Question

【題目】 “One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all.” Della counted the money sadly. How could she buy her husband a Christmas gift with so little money, though she had saved for long? “This is the only way to get money,” Della touched her hair gently. There were two things that Jim and Della really loved. One was Jim’s gold watch that had been his grandfather’s. The other was Della’s hair.

Without hesitation（猶豫）, Della went inside a shop and sold her hair. After buying Jim a gold watch chain（鏈條） as a present, she had only eighty-seven cents left.

Excited but a little worried, Della waited to surprise Jim. The door opened, and Jim stepped in. His expression（表情）was strange after seeing Della. “Don’t look at me that way. I cut my hair off because I couldn’t have lived through another Christmas without giving you a present. It will grow again. Jim, and let’s be happy!”

After a while, Jim took out a box. “Open it, and you’ll understand.” Della opened it and surprised to see a set of combs（梳子）. She had wished for them but thought she would never own such beautiful things. And now they were hers, but she had no hair to wear them in!

“Well, my hair grows fast.” Della took out carefully the gold chain and showed it to Jim. "Isn’t this present beautiful, Jim? Take out your watch and let’s see how smart it is!”

Instead of obeying（服從）, Jim put his hands under the back of his head and smiled.....

【1】How much money did Della make by selling her hair?

A.Eighty-seven cents.B.One dollar.C.Twenty dollars.

【2】How did Jim feel when he saw Della’s short hair?

A.Excited.B.Surprised.C.Scared.

【3】Why didn’t Jim take out his watch?

A.Because he sold his watch.

B.Because it was too old to work.

C.Because he was angry with Della.

【4】What can we infer（推斷）from the passage?

A.The couple lived a happy and rich life.

B.Della didn’t like the present Jim bought.

C.The couple actually have their best presents.

【5】What’s the theme of this story?

A.Present can give us happiness.

B.Love is priceless and selfless.

C.A stupid couple lived unhappily.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】

文章講述的是一對很相愛的夫妻Jim and Della，因在圣誕節(jié)給對方買禮物分別賣掉了自己心愛的東西，而當(dāng)雙方拿出禮物的時候，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)禮物都不在適合對方，從而體現(xiàn)出了他們對對方最真摯的愛。

【1】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中“One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all.” Della counted the money sadly. How could she buy her husband a Christmas gift with so little money, though she had saved for long?可知，賣頭發(fā)之前有1美元87美分，對于買禮物來說這些錢太少了，由此可推出賣頭發(fā)的錢遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過1美元87美分，排除AB兩項。故選C。

【2】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中The door opened, and Jim stepped in. His expression（表情）was strange after seeing Della.可知，臉上的表情有些奇怪，由此可知，Jim看到后有些驚訝，故選B。

【3】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中Instead of obeying（服從）, Jim put his hands under the back of his head and smiled.....可以推斷出，Jim沒有拿出手表，而是笑了笑，可能是因為他把手表賣了，然后用錢給妻子買了梳子，故選A。

【4】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中There were two things that Jim and Della really loved. One was Jim’s gold watch that had been his grandfather’s. The other was Della’s hair.以及文章后面的介紹可知，Della和Jim兩個人是很相愛的，他們實際上擁有了對方最真的愛就是他們最好的禮物，故選C。

【5】

主旨大意題。根據(jù)整個文章的理解可知，夫妻兩個人為了給對方買圣誕節(jié)禮物，分別賣掉了自己心愛的東西，由此襯托出，愛是無價的，是無私的，故選B。