19．Many years ago，when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver，I was driving to my parents'home in Missouri for Christmas．I stopped at a gas station（加油站）about 50miles from Oklahoma City，where I was planning to stop and visit a friend．While I was standing in line at the cash register（收款臺），I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas．
I took off，but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car．I stopped and wondered what I should do．A car pulled up behind me．It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station．They said they would take me to my friend's．We chatted on the way into the city，and when I got out of the car，the husband gave me his business card．
I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me．Soon afterward，I received a Christmas present from them．Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful．
Years later，I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning．In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I'd left the lights on all day，and the battery（電池）was dead．Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership-a shop selling cars-was right next door．I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom．
"Just how friendly is Friendly Ford？"I asked and explained my trouble．They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it．They would accept no payment，so when I got home，I wrote them a note to say thanks．I received a letter back from one of the salesmen．No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you，and it meant a lot，he said．
"Thank you"-two powerful words．They're easy to say and mean so much．
21．The words"took off"underlined in Paragraph 2mean"B"．
A．turned off
B．moved off
C．put up
D．set up
22．What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car？C
A．He had it pulled back to the gas station．
B．The couple sent him a business card．
C．The couple offered to help him．
D．He called his friend for help．
23．The battery of the author's car was dead becauseC．
A．something went wrong with the lights
B．the meeting lasted a whole day
C．he forgot to turn off the lights
D．he drove too long a distance
24．By telling his own experiences，the author tries to showD．
A．how to write a thank-you letter
B．how to deal with car problems
C．the kind-heartedness of older people
D．the importance of expressing thanks．
分析 很多年前，在我回去過圣誕節(jié)的路上車子出了故障，一對夫婦幫助了我，謝謝兩個詞意義重大．
解答 BCCD
21 B 詞義猜測題．在上文作者提到在加油站給汽車加油，然后再根據(jù)…．but had gone only a few miles when…可知作者離開加油站繼續(xù)趕路，由此推斷"took off"意思是"離去"．故選B．
22 C 細節(jié)理解題．從文章第二段It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station．可知作者的車出了故障后，是他在加油站見過的那對老年夫婦幫助了他，把他送到了朋友家．故選C．
23 C 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第四段In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I'd left the lights on all day，and the battery（電池）was dead．可知因為作者忘了關(guān)掉車燈而將汽車的電池耗完了．故選C．
24 D 推理判斷題．在文中作者講述了兩個故事，在每個故事的結(jié)尾都提到了對方因作者寫的感謝信而受到感動，然后在文章末尾作者又用"Thank you"-two powerful words．They're easy to say and mean so much．進一步深化主題，由此判斷作者的寫作目的是為了向讀者說明向別人表示感謝的重要性．故選D．
點評 考察學(xué)生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
