Question

Minnie's flat, as the one-floor resident apartments were then being called, was in a part of West Van Buren Street inhabited by families of laborers and clerks, men who had come, and were still coming, with the rush of population pouring in at the rate of 50,000 a year. It was on the third floor, the front windows looking down into the street, where, at night, the lights of grocery stores were shining and children were playing. To Carrie, the sound of the little bells upon the horse-cars, as they tinkled in and out of hearing, was as pleasing as it was novel. She

gazed into the lighted street when Minnie brought her into the front room, and wondered at the sounds, the movement, the murmur of the vast city which stretched for miles and miles in everydirection.

Mrs. Hanson, after the first greetings were over, gave Carrie the baby and proceeded to get supper. Her husband asked a few questions and sat down to read the evening paper. He was a silent man, American born, of a Swede father, and now employed as a cleaner of refrigerator cars at the stock-yards. To him the presence or absence of his wife's sister was a matter of indifference. Her personal appearance did not affect him one way or the other. His one

observation to the point was concerning the chances of work in Chicago.

"It's a big place," he said. "You can get in somewhere in a few days. Everybody does."

It had been understood beforehand that she was to get work and pay her board. He was of a clean, saving character, and had already paid a number of monthly installments(分期付款）on two pieces of land far out on the West Side. His ambition was some day to build a house on them.

In the interval which marked the preparation of the meal Carrie found time to study the flat. She had some slight gift of observation and that sense, so rich in every woman-intuition.

She felt the drag of a lean and narrow life. The walls of the rooms were improperly papered. The floors were covered with matting and the hall laid with a thin rag carpet. One could see that the furniture was of that poor, hurriedly patched together quality sold by the installment houses.

She sat with Minnie, in the kitchen, holding the baby until it began to cry. Then she walked and sang to it, until Hanson, disturbed in his reading, came and took it. A pleasant side to his nature came out here. He was patient. One could see that he paid enough attention to his baby.

"Now, now," he said, walking. "There, there," and there was a certain Swedish accent

noticeable in his voice.

"You'll want to see the city first, won't you?" said Minnie, when they were eating. "Well, we'll go out Sunday and see Lincoln Park.

Carrie noticed that Hanson had said nothing to this. He seemed to be thinking of something else.

"Well," she said, "I think I'll look around tomorrow. I've got Friday and Saturday, and it won't be any trouble. Which way is the business part?"

Minnie began to explain, but her husband took this part of the conversation to himself.

"It's that way," he said, pointing east. "That's east." Then he went off into the longest speech he had yet taken part in, concerning the lay of Chicago. "You'd better look in those big manufacturing houses along Franklin Street and just the other side of the river," he concluded. "Lots of girls work there. You could get home easy, too. It isn't very far."

Carrie nodded and asked her sister about the neighborhood. The latter talked in a soft tone, telling the little she knew about it, while Hanson concerned himself with the baby. Finally he jumped up and handed the child to his wife.

1.The first paragraph mainly describes＿＿

A. the surroundings around the Hansons' flat 　

B. the scenes in West Van Buren Street

C．what Mr. and Mrs. Hanson's flat looked like 　

D. the nightlife of West Van Buren Street

2. From the passage we can learn that Mr. Hanson＿＿·

A. was glad at Carrie's arrival’　

B. cared little about his child

C. was unfamiliar with Chicago 　

D. tried hard to live a better life

3.We can draw a conclusion from the passage that＿＿．

A. Minnie's house was very well furnished

B. Carrie was a sensitive girl with ambition

C. Carrie came to look after her nephew

D. Minnie and her husband got on very well

4. Which of the following shows the right order of the events in the story?

a. Carrie observed the Hansons' flat.

b. Mr. Hanson handed his baby to Minnie.

c. Minnie told Carrie about their neighborhood.

d. Carrie sang to the baby to stop it from crying.

e. Mr. Hanson explained the business part to Minnie.

f. Minnie gave Carrie the baby and proceeded to get supper.

A. c-a-f-e-d-b B. a-c-f-eb-d 　

C.f-a-d-e-c-b D.f-e-a-b-c-d

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析: 本文是嘉莉妹妹的文章節(jié)選，講述的是貧窮對于人性的考驗(yàn)。

1.A 段落大意。第一段主要講述嘉莉的姐姐敏妮住的是公寓，那是當(dāng)時(shí)對占據(jù)一個(gè)樓面的套房的稱呼。公寓在西凡布侖街，是個(gè)工人和職員的居民區(qū)。這些人來自外地，現(xiàn)在還不斷有人搬來。芝加哥的人口以每年五萬人的速度驟增。她的房間在三樓。前屋的窗子臨街可知房子周圍的環(huán)境如何，故選A項(xiàng)

2.D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段提到He was of a clean, saving character, and had already paid a number of monthly installments(分期付款）on two pieces of land far out on the West Side. His ambition was some day to build a house on them.可知他為人正直，生活節(jié)儉，在很遠(yuǎn)的芝加哥西區(qū)用分期付款的辦法定購了兩塊地皮，已經(jīng)付了幾個(gè)月了。他的野心是有朝一日在那地皮上蓋起一棟房子，故選D項(xiàng)。

3. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段提到She had some slight gift of observation and that sense, so rich in every woman-intuition. She felt the drag of a lean and narrow life.她有那么幾分觀察的天賦和女性特有的直覺。她意識到他們的日子很艱難，故選B項(xiàng)。

4. 排序題。根據(jù)文章發(fā)展的脈落，先是嘉莉的姐姐把孩子給了漢森，嘉莉觀察這個(gè)房子的周圍情況，嘉莉給小孩唱歌，漢森向她解釋他的野心，姐姐給她講述周圍的鄰居，漢森說他累了，把孩子遞給姐姐，上樓睡覺，故選C 項(xiàng)。

考點(diǎn)：人物類閱讀。