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【題目】The thing is, my luck’s always been ruined.Just look at my name: Jean.Not Jean Marie, or Jeanine, or Jeanette, or even Jeanne.Just Jean.Did you know in France, they name boys Jean? It’s French for John.And okay, I don’t live in France.But still, I’m basically a girl named John.If I lived in France, anyway.

This is the kind of luck I’ve had since before Mom even filled out my birth certificate.So it wasn’t any big surprise to me when the cab driver didn’t help me with my suitcase.I’d already had to tolerate arriving at the airport to find no one there to greet me, and then got no answer to my many phone calls, asking where my aunt and uncle were.Did they not want me after all? Had they changed their minds? Had they heard about my bad luck—all the way from Iowa—and decided they didn’t want any of it to rub off on them?

So when the cab driver, instead of getting out and helping me with my bags, just pushed a little button so that the trunk (汽車后備箱) popped open a few inches, it wasn’t the worst thing that had ever happened to me.It wasn’t even the worst thing that had happened to me that day.

According to my mom, most brownstones in New York City were originally single-family homes when they were built way back in the 1800s.But now they’ve been divided up into apartments, so that there’s one—or sometimes even two or more families—per floor.

Not Mom’s sister Evelyn’s brownstone, though.Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted Gardiner own all four floors of their brownstone.That’s practically one floor per person, since Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted only have three kids, my cousins Tory, Teddy, and Alice.

Back home, we just have two floors, but there are seven people living on them.And only one bathroom.Not that I’m complaining.Still, ever since my sister Courtney discovered blow-outs, it’s been pretty frightful at home.

But as tall as my aunt and uncle’s house was, it was really narrow—just three windows across.Still, it was a very pretty townhouse, painted gray.The door was a bright, cheerful yellow.There were yellow flower boxes along the base of each window, flower boxes from which bright red—and obviously newly planted, since it was only the middle of April, and not quite warm enough for them.

It was nice to know that, even in a sophisticated (世故的) city like New York, people still realized how homey and welcoming a box of flowers could be.The sight of those flowers cheered me up a little.

Like maybe Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted just forgot I was arriving today, and hadn’t deliberately failed to meet me at the airport because they’d changed their minds about letting me come to stay.

Like everything was going to be all right, after all.

Yeah.With my luck, probably not.

I started up the steps to the front door of 326 East Sixty-Ninth Street, then realized I couldn’t make it with both bags and my violin.Leaving one bag on the sidewalk, I dragged the other up the steps with me.Maybe I took the steps a little too fast, since I nearly tripped and fell flat on my face on the sidewalk.I managed to catch myself at the last moment by grabbing some of the fence the gardeners had put up…

【1】Why did the author go to New York?

A.She intended to go sightseeing there.

B.She meant to stay with her aunt’s family.

C.She was homeless and adopted by her aunt.

D.She wanted to try her luck and find a job there.

【2】According to the author, some facts account for her bad luck EXCEPT that ________.

A.she was given a boy’s name in French

B.the cab driver didn’t help her with her bags

C.her sister Courtney discovered blow-outs

D.nobody had come to meet her at the airport

【3】The underlined phrase “rub off on” in Paragraph 3 probably means _________.

A.have an effect on B.play tricks on

C.put pressure on D.throw doubt on

【4】From the passage, we can know that _________.

A.the author left home without informing her mother

B.the author arrived in New York in a very warm season

C.her aunt’s family lived a much better life than her own

D.her aunt and uncle were likely to forget about her arrival

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹作者的運(yùn)氣總是被毀掉，她擔(dān)心別人害怕受到影響。

【1】B推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段Did they not want me after all? Had they changed their minds?他們終究不想要我嗎？他們已經(jīng)改變了他們的想法了嗎。故選B。

【2】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第六段最后一句Still, ever since my sister Courtney discovered blow-outs, it’s been pretty frightful at home.自從我的妹妹Courtney發(fā)現(xiàn)了爆胎，在家里是相當(dāng)害怕的。故選C。

【3】A詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第二段最后三句Did they not want me after all? Had they changed their minds? Had they heard about my bad luck—all the way from Iowa—and decided they didn’t want any of it to rub off on them? 他們終究不想要我嗎？他們已經(jīng)改變了他們的想法了嗎？他們聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)我的霉運(yùn)——從Iowa一路上，并且決定他們不希望任何霉運(yùn)沾上他們嗎？故選A。

【4】C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第七段But as tall as my aunt and uncle’s house was, it was really narrow—just three windows across.Still, it was a very pretty townhouse, painted gray.The door was a bright, cheerful yellow.There were yellow flower boxes along the base of each window, flower boxes from which bright red—and obviously newly planted, since it was only the middle of April, and not quite warm enough for them.但是和我的叔叔和嬸嬸的房子一樣高，它真的窄，只有三個(gè)窗口。這是一個(gè)非常漂亮的別墅,漆成灰色。門是一個(gè)聰明的,快樂(lè)的黃色。每個(gè)窗口的底部有黃色的花箱,鮮紅的花箱，很明顯新種的，因?yàn)楝F(xiàn)在只是四月中期，對(duì)它們來(lái)說(shuō)還不是足夠的暖和。故選C。