3.With my hands and knees on the floor of the airplane,I was searching for an old lady's missing hearing aid during the flight from Sydney to Los Angeles.It occurred to me that this may not be the most dignified posture for a Buddhist nun(尼姑).
I had seen the old lady from the seat in front of me as she walked up and down the passage with a flashlight.I asked a few times what was wrong,but she didn't answer at first--she couldn't hear me.She was wearing a woolen coat.Judging from her accent,she came from Eastern Europe.
Do you know how much hearing aids cost?Thousands,especially for the new tiny hidden-in-the-ear type she described.It takes a long time for an appointment to make a new one,and many doctor visits to get the thing adjusted right.Therefore,my dignity seemed less important than finding that hearing aid.But how does one find a tiny black object in a shadowy jet cabin(機(jī)艙)
The lady wasn't even sure where or when she had lost it.At one point,a couple of flight attendants did a random search around the lady's seat; I wasn't impressed.They left suggesting that she search the seat of her previous flight!My flashlight turned up all kinds of small objects,bits of plastic,broken pieces of headphones.
The old lady said that she gave up.Yet I couldn't.After we landed,as passengers streamed past us,I insisted that the lady move aside while awaiting her wheelchair.Then I got into a real down and dirty search among the dust under her seat and on the floor.
Look!A little peanut-sized shiny black object caught the light of my flashlight in a floor crack near her seat.
What a rush."I found it!"
With great astonishment and gratitude,the old lady responded,"I haven't the words to express my thanks!"
32.Why did the author put her hands and knees on the floor?C.
A.She is a religious Buddhist nun.
B.She fell down from her seat.
C.She helped the old lady look for her hearing aid.
D.She wanted to stand out among the passengers.
33.What do we know about the old lady?C.
A.She ignored the author's question on purpose.
B.She is an American.
C.She lost her hearing aid by accident.
D.It was not difficult for her to get the hearing aid at all.
34.Where was the hearing aid found?B.
A.On the previous flight.
B.Close to the old lady'seat.
C.On the wheelchair.
D.In another jet cabin.
35.According to the last two paragraphs,what is the old lady's attitude towards the author?D.
A.Respectful.
B.Doubtful.
C.Supportive.
D.Grateful.
分析 本文主要講述了作者是如何在飛機(jī)上熱心地幫助一位老太太找到她丟失的助聽器的故事.
解答 答案:
32.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)第一段中的"With my hands and knees on the floor of the airplane,I was searching for an old lady's missing hearing aid"可知,作者將雙手和膝蓋伏在飛機(jī)的地板上,是在幫一位老太太尋找她的助聽器;故選C.
33.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)上文作者趴在飛機(jī)的地板上,幫一位老太太尋找她的助聽器以及第二段中的"…she couldn't hear me.She was wearing a woolen coat.Judging from her accent,she came from Eastern Europe."可知:這位老太太聽力不好;她丟了助聽器;她來自東歐;故選C.
34.B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段中的"A little peanut-sized shiny black object caught the light of my flashlight in a floor crack near her seat."可知,作者是在老太太座位附近的地板裂縫里找到助聽器的;故選B.
35.D 細(xì)節(jié)推理題 在最后兩段里提到:在老太太已經(jīng)放棄尋找助聽器并且在飛機(jī)已經(jīng)著陸的情況下,作者還堅(jiān)持幫其尋找,并最終在老太太座位附近的地板裂縫里找到助聽器;以及最后一句"With great astonishment and gratitude,the old lady responded,‘I haven't the words to express my thanks!'"可推測(cè)出:老太太對(duì)作者充滿了感激;故選D.
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