman regretted marrying her husband.

5.The underlined word “haltingly” probably means________.

A. proudly B. excitedly

C. difficultly D. steadily

6.Which of the following do you think can be the best title of the passage?

A. Seeing is believing B. Trust her heart instead of her look

C. Looks can be deceiving D. Fooled by her look

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.C

【解析】

試題分析: 作者在每天去等丈夫的時(shí)候總會(huì)碰到一個(gè)美麗優(yōu)雅，穿著講究，開(kāi)著豪車(chē)的女士。相比之下，作者感到生活對(duì)自己的不公平，但是在知道了這位女士的殘疾和經(jīng)歷后，作者頓時(shí)為自己曾經(jīng)產(chǎn)生過(guò)的想法而感到慚愧。從這件事作者得到的人生感悟是：凡事不要被表象所蒙蔽。

1.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段內(nèi)容I leisurely walked the three miles to his work place where I waited in his car, reading a book.可知她步行去丈夫工作場(chǎng)所為的是等她丈夫下班，選D。

2.A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。當(dāng)作者一次次看到漂亮優(yōu)雅的女士后總是不由自主地去想象她的生活，而且根據(jù)文中My envy lingered long after she drove away.和For weeks I had envied this woman and her way of life, while I had been able to walk three miles to our car!可知作者對(duì)她充滿了嫉妒，由此判斷作者認(rèn)為這個(gè)漂亮的女士過(guò)著幸福富裕的生活，答案選A。

3.B推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段內(nèi)容可知當(dāng)知道了那位女士的經(jīng)歷后，作者意識(shí)到自己是多么的幸運(yùn)，由此判斷她對(duì)于自己的嫉妒感到非常愧疚，認(rèn)為自己當(dāng)初不應(yīng)該拿自己去和那位女士比，故答案選B。

4.A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。在文章倒數(shù)第二段作者意識(shí)到了自己和那位女士相比是多么的幸運(yùn)，不僅有家人的陪伴，而且擁有健康的身體，還有好多金錢(qián)買(mǎi)不到的東西，這些都是自己不會(huì)和那位女士交換的，由此可知她意識(shí)到了家人和健康的重要性，故答案選A。

5.C詞義猜測(cè)題。A驕傲地；B興奮地；C困難地；D穩(wěn)定地。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第四段內(nèi)容The beautiful lady had a prosthesis on the left leg and a brace on the right leg.可知這位女士左腿安裝著假肢而且右腿還有支架，由此判斷她走路是費(fèi)勁的，故答案選C。

6.C主旨大意題。在故事中作者因一位女士的優(yōu)雅美麗和擁有的豪車(chē)而暗自嫉妒，但是后來(lái)知道了她的殘疾和經(jīng)歷后，作者為自己曾經(jīng)產(chǎn)生過(guò)的想法而感到慚愧，對(duì)人生也有了更深的感悟，最后在文章末段提出When you meet a person who seems to be much better off than you, don't be fooled.，由此可知C選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容能反應(yīng)文章中心，可以做標(biāo)題使用，故答案選C。

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