She was dancing. My lame grandmother was dancing. I stood in the living room doorway, looking at her beautiful movements, absolutely shocked. She was the pet of the dancing world. And then she’d had her accident and it was all over. I had read that in an old newspaper article.
‘‘So… Your leg? I mean, how did your leg heal (恢復健全)?”
“To tell you the truth — my legs have been well all my life,” she sighed.
“But I don’t understand!” I said, “Your dancing career (事業(yè))… You pretended all these years?”
‘‘Very much so, and for a very good reason.”
She thought for a while and then continued. “We were talking about engagement (訂婚) when your grandfather had to go to war. I was so afraid of losing him that the only way I could stay normal was to dance. I put all my energy and time into practicing and I became very good. Critics praised me, the public loved me, but all I could feel was the ache in my heart, not knowing whether the love of my life would ever return. Then one day a letter came. There were only three sentences: ‘I have lost my leg. I am no longer a whole man and now give you back your freedom. It is best you forget about me.’’’
“I made my decision there and then. I traveled away from the city. When I returned I had bought myself a stick. I told everyone I had been in a car crash and that my leg would never completely heal again. My dancing days were over. No one doubted the story — I had learned to limp (一瘸一拐地走) convincingly before I returned home. And I made sure the first person to hear of my accident was a reporter I knew well. Then I traveled to the hospital. They had pushed your grandfather outside in his wheelchair. I took a deep breath, leaned on my stick and limped to him.”
“I showed him newspaper articles of my accident. ‘There is a whole life waiting for us out there! But I am not going to carry you. You are going to walk yourself.’”
“I limped a few steps toward him and showed him what I’d taken out of my pocket. ‘Now show me you are still a man.’ I said. He bent to take his stick from the ground and struggled out of that wheelchair. He managed it on his own and walked to me and never sat in a wheelchair again in his life.”
“What did you show him?” I had to know. Grandma looked at me and smiled. “Two engagement rings, of course. I had bought them the day after he left for the war and I was not going to waste them on any other man.”
【小題1】What does the underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refer to?
A.Her accident. | B.Her pet. | C.Her leg. | D.Her dancing career. |
A.e-f-b-a-d-c | B.f-e-a-c-b-d |
C.f-b-e-a-d-c | D.e-b-f-a-c-d |
A.Thoughtful and determined. | B.Unselfish but stubborn. |
C.Courageous but unreliable. | D.Sensitive and dishonest. |
A.The love of a disabled couple. | B.The grandmother’s unconditional love. |
C.The meaning of an engagement. | D.The grandfather’s brave story. |
【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】B
解析試題分析:
【小題1】D 推理題。根據第一段2,3行She was the pet of the dancing world. And then she’d had her accident and it was all over. I had read that in an old newspaper article.說明是一場事故毀了她的腿。讓她的舞蹈夢結束了,故it指她的舞蹈事業(yè)。故D正確。
【小題2】C 排序題。本題可以使用排除法,根據文章都兩部分可知爺爺去參軍,奶奶買了戒指等爺爺回來。在戰(zhàn)爭中爺爺失去了雙腿,奶奶假裝有了事故,鼓勵爺爺站起來接受新生活。故C正確。
【小題3】A 推理題。奶奶為了鼓勵爺爺勇敢面對新生活,不惜假裝腿瘸。而且堅持了很多年。說明她很堅定也很體貼別人。故A正確。
【小題4】B。這篇文章主要講的是奶奶的無條件的愛。
考點:考查情感類短文閱讀
點評:文章講述了奶奶和爺爺?shù)母腥说墓适拢瑸榱斯膭顮敔斦酒饋斫邮苄律,奶奶不惜假裝瘸腿,并放棄了自己最喜愛的舞蹈事業(yè)。讀完文章,我們不禁要為奶奶喝彩。
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When we reached Blao Pass, we saw a white 8 in front of us. We 9 down the pass. It seemed to us that the young girl in the white car did not want to be 10 as she was driving at full speed. Suddenly she lost 11 of her car; it turned to the left and crashed into the slope and 12 .
