Question

Many years ago, I pulled a family out of a burning car somewhere in Wyoming. Last week I received a telephone call from a woman who could not stop crying as she told me that one of my stories had saved her son from committing suicide. In closing she called me a hero.

That got me thinking about what a hero is. Was I a hero because I pulled a family from a burning car? If so, how could I be a hero just because I wrote a story that saved someone’s life?

Today I looked up the word “hero” in the dictionary to see exactly what it meant. It read “a person who does something brave” and also “a person who is good and noble”.

That statement impressed me more than the part about being brave. So I thought about something very important. And I remembered what happened to me years ago.

After my marriage of twenty years ended, I was in such a condition. I was within hours trying to get enough courage to end the pain and misery. When I returned home, someone had sent me a card in the mail which told me how much they would appreciate me as a friend. That wonderful card probably saved my life. That person, without even knowing it, saved a life and became a hero.

The many stories I kept writing in the following years saved the life of a teenage boy. In turn that makes the person who sent me the card a double hero. I suppose that is why I fight so hard to help the children now living in orphanages (孤兒院). Most children come out of these institutions with a very hard and bitter attitude against the world. The gifts we send them let them know that they have not been forgotten. Hopefully, most of them will never hurt anyone because of the kindness shown to them by those of us who cared. If it works, we will also become "heroes".

1.The main idea of the passage is _______________.

A. why the writer should be a hero       B. what a hero exactly is

C. whether the writer is a hero          D. that everyone is a hero

2.Why did the woman call the writer a hero at the end of the call?

A. Because he asked her son not to kill himself.

B. Because he saved a family from a burning car.

C. Because his story saved her son’s life.

D. Because he was cute and kind to everybody.

3.What does the underlined word “it” in the last sentence of Paragraph 5 refer to?

A. The wonderful card the writer received.

B. The action of sending the card.

C. The fact that the sender helped the writer.

D. The fact that the sender was a friend of the writer.

4. What’s the writer’s attitude to “brave people”?

 A. neutral          B. supportive      C. objective       D. irony

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹作者因為從起火的汽車里面救了一家的命，他的故事救了一個婦女的兒子的命，所以這個婦女稱作者為英雄。從而引起作者的疑問“什么是真正的英雄？”

1.主旨題：從全篇文章和第二段的句子，That got me thinking about what a hero is. Was I a hero because I pulled a family from a burning car?可知這篇文章講的是真正的英雄是什么，選B

2.細節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：she told me that one of my stories had saved her son from committing suicide. In closing she called me a hero.可知因為作者的故事救了這個婦女兒子的命，所以這個婦女稱作者是英雄，選C

3.猜詞題：從第五段的句子：When I returned home, someone had sent me a card in the mail which told me how much they would appreciate me as a friend.可知有人送了一張卡片給作者，說很感謝和他做朋友， it指代的就是這個送卡片的人。選C

4.推理題：從文章的句子：Today I looked up the word “hero” in the dictionary to see exactly what it meant. It read “a person who does something brave” and also “a person who is good and noble”.可知作者對勇敢的人是支持的態(tài)度，選B

考點：考查人生百味類短文