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【題目】 A girl named Carly Butler travelled 3,755 miles from Canada to London. She wanted to retrace (重溫) her grandmother’s daily life during World War II by the descriptions in old love letters.

Carly found 104 letters and telegrams between her grandmother in England and grandfather in Canada. Every week she would open seven new letters, and then she would do as described in the letters in the next week.

Her grandmother and her grandfather met at a dancing party in London in May 1943 and they stayed together just for three days, and then her grandfather married her grandmother.

Now, 67 years later, Carly left her own husband in Canada, opened her grandmother’s letters and tried to follow the letters to retrace all the things in those letters.

So far, she has visited her grandmother’s birthplace in West Hampstead. She spent a day visiting Oxford and watching a film at the Marble Arch Cinema. Carly also plans to see her grandmother’s working place. Her grandmother passed away in 1998.

Carly even hopes to come back to Canada on the Queen Mary II, because her grandmother did all those years ago.

Rhoda Breakell, head of the Genes Reunited, said, “Her trip is inspiring, unusual and it is clear that she is really enjoying retracing her grandmother’s footsteps.”

【1】Why did Carly want to travel 3,755 miles from Canada to London?

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【2】How many letters would Carly open every week?

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【3】When did Carly’s grandfather marry her grandmother?

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【4】What did Carly do in West Hampstead?

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【5】Does Carly enjoy retracing her grandmother’s footsteps?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Because she wants to see how her grandmother lived. And retrace her grandmother’s footsteps.

【2】Seven letters a week.

【3】In May 1943.

【4】She spent a day visiting Oxford and watching a film at the Marble Arch Cinema. Carly also plans to see her grandmother’s working place. Her grandmother passed away in 1998.

【5】Yes.

【解析】

文章主要講述了卡莉·巴特勒根據(jù)她外婆的情書，然后追溯她祖母的足跡，從加拿大到倫敦旅行了3755英里的故事。

【1】根據(jù)“She wanted to retrace (重溫) her grandmother’s daily life during World War II by the descriptions in old love letters.”她想通過舊情書中的描寫來追溯她祖母在二戰(zhàn)期間的日常生活�？芍�，因?yàn)樗�想看看她祖母的生活。然后追溯她祖母的足跡。所以卡莉才想從加拿大到倫敦旅行3755英里。故答案為：Because she wants to see how her grandmother lived. And retrace her grandmother’s footsteps.

【2】根據(jù)“Every week she would open seven new letters,”每周她都會(huì)打開七封新的信。可知，卡莉每周要打開7封信。故答案為：Seven letters a week.

【3】根據(jù)“Her grandmother and her grandfather met at a dancing party in London in May 1943 and they stayed together just for three days, and then her grandfather married her grandmother.”1943年5月，她的祖母和祖父在倫敦的一個(gè)舞會(huì)上相識(shí)，他們在一起只呆了三天，然后祖母嫁給了她的祖父。故答案為：In May 1943.

【4】根據(jù)“She spent a day visiting Oxford and watching a film at the Marble Arch Cinema. Carly also plans to see her grandmother’s working place. Her grandmother passed away in 1998.”她花了一天時(shí)間參觀牛津大學(xué)，在大理石拱門電影院看電影。卡莉還計(jì)劃去她祖母的工作場所看看。她的祖母于1998年去世。故答案為：She spent a day visiting Oxford and watching a film at the Marble Arch Cinema. Carly also plans to see her grandmother’s working place. Her grandmother passed away in 1998.

【5】根據(jù)“Rhoda Breakell, head of the Genes Reunited, said, “Her trip is inspiring, unusual and it is clear that she is really enjoying retracing her grandmother’s footsteps.””基因重聚的負(fù)責(zé)人羅達(dá)·布雷克爾說：“她的旅行令人振奮，不同尋常，很明顯她真的很喜歡追尋祖母的足跡�！笨芍�，卡莉喜歡追尋她祖母的足跡。故答案為：Yes.

本題是根據(jù)短文回答問題的題型。我們應(yīng)該先瀏覽一下問題，心中對所給任務(wù)有一個(gè)初步的了解，然后帶著問題回到閱讀材料中，采用跳讀的方式來尋找細(xì)節(jié)所在的段落，然后鎖定目標(biāo)段落，尋找總結(jié)自己所要的答案。例如2小題。根據(jù)“Every week she would open seven new letters,”每周她都會(huì)打開七封新的信�？芍�，卡莉每周要打開7封信。故答案為：Seven letters a week.