Question

On the wall in my mother’s bedroom there was a photo, which showed a soldier with a gun. Below the photo was the word “Speaking”.

“Who’s that soldier called Speaking?” I asked one day.

“He was Harold.” She said. “He was my only brother. When the Second World War began, Harold was eighteen. I was twelve then, and my sisters were ten and nine”.

“Harold liked to play with us, and we often quarreled. When we quarreled, we said：We’re not speaking to you. But before long we were all happy again, and then we said: I’m speaking now. Are you speaking to me?”

“When the war broke out, Harold joined the army. A month later, he came to see us. He brought the gun to show us. Then he went miles away to the war. We didn’t see him for three years, three long, empty years. We didn’t often hear from him. But one day in May there was a loud bang（砰）on the front door…”

“I ran to open it. It was Harold! He was an old Harold, a thinner Harold. He looked at me with his two green eyes and smiled. That smile was just the same as before, then he said one word: ‘speaking’”.

“I didn’t…I couldn’t…answer. I just fell into his arms and he dropped his gun. He stayed with us for a month. We played all our old games again. Then he went back to the war, and never came back again. So I wrote the word on the photo.”

1.How old was the storyteller when Harold came back for the last time?

A. Thirty-five B. Eighteen.

C. Fifteen. D. Twenty-one.

2.Harold never came back again because________.

A. he didn’t want to speak to his sister any more

B. he died in the war

C. his sister had not answered him when he came back

D. he went far away to the war

3.Why did the mother hang the photo in her bedroom?

A. She wanted to keep a memory of her childhood.

B. It could awake her happy memories.

C. It could show that her brother was a great man.

D. She hung it there in memory of her brother.

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

【解析】

試題分析: 本文講述媽媽的臥室有一張拿著槍的戰(zhàn)士的照片，媽媽給我講述他哥哥的故事。

1.C 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中提到When the Second World War began, Harold was eighteen. I was twelve then, and my sisters were ten and nine當(dāng)戰(zhàn)爭爆發(fā)時，作者的媽媽十二歲，Harold參軍了，三年后回來照了這張相片，故當(dāng)時十五歲，因此選C項。

2.B 推斷題。根據(jù)最后一段提到Then he went back to the war, and never came back again.他回到戰(zhàn)場，再也沒有回來，故可知他已死在戰(zhàn)場，故選B項。

3.D 推斷題。根據(jù)文中提到作者的哥哥自從最后一次從戰(zhàn)場歸來，走后就沒有回來，可知犧牲在戰(zhàn)場，為了紀念他，把照片放在臥室，故選D項。

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