Question

When my first wartime Christmas came, I was in basic training in New Jersey and not sure if I could make it home for the holidays. Only on the afternoon of December 23 was the list of men who would have three-day holidays posted. I was one of the lucky soldiers. It was Christmas eve when I arrived home, and a light snow had fallen. Mother opened the front door. I could see beyond her, into the corner of the living room where the tree had always stood. There were lights, all colors, and ornaments (装饰物) shining against the green of a pine. “Where did it come from?” I asked.

“I asked the Gates boy to cut it,” my mother said. “I wouldn’t have had one just for myself, such a rush！He just brought it in this afternoon…” The pine reached to the proper height, almost to the ceiling, and the tree top crystal star was in its place. A few green branches reached about a little awkwardly at the side, I thought, and there was a bit of bare trunk showing in the middle. But the tree filled the room with warm light and the whole house with the pleasant smell of Christmas. “It’s not like the one you used to find,” my mother went on. “Yours were always in good shape. I suppose the Gates boy didn’t know where to look for a good one. But I couldn’t be fussy (挑剔的)．”

“Don’t worry,” I told her. “It’s perfect.” It wasn’t, of course, but at the moment I realized something for the first time: all Christmas trees are perfect．

1.From the passage, we can infer that ______．

A．the writer spent his first Christmas during the war

B．soldiers did not all go home for Christmas during the war

C．all the soldiers had three-day holidays

D．the writer could not go home for Christmas

2.When the writer got home, ______．

A．it was December 23th

B．it was snowing heavily

C．he found a Christmas tree in the living room

D．the Gates boy was cutting a Christmas tree for his mother

3.From this passage，we can conclude that ______．

A．the writer used to cut very beautiful Christmas trees

B．his mother didn’t like perfect trees

C．his mother didn’t want to have a tree

D．the writer wouldn’t have a tree cut by someone else

4.“All Christmas trees are perfect”，because they can remind you of ______．

A．the wartime	B．the green of a pine
C．the pleasant smell	D．the sweet home

5.The best title for this passage would be “______”．

A．How to Choose a Christmas Tree

B．How Soldiers Spent Christmas

C．The Perfect Christmas Tree

D．The Christmas Without a Tree

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.C

【解析】

1.推测题。根据文章开头not sure if I could make it home for the holidays. Only on the afternoon of December 23 was the list of men who would have three-day holidays posted. I was one of the lucky soldiers.可知，一般情况下士兵不是所有人都可以回家过年的。

2.细节题。根据I could see beyond her， into the corner of the living room where the tree had always stood．There were lights，all colors，and ornaments(装饰物)shining against the green of a pine．可知是一棵松树。

3.推断题。根据第二段开头I asked the Gates boy to cut it以及整个段落写了树需要修剪，而且在这一段最后提到了以前作者修树的情况，所以选择A。

4.细节题。根据文章最后一段可知，虽然说树不尽完美，但是对于一个在外当兵的人来说想到树就会勾起一段回忆，想到温馨的家，所以选择D项。

5.主旨题。根据文章开头讲作者有幸回家过年，最后又提到树其实不完美，但是对于一个身在外当兵人来说就是完美的，所以选择C较为合适。