Quite frightened, we braked 13 and jumped out of our car. We turned her car over and pulled out the girl who was 14 in the car. The girl had narrowly escaped death. She was shivering like an aspen (白楊) leaf. In spite of her 15 , she looked very beautiful, just like an angel. When she had 16 from her panic, she timidly (膽小地) thanked us for having rescued her, then she looked at her flat 17 in despair.
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A.the spelling mistakes in the messages make her very annoyed |
B.only writing letters will bring friends and neighbors much closer |
C.she talks to plants more because no one shares her joys and sorrows |
D.gestures and the pen can express a lot more than the cold keyboard |
A.She has been separated from all his classmates many years. |
B.No doctors write prescriptions by hand because of computers. |
C.In communication, we should write more letters than send messages. |
D.Less shy than school girls, boys rarely write letters to their friends. |
A.the writer is a person full of emotions and treasures friendship and affections |
B.the writer becomes excited when she gets priceless gifts from other people |
C.her classmates would write to each other because they couldn’t send messages |
D.people put a smiley face at the end of a message just to show they are happy |
A.The writer wastes much time in reading many rubbish text messages every day. |
B.Few people can write letters well in modern society owing to texting messages. |
C.Now people are too busy to communicate with each other face to face often. |
D.The writer prefers personal communication rather than electronic equipment. |
A.Because she thinks the annoyance of reading text messages is originated from it. |
B.Because we have more options to keep in touch with each other than ever before. |
C.Because advanced technology partly takes the blame for lacking the human touch. |
D.Because she thinks humans today become colder with the development of society. |
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1. A.thoughts B.ideas C.suggestions D.stories
2. A.promising B.telling C.urging D.refusing
3. A.came true B.woke up C.took place D.broke out
4. A.back B.again C.slowly D.straight
5. A.at dusk B.at night C.at dawn D.at noon
6. A.disappeared B.unfolded C.grown D.developed
7. A.strange B.fresh C.high D.low
8. A.bus B.car C.dog D.cat
9. A.walked B.ran C.climbed D.sped
10. A.overtaken B.beaten C.discovered D.known
11. A.anger B.control C.life D.memory
12. A.left B.stopped C.returned D.overturned
13. A.highly B.successfully C.hard D.hardly
14. A.trapped B.locked C.thrown D.found
15. A.pleasure B.death C.shock D.wake
16. A.came B.recovered C.learned D.turned
17. A.tyre B.chair C.car D.leg
18. A.repair B.remove C.throw D.check
19. A.other B.new C.second-hand D.spare
20. A.journey B.voyage C.passage D.umbrella
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閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從36-55各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
Our holidays were coming to an end but we had not yet realized our plan to drive to Dalat. Our 36 about Dalat with its shining cherry blossoms (花) and scenic views were 37 us to start our journey.
Then one morning our dream 38 . We hired a car and drove 39 to Dalat early in the morning. Splendid landscapes 40 on either side of the road 41 before us. The refreshing morning breeze was caressing (撫摸) our skin and in 42 spirits we were singing merrily.
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37.A.promising B.telling C.urging D.refusing
38.A.came true B.woke up C.took place D.broke out
39.A.back B.again C.slowly D.straight
40.A.at dusk B.at night C.at dawn D.at noon
41.A.disappeared B.unfolded C.grown D.developed
42.A.strange B.fresh C.high D.low
43.A.bus B.car C.dog D.cat
44.A.walked B.ran C.climbed D.sped
45.A.overtaken B.beaten C.discovered D.known
46.A.anger B.control C.life D.memory
47.A.left B.stopped C.returned D.overturned
48.A.highly B.successfully C.hard D.hardly
49.A.trapped B.locked C.thrown D.found
50.A.pleasure B.death C.shock D.wake
51.A.came B.recovered C.learned D.turned
52.A.tyre B.chair C.car D.leg
53.A.repair B.remove C.throw D.check
54.A.other B.new C.second-hand D.spare
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