Question

About 3 months ago, my father was in hospital recovering from a major lung operation. My mother had recently passed away, and my father had taken the loss of his partner of 58 years very hard and had lost interest in life. It was quite difficult to try to get him to eat each day as he didn’t want anything. The one thing, however, that he would ask us to bring him was ice cream.

One evening, to our surprise, he refused to eat the ice cream, so I placed it in a staffroom refrigerator. A little while later, my son said he wanted it, so I fetched it for him. As I passed another ward (病房), a woman asked, “Are there more where that came from?” When I explained, she seemed very disappointed. She then said that she had cancer and could eat very little other than the occasional ice cream.

The next evening, I decided to buy two ice creams. On the way to dad’s room, I came into the sick woman’s room, and offered her the ice cream I’d bought for her. She was totally astonished that I had thought of her, and accepted the gift with tears in her eyes. I spoke with her for a few minutes, explaining what was happening in my family and listened to her similar story of pain and suffering. It was obvious that she did not have many visitors.

I repeated the gesture a few days later, and this time I received a warm hug. I never even thought to ask her name and never saw her again, but it made me realize that a simple act of kindness can bring joy to a person’s unfortunate life.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

1.Why it was difficult to try the author’s father to eat food?

A. Because his father has being recovering from a major lung operation.

B. Because his father can’t eat food just after a major lung operation.

C. Because his mother passed away and his father lost interest in life.

D. Because his father was very weak.

2.What is meaning of the word underline in this passage?

A． 伤心的     B. 困惑的

C. 寂寞的      D. 显然的

3.Which is the best title of this story?

A. A Ice Cream       B. A Woman’s Unfortunate Life

C. A Warm Hug        D. A simple act of kindness

4.Which is TRUE according to this passage?

A. One evening the author’s father didn’t want to eat anything except ice cream.

B. When the author passed the woman’s ward, he gave an ice cream to the woman.

C. The woman had cancer but few people to look after her.

D. The author knew the woman a long time ago and they kept in touch with each other.

5.Form this passage we can learn that                          .

A. We should look after the old when they suffer some cancer

B. It is very easy to make someone happy when they are unlucky.

C. If we buy some present, we’ll get a warm hug at last.

D.If someone has a cancer, he won’t eat anything except ice cream.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：妈妈去世了，父亲失去了生活的兴趣，不想吃饭，偶尔会吃一个冰激凌。作者得知一位身患癌症的女病人没人照顾，也想吃冰激凌，给她买了两次，令她大为感动。勿以善小而不为。

1.文章第一段第二句话可知，我妈妈去世了，父亲失去了生活的兴趣，不想吃饭。所以选C。

2.词意推测题。根据It was obvious that she did not have many visitors.前后可知，通过交流了解了彼此的情况，显而易见那位女病人没有多少来看她的人，其它选项不合适，所以选D。

3.主旨大意题。根据文章最后一句话可知，文章要表达的意思是，一个简单的善举给一个不幸的人带来了快乐。所以选D。

4.推理判断题。根据It was obvious that she did not have many visitors.前后可知，父亲有时会要冰激凌吃。这天晚上父亲有不吃了。当他路过那位妇女的病房时，他被询问冰激凌的事，后来专门买给她；通过谈话才知道她的情况。 她身患癌症，又没人照顾。所以选C。

5.5】推理判断题。根据文章最后可知，作者给素不相识的女病人买了两次冰激凌，令她大为感动。说明人在不幸的时候，哪怕是一个小小的善举都会倍受感动。所以选B。

考点：社会类短文阅读。