Question

It was blazing hot, just like most July days. I stepped into a tiny ice-cream shop to cool off with a
chocolate ice-cream. It was an old woman bent over a table near the door. Her back was so badly twisted that her face nearly touched the tabletop. I sat down facing her a couple of tables away.
“Poor woman,” I thought, “What does she get out of life? Why God let people live so long past their prime?”
As I thought, another aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were talking about childhood days. They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years... In minutes, the two of them were trembling with laughter.
I looked again at the first woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself. I was wearing a dirty shirt. She was well dressed in white, her hands sparking with gold rings. I was sad. She was laughing, smiling. I was putting the pieces of my life together. She had millions of wonderful memories to recall. I sat alone. She was sharing the day with a good friend. I was secretly worried about getting old. She was old, but it wasn’t hurting her.
As I left the shop, I thought of my foolish question about God letting people live past their prime. Why, that woman was more alive, more sensitive to life than I was. Age has not bent her spirit

1. 1.
   From the passage we know that the ice-shop _________
   1. A.
      changed a lot in the past
   2. B.
      had only a couple of tables
   3. C.
      started its business 70 years ago
   4. D.
      had only women shoppers
2. 2.
   What is the meaning of the underlined word “prime” in this passage?
   1. A.
      miserable life
   2. B.
      wonderful experience
   3. C.
      long career
   4. D.
      time of great strength, beauty, vigor(活力)
3. 3.
   The writer implies all of the following except that _________
   1. A.
      the old lady had lived a full and satisfying life
   2. B.
      the writer had more problems than the old lady
   3. C.
      the old lady was very lonely and sad
   4. D.
      the old lady had learned to enjoy the simple things in life
4. 4.
   Which of the following is the conclusion the writer made about the old lady?
   1. A.
      She was more alive and sensitive to life than the writer
   2. B.
      She considered the young man pitiable
   3. C.
      She was to be pitied for her old age
   4. D.
      People should not be allowed to live when they are too old
5. 5.
   Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?
   1. A.
      To tell us the life of old people
   2. B.
      To show that old age does not mean being short of spirit
   3. C.
      To show the difference between the old and the young
   4. D.
      To make the reader have a pity on the old people

Answer 1

CDCAB
試題分析：文章大意是作者見到一個佝僂著背的老人，一開始對她充滿了同情，認(rèn)為她活在世上是不快樂的。但后來經(jīng)過觀察，作者發(fā)現(xiàn)老人其實比自己好過得有滋有味，年老并不意味著不幸。
1. C.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段第二句話They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years...說明這家店有七十年歷史了。
2.D語義題。前句作者說可憐的人，她在生活中還能得到什么呢？充滿了對老人是同情，所以接下來作者說上帝為什么讓人經(jīng)過那么長悲慘的生活呢？miserable悲慘的。
3. C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段，the two of them were trembling with laughter.說明C是錯誤的。再根據(jù)She was well dressed in white, her hands sparking with gold rings.說明老人生活得很美滿。A是正確的。根據(jù)整個第五段的描述，可以推斷B、D是正確的。
4. A細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一句話that woman was more alive, more sensitive to life than I was. Age has not bent her spirit.
5. B主旨大意題。全文拿老人和作者比較，一個年輕，一個年老，但年輕的生活不怎么樣，年老的卻過得有滋有味。就是要表明年老并不意味著缺乏生活的精神。
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