Question

During my stay at an orphanage (孤兒院) at the age of 9, a gentleman came and taught us how to do wooden art pieces.

I remember my first project—a small table. I was so proud of it that I regarded it as a wonder. It was beautiful and it took me six weeks to finish it. I could hardly wait to give it to Mother Winters as a gift. She was always strict with us.

As the tables were not dry from the clear coating, the man told us to wait a few days before taking them to our dormitories(寢室). But I was just so happy that I couldn’t wait to carry my table back, smiling from ear to ear.

When I reached the dormitory, I placed the little table beside my bed. When Mother Winters entered, I was admiring it.

“Were you supposed to bring this home?” she asked.

“No, ma’am,” I replied with my head down.

She ordered me to throw the table out and so I did. After she left, I immediately opened the door to get it back. It was dirty all over. I brushed it and cried, but the dirt would not come off. I hid the table in my closet. However, a year later during a cleaning-up, it was discovered. Painfully, I had to give the table to Mother Winters, thinking that she would throw it away.

Thirty years later at a party, I learned that Mother Winters was living nearby, so I drove up to see her. We talked cheerfully for long. As I was about to leave, she asked me to come down to her basement(地下室) to get something important. I followed her into a dark corner. She picked something up. As she turned around, I could see that she was holding a little table.

Mother Winters kept the little table that I had given up for lost so long ago.

Today, I look at that table with bittersweet memories but full of thanks to Mother Winters, who kept the table for a young orphan who valued it so much.

1.It was ________ for the writer when she finished the wooden small table.

A. exciting B. worrying C. thankful D. painful

2.Why did Mother Winters order the writer to throw the table out?

A. Because the table was dirty.

B. Because the writer broke the rule.

C. Because she didn’t like the table.

D. Because she didn’t like the writer.

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. It took the writer seven weeks to finish the small table.

B. The writer cried before she got her small table back.

C. The writer hid the table in her closet for many years.

D. Mother Winters kept the small table for a long time.

4.The writer is trying to tell us Mother Winters was ________ according to the passage.

A. poor and rude B. kind and poor

C. kind but strict D. funny but strict

1.A 2.B 3.D 4.C 【解析】作者講述了自己在孤兒院的一段經(jīng)歷，作者在9歲的時候，一個紳士來孤兒院教他們?nèi)绾巫瞿局扑囆g(shù)品。作者花了六個星期的時間做了一張小桌子，它很漂亮，作者為它感到驕傲，把它看作是奇跡。因為小桌子表面的涂層未干，這個男人告訴我們，等幾天再把他們帶到宿舍。但作者實在是太高興了，笑得合不攏嘴，作者迫不及待地想把她的桌子帶回去。當(dāng)作者到達宿舍時，作者把...

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