12.Our first year in New York we rented a small apartment with a Catholic school nearby,taught by Sisters Charity,handsome women in long black gowns and hats.I liked them a lot,especially my grandmotherly fourth grade teacher,Sister Zoe.I had a lovely name,she said,and she had me teach the whole class how to pronounce it.Yo-lan-da.As the only immigrant in my class,I was put in a special seat in the first row by the window,apart from the other children so that Sister Zoe could tutor me without disturbing them.Slowly,she pronounced the new words I was to repeat:laundromat,cornflakes,subway,snow.
Soon I picked up enough English to understand horrible wars were in the air.Russian missiles were being collected and brought together,trained supposedly on New York City.On the television,President Kennedy,looking worried,was explaining we might have to go to war against the enemies.At school,we had air-raid drills:a worrying bell would go off and we'd move into the hall,fall to the floor,cover our heads with our coats,and imagine our hair falling out,the bones in our arms going soft.At home,Mami and my sisters and I prayed for world peace.In class I heard new vocabulary:nuclear bomb,radioactive fallout,bomb shelter.Sister Zoe explained how it would happen.She drew on the blackboard a picture of a mushroom and a cloud of dusty fallout that would kill us all.
The months grew cold,November,December.It was dark when I got up in the morning,and frosty when I followed my breath to school.One morning as I sat at my desk daydreaming,out the window,I saw dots in the air like the ones Sister Zoe had drawn-random at first,then lots and lots.I screamed,"Bomb!Bomb!"Sister Zoe moved around,her full black skirt ballooning as she hurried to my side.A few girls began to cry.
But then Sister Zoe's shocked look faded."Why,Yolanda dear,that's snow!"She laughed."Snow.""Snow,"I repeated.I looked out the window cautiously.All my life I had heard about the white snow that fell out of American skies in the winter.From my desk I watched the fine powder dust the sidewalk and parked cars below.Each flake(雪花) was different,Sister Zoe had said,like a person,irreplaceable and beautiful.
24.According to Paragraph 1,which of the following words can best describe Sister Zoe?D
A.Devoted.
B.Faithful.
C.Ambitious.
D.Considerate.
25.In Paragraph2,the writer told us awful wars were coming byD.
A.analyzing causes
B.listing vocabulary
C.making comparisons
D.describing scenes
26.Why did the writer scream suddenly on that December morning?C
A.Because she heard bombs exploding.
B.Because she mistakenly caused a panic.
C.Because she thought bombs were coming.
D.Because she got excited about the snowfall.
27.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?A
A.Snow
B.Bomb
C.New York Life
D.Sister Zoe's Experience.
分析 本文是一篇故事類閱讀.主要講述了作者在紐約學習時發(fā)生的事.當時戰(zhàn)爭快要爆發(fā),她的老師Sister Zoe給她講塵土飛揚的點狀物質可能就會殺死人.在一個早晨作者把雪誤當成了老師講的那種點狀物質,就大叫起來.她的老師Sister Zoe抱著學生們告訴他們窗外飄舞的是雪,每一片雪花都是不同的,像人一樣美麗而不可替代.
解答 24-27 DDCA
24.D.推理判斷題.根據"I was put in a special seat in the first row by the window,apart from the other children so that Sister Zoe could tutor me without disturbing them."可知Sister Zoe老師是一個考慮周到的人.故選D.
25.D.推理判斷題.根據"At school,we had air-raid drills:a worrying bell would go off and we'd move into the hall,fall to the floor,cover our heads with our coats,and imagine our hair falling out,the bones in our arms going soft.At home,Mami and my sisters and I prayed for world peace.In class I heard new vocabulary:nuclear bomb,radioactive fallout,bomb shelter.".可知在第二段作者是通過描述一些在學校和家里發(fā)生的事情來告訴我們可怕的戰(zhàn)爭要來啦.故選D.
26.C.細節(jié)理解題.根據"One morning as I sat at my desk daydreaming,out the window,I saw dots in the air like the ones Sister Zoe had drawn-random at first,then lots and lots.I screamed,"Bomb!Bomb!"可知作者在那個十二月的早晨突然尖叫是因為她覺得炸彈要來了.故選C.
27.A.主旨大意題.根據"Each flake(雪花) was different,Sister Zoe had said,like a person,irreplaceable and beautiful"并聯(lián)系上下文可知Snow是這篇文章最好的題目.故選A.
點評 本文是一篇故事類閱讀.主要講述了作者在紐約學習時發(fā)生的事.此類題目主要考查學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力.細節(jié)理解題是針對文中某個細節(jié)、某句話或某部分具體內容設置問題,所以在做細節(jié)理解題時要結合原文和提干有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析,再結合選項選出正確答案.在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.在做主旨大意題時考生首先要仔細閱讀短文,完整了解信息,準確把握作者觀點,確定主旨.