Question

One year ago, I worked at a Chinese traditional medicine store. Business was not bad. Every day we mixed  (混合）medicinal herbs(中药) for patients, so the store was always full of a strong herbal smell. After I had worked there for a time, a boy of 13 or 14 started coming and sitting on the stairs outside the store for a while every day. It seemed strange to me.

“Do you like the herbal smell?” I asked him one day.

“I grew up with this kind of smell,” he said. He told me that his mother took herbal medicine for years, so he could mix herbs for his mother when he was very young. He mixed the herbs with deep love, hoping his mother would get better as soon as possible.

“Is your mother well now? I asked.

He shook his head. “My mother passed away（去世）three years ago.” Looking up into the sky, he went on: “When I first passed by here and smelled the herbs, I thought of my mother. It is comforting to remember those days when she was alive. So I come here every day to sit for a moment. When I sit around this smell, I feel as if my mother is still alive and is waiting for her medicine in her room.

1.The writer felt ________ when seeing a boy sitting on the stairs at the beginning of the story.

A. strange              B. angry

C. excited             D. bored

2.The boy grew up with the smell of the herbs because ______________________.

A. he liked go play with herbs.

B. he studied at a herbal medicine store

C. his family had a herbal medicine store

D. he often mixed herbs for his mother

3.The boy’s mother passed away when he was_________ years old.

A. 6 or 7             B. about 10

C. 13 or 14           D. about 16

4.We can tell from the story the boy ______________.

A. used to take herbal medicine

B. missed his mother very much

C. wanted to make friends with the writer

D. hoped to make friends with the writer

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了作者在一家中药店工作，每天都有难闻的中药味，可是他看见一个小男孩每天来这里坐一坐。小男孩告诉作者他妈妈吃中药好多年了，他习惯了中药的气味。他的妈妈三年前去世了，他为了怀念妈妈才来这里的。

1.It seemed strange to me.”可知作者感到奇怪。故选A。

2.He told me that his mother took herbal medicine for years, so he could mix herbs for his mother when he was very young.”可知他的妈妈吃中药好多年了，从很小的时候，他就为妈妈熬药。故选D。

3.推理判断题。根据文中说一个十三、四岁的小男孩，又说道他的妈妈在三年前去世了，可推断那时小男孩是10岁左右。故选B。

4.When I sit around this smell, I feel as if my mother is still alive and is waiting for her medicine in her room.”可知他坐在这儿闻着中药的气味，就像妈妈仍然活着。可推知小男孩想念妈妈。故选B。

考点：考查故事类阅读。