Question

Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.

I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holiday meaningful.

Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership --- a shop selling cars --- was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the show room.

“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.

“Thank you”--- two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.

1.The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City ________.

A. to pay at the cash register

B. to see his parents

C. to visit a friend

D. to make a plan with his friend

2.The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 means “_________”.

A. put up B. turned off

C. moved off D. set up

3.What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

A. The couple offered to help him.

B. The couple sent him a business card

C. He had it pulled back to the gas station.

D. He called his friend for help.

4.How does the author explain the importance of expressing thanks in the passage?

A. By telling his own experiences

B. By doing an experiment

C. By explaining cause and effect

D. By using quotations(引語)

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：作者曾經(jīng)兩次因車的原因接受過別人的幫助并對他們表達感謝之情，一次是在汽油站附近車拋錨受一對夫婦幫助帶他去他朋友那，一次是店員無報酬幫他修車。他都對他們表達過感謝，雖然只是簡單的謝謝，但是卻包含了很多感情。

1.文中第一段倒數(shù)第2句，"I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City,where i wasplanning to stop and visit a friend."我停在離Oklahoma大約50英里的汽油站，計劃拜訪一個朋友。對應(yīng)C。

2. 結(jié)合這句話"I took off,but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car."可知車開了僅僅幾英里，從車的背面冒出了黑煙”。所以應(yīng)為啟動車離開，對應(yīng)選項C ： moved off。

3. 第二段倒數(shù)第2句和第三段。 “They said they would take me to my friend's."這對夫婦說帶我去我的朋友那。第三段兩次提到helping me。由此可見夫婦給他提供幫助，答案為A。

4. 作者在受到兩次幫助的經(jīng)歷中都表達了自己的感謝，雖然說的簡單，但是卻十分重要，包含了作者滿滿的真誠。故答案為A。