Question

I first heard this story a few years ago from a girl. Probably the story is one of those mysterious bits of folklore that reappear every few years. However, I still like to think that it really did happen, somewhere, sometime.
They were going to Fort Lauderdale-- three boys and three girls -- and when they boarded the bus, they were carrying sandwiches and wine, dreaming of golden beaches and sea tides as the gray, cold spring of New York vanished behind them.
As the bus passed through New Jersey, they began to notice Vingo. He sat in front of them, dressed in a plain ill-fitting suit, never moving, his dusty face masking his age. He kept chewing the inside of his lip a lot, frozen into complete silence.
Deep into the night, the bus pulled into Howard Johnson's, and everybody got off except Vingo. He sat rooted in his seat, and the young people began to wonder about him: perhaps he was a sea captain, a runaway from his wife, an old soldier going home. When they went back to the bus, one of the girls sat beside him and introduced herself.
¨We're going to Florida," she said brightly. “I hear it's really beautiful. "
"It is," he said quietly, as if remembering something he had tried to forget.
“Want some wine?" she said. He thanked her and retreated again into his silence. After a while, she went back to the others, and Vingo nodded in sleep.
In the morning, they awoke outside another Howard Johnson's, and this time Vingo went in. The girl insisted that he join them. He seemed very shy, and ordered black coffee and smoked nervously as the young people chattered about sleeping on beaches. When they returned to the bus, the girl sat with Vingo again, and after a while, slowly and painfully, he began to tell his story. He had been in jail in New York for the past four years, and now he was going home.
¨Are you married?"
“I don't know. "
“You don’t know?" she said.
“Well, when I was in jail I wrote to my wife," he said. ¨‘I told her that I was going to be away a long time, and that if she couldn't stand it, if the kids kept asking questions, she could just forget me. I'd understand. Get a new guy, I said - she's a wonderful woman – and forget about me. I told her she didn't have to write me. And she didn't. Not for three and a half years. "
"And you're going home now, not knowing?"
" Yeah," he said shyly. ‘‘Last week, when I was sure the parole was coming through, I wrote her again. There's a big oak tree just as you come into town, I told her that if she didn't have a new guy and if she'd take me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and I'd get off and come home. If she didn't want me, forget it - no handkerchief, and I'd go on through. "
"Wow," the girl exclaimed. "Wow. "
She told the others, and soon all of them were in it, caught up in the approach of Brunswick, looking at the pictures Vingo showed them of his wife and three children.
Now they were 20 miles from Brunswick, and the young people took over window seats, waiting for the approach of the great oak tree. Vingo stopped looking, tightening his face, as if fortifying himself against still another disappointment.
Then Brunswick was 10 miles, and then five. Then, suddenly, all of the young people were up out of their seats, screaming and shouting and crying. All except Vingo. Vingo sat there stunned, looking at the oak tree. It was covered with yellow handkerchiefs —20 of them, 30 of them, maybe hundreds. As the young people shouted, the old con slowly rose from his seat and made his way to the front of the bus to go home.
【小題1】According to the passage, which statement is TRUE?

A．The young people are travelling from Florida to New York.

B．Vingo was put in prison ten years ago, and now he was set free to go home.

C．The young people around Vingo were quite curious about his silence.

D．At last, Vingo went home together with the three boys and three girls.

【小題2】From the underlined sentences in Para 3, we can infer that _____.

A．Vingo was nervous because he didn't know whether his wife would accept him.

B．Vingo was very disappointed because his wife didn't answer his letter.

C．Vingo was very shy because he knew someone was watching him.

D．Vingo was excited because he could go home and meet his wife and children.

【小題3】The underlined word "fortify" in the passage has the same meaning as that in Sentence___.
A. The French soldiers are working hard to fortify airbase.
B. The food has been fortified with Vitamin C.
C. People in the whole city were fortified by the moving story about their hero.
D. We had to drink some more coffee to fortify ourselves for the journey.
【小題4】Which word do you think can best describe Vingo's wife?

A．humorous

B．loyal

C．generous

D．hard-working

【小題5】After reading the whole story, we can probably make a conclusion that_____.

A．Young people are always curious about everything new around them.

B．Home is always the first place a person wants to go.

C．Don’t laugh at a person who has no home.

D．It is impolite to ask questions about one's privacy that he or she doesn't want to tell.

【小題6】What's the best title for the passage?

A．A story of a poor man	B．The power of love
C．Help from strangers	D．Going home

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】C
【小題4】B
【小題5】B
【小題6】D

解析試題分析：文章主要講述了一個(gè)剛出獄的男子，在回家的路上的心理變化，當(dāng)離家越來越近的時(shí)候，他反而不敢往窗外看，因?yàn)楹ε旅鎸?duì)可能失去妻子孩子的現(xiàn)實(shí)，當(dāng)看到滿樹的黃手帕?xí)r，Vingo心中的石頭落了地，他安心的往家走去。
【小題1】根據(jù)“cold spring of New York vanished behind them...We're going to Florida”可知，A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)“He had been in jail in New York for the past four years,”可知，B項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)“the old con slowly rose from his seat and made his way to the front of the bus to go home”可知，只有Vingo自己下車回家了，品嘗D；根據(jù)“and soon all of them were in it, caught up in the approach of Brunswick, looking at the pictures Vingo showed them of his wife and three children.”可知，大家對(duì)Vingo都很好奇。故選C。
【小題2】劃線部分是對(duì)Vingo的外貌的描寫，Vingo衣衫不整，臉上的灰塵掩蓋他真實(shí)的年齡，他不停地咬著嘴唇，完全陷入寂靜中。根據(jù)“if she'd take me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and I'd get off and come home. If she didn't want me, forget it - no handkerchief, and I'd go on through.”可知，Vingo不確定妻子是否在等他，因此，他很焦急。故選A。
【小題3】“Vingo stopped looking, tightening his face, as if fortifying himself against still another disappointment.”Vingo停止看窗外，神色緊張，似乎在加強(qiáng)自我保護(hù)，不要再次面對(duì)失望。fortify在這里是“加強(qiáng)，強(qiáng)化”的意思。A“加固防御工事”；B添加；C強(qiáng)化；D“補(bǔ)充體力”。故選C。
【小題4】根據(jù)“yellow handkerchiefs —20 of them, 30 of them, maybe hundreds”可知，Vingo的妻子一直在等他回來，表現(xiàn)出了對(duì)愛情、對(duì)丈夫的忠誠(chéng)。故選B。
【小題5】根據(jù)“He had been in jail in New York for the past four years, and now he was going home. ...made his way to the front of the bus to go home”可知，Vingo出獄后想到的第一件事就是回家，當(dāng)看到橡樹上掛滿了黃色手帕?xí)r，他的內(nèi)心一定很興奮。家是一個(gè)人的避風(fēng)港，無論走到哪里，心中永遠(yuǎn)都裝著對(duì)家的思念。A太絕對(duì)，C、D與題無關(guān)。故選B。
【小題6】歸納文章標(biāo)題。文章主要講述了一個(gè)剛出獄的男子，歸心似箭，在車上表現(xiàn)出了異常的緊張和寂靜。從入獄時(shí)給家里寫的信，到出獄時(shí)對(duì)家的牽掛，都能看出，Vingo很看重他的家和家人。Vingo的回家，與其他幾個(gè)孩子的出行形成鮮明的對(duì)比。故選D。
考點(diǎn)：人物故事類短文閱讀