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【題目】Aunt Karen always had a special place in my heart. When I was growing up, I knew I could count on her to have room for me on her lap and words of love and encouragement when I needed to hear them. When she died five years ago, I was devastated. The whole family was still in shock when her husband, Uncle Ronnie, died a week later. I longed to have a small item of Aunt Karen’s to remember her by, but seeing her children and grandchildren overcome by the grief of this double loss made me shy away from asking.

A few months after Aunt Karen’s death, I was on my way to work when I saw Rescued Treasures, a local second-hand store. I only had a couple of dollars on me and didn’t really intend to buy anything, but I stopped anyway just to look inside. I had been shopping around for a few minutes when a small, black handbag caught my eye. It wasn’t fancy or special. I didn’t really need a handbag and continued to look around the store, but something kept drawing me back to that handbag. Finally, I checked the price tag (標(biāo)簽). It was just one dollar.

The handbag stayed in the back of my car for weeks until I came upon it during a car clean-up. I opened it up. I couldn’t believe it. They hadn’t even cleaned it out. It was still full of junk, old candy wrappers, old receipts (收據(jù)) and used paper. Usually the store emptied things inside, so there wouldn’t be any surprises for a new owner.

I threw away some wastes, and sorted through the receipts, when I found one item in the small inside pocket. It was an insurance card with the name “Karen Stair” written on it. I began to cry. My beloved Aunt Karen. This was her handbag.

【1】What do we know from the passage?

A. Karen’s husband survived her by five years.

B. Karen’s children refused to give any item to the author.

C. The author was very shy when she was young.

D. Karen had been very kind to the author.

【2】The underlined word “devastated” in Paragraph 1 probably means “________”.

A. very worried B. a little lonely

C. extremely sad D. slightly disappointed

【3】The author made up her mind to buy the handbag because ________.

A. she just needed to buy a handbag

B. the bag looked strange and was worth the price

C. it happened that she could afford it

D. someone else persuaded her to buy it

【4】As soon as the author opened the handbag, she felt very ________.

A. surprised B. excited

C. sick D. nervous

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】本文是記敘文。文章主要講述了作者在Aunt Karen去世后，特別悲傷，因為Aunt Karen以及凱倫的丈夫先后去世后，他們一家人遭受雙重打擊，作者沒有去要Aunt Karen的物品。但在一次購買二手商品時，意外的發(fā)現(xiàn)所購買的手提包是Aunt Karen的。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“when her husband, Uncle Ronnie, died a week later.”她的丈夫在她去世一周后也去世了。選項A錯誤；根據(jù)“I longed to have a small item of Aunt Karen’s to remember her by, but seeing her children and grandchildren overcome by the grief of this double loss made me shy away from asking.”我渴望得到凱倫阿姨的物品，但是看到她的孩子和孫子們被這雙重的痛苦所壓倒，我羞于向他們詢問，可知并不是他們拒絕給作者凱倫阿姨的物品，并非是作者性格膽怯，選項B與C錯誤； 根據(jù)“When I was growing up, I knew I could count on her to have room for me on her lap and words of love and encouragement when I needed to hear them.”在我成長的過程中，我知道我期待在她的膝蓋上留有我的位置，當(dāng)我需要傾聽時，會聽到愛的語言和鼓勵，可知凱麗阿姨對作者很好，選項D正確。根據(jù)題意，故選D。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)“Aunt Karen always had a special place in my heart.” 凱倫阿姨在我心中始終有一個特殊的位置。以及下句描述可知，作者對于她的去世非常悲傷。根據(jù)題意，故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“I only had a couple of dollars on me”身上只有兩美元。以及“Finally, I checked the price tag (標(biāo)簽). It was just one dollar.”最終，我檢查了一下標(biāo)簽只需要一美元。可知作者買這件手提包碰巧支付得起。根據(jù)題意，故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段“I began to cry. My beloved Aunt Karen. This was her handbag.” 我開始哭了起來。我親愛的凱倫阿姨。這是她的手提包。作者碰巧買的手提包是凱倫阿姨的，可知作者是吃驚的。根據(jù)題意，故選A。