Question

My grandmother was from a town in Michigan. Summer after summer, I enjoyed staying with my grandparents as a young child. I was from the city and loved the small town they lived in. People knew everyone, their kids, their pets, their ancestors. The bond with them continued to grow as I grew and they got older. Grandma was always using her hands for something exciting. She would make little sandwiches and we’d have tea parties. She’d make beautiful quilts for each one. I remember the small thimble(頂針) she would use while doing her needle work.

A few years ago, when Grandma left this earth, I bid farewell to a loving grandmother. How quickly our lives can change. We had just had tea together a couple of months earlier, on her 91st birthday.

On one particular birthday, when I was feeling a little low, something happened to make me feel like she was sharing that special day with me. I was arranging some colorful pillows that she had made, and suddenly I felt something inside one pillow. It was small and hard. I moved the object to a seam(接縫) that I carefully opened, and to my delight out came a tiny silver thimble! How happy I was to find something that had been a part of her. I carefully laid the thimble alongside the others I’ve collected over the years, where I could continue to see the gift God chose to reveal(啟示)to me. What a precious memory of a very special lady who somehow, I knew, was laughing in delight at sewing her thimble inside my pillow.

I made some tea, using my best china, as Grandma always did, and enjoyed my tea and Grandma’s thimble. What a wonderful birthday that was!

1. The author wrote this passage to .

A. show how she missed her grandma

B. express a desire to lead a simple life

C. call on people to care for the old

D. look back upon her happy childhood

2. The author liked staying with her grandparents because .

A. she knew almost everyone there

B. she liked the simple and friendly town life there

C. she could have tea parties and eat sandwiches

D. she could learn to sew quilts

3. How did the author feel when she found the silver thimble?

A. Sad. B. Proud. C. Lucky. D. Cheerful.

4. It can be inferred from the passage that the silver thimble .

A. was the item the author had been trying to find

B. was the most treasured possession of Grandma

C. was very precious to the author

D. was a birthday gift Grandma had given the author

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析:本文是一篇記敘文，在文中作者通過回憶表達了對祖母深深的思念。小時候的作者常常去祖父母住的小鎮(zhèn)上，作者非常喜歡那里淳樸的民風和善良的人們。后來在祖母過世后的一天，作者無意中發(fā)現(xiàn)了枕頭中奶奶遺落的頂針，這給作者帶來了無比的喜悅。

1.主旨大意題。文章第一段主要回憶了小時候和祖母在一起的美好時光，第二段講述了祖母的離世，第三段和第四段敘述了偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)的“頂針”給作者帶來的慰藉，所以從整篇看來作者都是在回憶祖母，表達對祖母的思念之情，故答案選A。

2.細節(jié)理解題。根據文章首段 I was from the city and loved the small town they lived in. …… The bond with them continued to grow as I grew and they got older.可知作者因為小鎮(zhèn)的人們之間的淳樸友善而喜歡這個地方，選B。

3. 細節(jié)理解題。根據文章第三段and to my delight out came a tiny silver thimble! How happy I was to find something that had been a part of her.可知作者看到祖母的頂針時非常興奮，選D。

4. 推理判斷題。從文章第三段內容I carefully laid the thimble alongside the others I’ve collected over the years, where I could continue to see the gift God chose to reveal(啟示)to me.中作者使用“carefully”一詞充分表達了作者對這枚頂針的重視，再根據上文作者對祖母的回憶可以判斷答案選C。

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