What makes a gift special? Is it the price you see on the gift receipt(收據(jù))? Or is it the look on the recipient's face when they receive it that determines the true value? What gift is worth the most?

         This Christmas I was debating what to give my father. My dad is a hard person to buy for because he never wants anything. I pulled out my phone to read a text message from my mom saying that we were leaving for Christmas shopping for him when I came across a message on my phone that I had locked. The message was from my father. My eyes fell on a photo of a flower taken in Wyoming, and underneath a poem by William Blake. The flower, a lone dandelion(蒲公英) standing against the bright blue sky, inspired me. My dad had been reciting those words to me since I was a kid. That may even be the reason why I love writing. I decided that those words would be my gift to my father.

         I called back. I told my mom to go without me and that l already created my gift. I sent the photo of the cream-colored flower to my computer and typed the poem on top of it.  As I was arranging the details another poem came to mind. The poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe; My dad recited it as much as he did the other. I typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it.  The poem was focused around dreaming, and after searching I found the perfect picture.  The image was painted with blues and greens and purples, twisting together to create the theme and wonder of a dream. As I watched both poems passing through the printer, the white paper coloring with words that shaped my childhood, I felt that this was a gift that my father would truly appreciate.

   Christmas soon arrived. The minute I saw the look on my dad's face as he unwrapped those swirling (卷曲的)black letters carefully placed in a cheap frame, I knew I had given the perfect gift.

1.The idea for a special gift began to form when the author was         .

A. doing shopping        B. having a debate

C. leaving for Wyoming     D. reading a message

2.The author's inspiration for the gift came from           .

A. a photo of a flower     B. a story about a kid

C. a call from the mother   D. a text about Christmas

3.The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refers to a poem by _           .

A. the father          B. the author

C. Edgar Allan Poe        D.  William Blake

4.The author made the gift by        .

A. searching for the poems online

B. drawing the background by hand

C. painting the letters in three colors

D. matching the words with pictures

5.What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. To show how to design images for gifts

B. To suggest making gifts from one's heart.

C. To explain how computers help create gifts

D. To describe the gifts the author has received.

 

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了作者的父親從來都沒有什么特別想要的東西，所以在圣誕節(jié)他為送父親什么禮物而糾結(jié)。后來無意中看到的一個手機信息給了他靈感。他用文字配著圖片為父親制作了一個特殊的禮物，父親非常喜歡。

1.細節(jié)理解題。從文章的第二段第三句和最后一句：在看母親的信息時，碰巧看到了之前父親發(fā)給自己的信息…，后來是這個信息里的內(nèi)容給了作者靈感。故選D。

2.細節(jié)理解題。從第二段第五、六句“My eyes fell on a photo of a flower…inspired me”可知作者送禮物的靈感來自在Wyoming所拍攝的一張花的照片。故選A。

3.詞義猜測題。根據(jù)上一句可知it 指的是Edgar Allan Poe 寫的那首詩，故選C。

4.細節(jié)理解題。從第三段作者制作這件禮物的過程可知作者的禮物是由文字配著圖片制成的。故選D。                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

5.推理題。文章以“What makes a gift special?”開頭，整篇講述的是用心為父親做了禮物，后來父親很喜歡。所以文章的主要目的是建議用心做禮物，故選B。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。

 

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