Question

Thanks to an online activity and a stranger with a strong sense of romance and a strong will, an old box full of 70-year-old love letters was returned to its very first owner.

Twenty years ago, a woman named Cherry Vallance got the letters from her neighbor who found them in the top floor of his house and wanted to  throw them away. Luckily, they ended up in Cherry’s house where they were once again forgotten until her daughter, Kim Rowe, discovered them again.

The letters were from 1948 and 1949 and were about the first romance between Norma Hall in Kent, England and Bob Beasley, a soldier fighting overseas. That was the only information she had, but Kim heard a lot of moving stories about people and things being found through Facebook years later. She posted the story online.

The Internet found Norma Beasley living in Lincoln, England. She was so surprised to find that her loved love letters still lived in the world, and that they were in the same old box.

The moment makes people smile and also full of tears, though. Norma says she hasn’t looked at the letters yet. Bob passed away late last year, and she is still not ready to face the letters alone.

1.The love letters have a history of ________.

A.70 years B.20 years C.50 years D.only one year

2.________decided to find the owner of the love letters.

A.Cherry Vallance B.Kim Rowe C.Norma Hall D.Bob Beasley

3.From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4, we know that ________.

A.the letters were dirty B.the old box was very strong

C.the letters were kept well D.the old box wasn’t very pretty

4.What happened to Bob Beasley?

A.He moved to a new house. B.He had left the world.

C.He lost his way home. D.He went to another country.

5.According to the passage, which of the following sentences is NOT TRUE?

A.Norma Hall isn’t Kim Rowe’s grandmother.

B.Norma Beasley is the owner of the love letters.

C.Norma Hall got married to Bob Beasley.

D.Norma Hall has lived in Lincoln since 1948.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了基姆发现了七十多年前的情书，在网络上发起寻找情书主人的活动，让七十年前的情书找到了它们的原主人。

1.细节理解题。根据“an old box full of 70-year-old love letters …its very first owner.”可知，这个信箱里的情书已经有70年的历史了。故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段“they ended up…discovered them again.”以及第三段一整段，可知是基姆·罗韦再次发现了情书并且把信息放在网上。故选B。

3.推理判断题。根据划线部分“still lived in the world”以及“they were in the same old box”可推知，这些信都还好好地保存在同样的旧盒子里。故选C。

4.细节理解题。根据“Bob passed away late last year”可知，鲍勃去年去世了。故选B。

5.推理判断题。根据“The Internet found Norma Beasley”可知，诺玛和基姆是网络认识的，属于陌生人，不是基姆的祖母，A正确；根据“The letters were … soldier fighting overseas.”可知这是诺玛和鲍勃之间的情书，属于诺玛的，B正确；开始诺玛的名字是Norma Hall，之后找到她的时候名字叫Norma Beasley，可推知她和鲍勃结婚，把姓改成男方的，C正确；根据“Norma Hall in Kent, England”可知，诺玛在1948年没有住在林肯郡，而是肯特郡，D错误。故选D。