Ever since Jerusha started her college, she began to write letters. Through a series of letters, from freshman to senior in college, she shared her life and study with an unknown gentleman, who never wrote back. Here is the very first letter.
Dear Mr. Kind,
Here I am! I traveled yesterday for four hours in a train. It's a funny experience. I never rode in one before.
College is the biggest, most confusing place — I get lost whenever I leave my room. I will tell you more later when I'm feeling less puzzled. Now I want to write a letter first just to get me familiar to you.
It seems strange to be writing letters to somebody you don't know. It seems strange for me to be writing letters at all — I've never written more than three or four in my life, so please overlook it if they are not a model kind.
Before leaving yesterday morning, Mrs. Lippett and I had a very serious talk. She told me how to behave, especially towards the kind gentleman who is doing so much for me. I must take care to be very respectful.
I have been thinking of you a great deal this summer; having somebody take an interest in me after all these years makes me feel as though I had found a sort of family. It seems as though I belonged to somebody now, and it's a very comfortable feeling. I must say, however, that when I think about you, my imaqination has very little to work upon.
There are just three things that I know:
I .You are tall.
II .You are rich.
III. You hate girl.
I suppose I might call you Dear Mr. Girl-Hater. Only that's rather unpleasant to me. Or Dear Mr. Rich-Man, but that's unpleasant to you, as though money were the only important thing about you. Maybe you won't stay rich all your life; But at least you will stay tall all your life! So I decide to call you Dear Daddy-long-legs. I hope you won't mind. It's just a private pet name — we won't tell Mrs. Lippett.
The ten o'clock bell is going to ring in two minutes. Our day is divided by bells. We eat and sleep and study by bells. There it goes! Lights out. Good night.
You can see how strictly I obey rules due to my training in the John Grier Home.
Yours most respectfully,
Jerusha Abbott
小題1:Which of the following is NOT the reason for Jerusha to write the letter to Mr.Kind?
A.To get her familiar to him.
B.To present her thankfulness to him.
C.To share her brand-new college life with him.
D.To apologize to him for not writing letters too often.
小題2:If Mrs. Lippett learned that the writer calls the man she writes to Daddy-long-legs, she would probably        .
A.burst into laughterB.think it acceptable
C.criticize the writerD.inform the man
小題3:By "when I think about you, my imagination has very little to work upon.", the writer intends to tell us that       .
A.the man she writes to is dull and boring
B.she is not familiar with the one she writes to
C.it is not interesting at all to write to a stranger
D.she lacks imagination when it comes to writing a letter
小題4:Jerusha was probably         while she worked on the letter.
A.curiousB.light-heartedC.seriousD.skeptical

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:B
本文是一位剛進入大學的大學生給一位素未謀面卻一直在幫著她的一位紳士的第一封信。
小題1:D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)信的第二段最后一句話可知A項正確;根據(jù)第四段,Mrs. Lippett告訴我如何處世,尤其對那個一直幫助自己的人,說明作者寫信也為了表達感激之情。作者剛進大學,故寫信也為了分享他剛打大學的生活。故只有D是錯誤的。答案為D。
小題2:C推斷題。由第四段可知,Mrs. Lippett告誡我要對幫助自己的人禮貌,而自己卻給那人起綽號,所以如果她知道的話,應(yīng)該會生氣。
小題3:B猜測句意題。本句話的意思是:當我想起你的時候,我的想象力根本無法開展工作。說明“我”的“你”的了解甚少,不知如何展開想象。
小題4:B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)作者寫作的目的和所寫的內(nèi)容可知,作者當時心情很輕松。
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