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【題目】When I was young, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood. I remember the shiny box on the wall. But I was too little to reach it. I could only listen to my mother talk on it.

I discovered that inside the-wonderful box lived an amazing person whose name was Information Please. There was nothing she did not know.

One day my mother went out. I accidentally hurt my finger when I was playing with a hammer. I walked around the house sucking my finger, finally seeing the telephone. Quickly I dragged a chair over and climbed up.

“Information Please, ”I spoke into the receiver. A click or two and a small clear voice spoke into my ear. “Information.”

“I hurt my finger…”I cried into the phone.

“Isn’t your mother home?” came the question.

“Nobody’s home but me.” I sobbed.

“Are you bleeding?” the voice asked.

“No,” I replied, “I hit my finger with the hammer and it hurts.”

“Can you open your icebox?” she asked. I said I could.

“Then take a little piece of ice and hold it to your finger.” said the voice.

After that, I called “Information Please” for everything. I asked her for help with my geography and she told me where Philadelphia was. She helped me with my math. She told me her name was Sally.

Then, there was the time my pet canary（金絲雀）died. I called “Information Please” and told Sally the sad story. “Why is it that birds sing so beautifully and bring joy to all families, only to end up as a pile of feathers?” She listened, then said quietly, “Paul, always remember that there are other worlds to sing in.” Somehow, I felt better.

One day when I called “Information Please” again, a different voice answered “Information.”

I asked for Sally. “Are you a friend?” she said.

“Yes,” I answered.

“I’m sorry to have to tell you this,” she said. “She died five days ago.” Before I could hang up she said, “Wait a minute. Did you say your name was Paul?”

“Yes.”

“Well, Sally left a message for you. The note said, ‘Tell him I still say there are other worlds to sing in. He’ll know what I mean.’” I thanked her and hung up. I knew what Sally meant.

【1】When the author hurt his finger, he rang because __________.

A. he believed that the telephone knew everything

B. the telephone could tell him a doctor’s number

C. his mother was on the other end of the telephone

D. he was once told to ask for help in this way

【2】Through the help from Sally, it can be inferred that __________.

A. Sally was a geography teacher

B. Sally was the author’s friend

C. Sally was a considerate person

D. Sally was an imaginary person

【3】What did Sally really mean by her message?

A. She was sure that she could sing in other worlds.

B. She didn’t want Paul to be sad about her death.

C. Singing helped Paul to face death more easily.

D. There was no need for Paul to call her anymore.

【4】What is the best title for this passage?

A. My Pet’s Death

B. An Amazing Woman

C. A Healing Message

D. My Magic Box

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】試題分析：本文講述了電話接線員Sally和“我”之間的深厚友誼。在我無助的時候，我總是向她求助她幫助了我很多。甚至在她去世以后，仍然不忘給我留言安慰我不要太難過。

【1】A 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段I discovered that inside the wonderful box lived an amazing person whose name was Information Please. There was nothing she did not know. 可知作者發(fā)現(xiàn)在盒子里有一個名叫Information Please的人，她似乎什么事情都知道。所以在我受傷以后，我才會想起去打電話向“她”求助。故A正確。

【2】C 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第六段：“I hurt my finger…” I cried into the phone. “Isn’t your mother home?” came the question. “Nobody’s home but me.” I sobbed. “Are you bleeding?” the voice asked. “No,” I replied. “I hit my finger with the hammer and it hurts.” “Can you open your icebox?” she asked. I said I could. “Then take a little piece of ice and hold it to your finger.” Said the voice.從他們之間的對話內(nèi)容可知Sally很耐心地指導(dǎo)“我”如何處理自己的傷口。說明她是一個很體貼細致的人。ABD三項從文章中都看不到證據(jù)。故C正確。

【3】B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第八段She listened, then said quietly, “Paul, always remember that there are other worlds to sing in.” Somehow I felt better.這是當(dāng)“我”的金絲雀死掉的時候Sally安慰我的話。金絲雀在另外一個世界去唱歌了。后來她給我的留言中也使用了這句話，同樣也是在安慰我，不希望我太難受。故B正確。

【4】D 標(biāo)題概括題。家里的電話一直掛在墻上的盒子里，有一次我手指受傷求助電話。從此我就和這個盒子里的Sally接下來友誼直至她去世。她給了我很多幫助和安慰。D項“My Magic Box”與文章第一段“I remember the shiny box on the wall.”相聯(lián)系。而且很醒目，能吸引讀者。ABC三項與文章內(nèi)容并沒有太大的關(guān)系。