Question

Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站)about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.

I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery(电池)was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership - a shop selling cars - was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.

“Thank you” - two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.

1.The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “______”.

A. turned offB. moved offC. put upD. set up

2.What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

A. He had it pulled back to the gas station.

B. The couple sent him a business card.

C. The couple offered to help him.

D. He called his friend for help.

3.The battery of the author’s car was dead because_______.

A. something went wrong with the lights   

B. the meeting lasted a whole day

C. he forgot to turn off the lights

D. he drove too long a distance

4.By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show______.

A. how to write a thank-you letter

B. how to deal with car problems

C. the kind-heartedness of older people

D. the importance of expressing thanks

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析: 一句感谢的话，说起来并不难，但人们有时却懒得说、不屑说、不愿意说或者忘记说。殊不知，就是这样一声谢谢，送去的是尊重，得到的却是真情。在本文中作者通过讲述自己经历的两件事向读者表明了这个道理。

1.词义猜测题。在上文作者提到在加油站给汽车加油，然后再根据….but had gone only a few miles when…可知作者离开加油站继续赶路，由此推断“took off”意思是“离去”,故答案B。

2.细节理解题。从文章第二段内容可知作者的车出了故障后，是他在加油站见过的那对老年夫妇帮助了他，把他送到了朋友家，故答案选C。

3.细节理解题。根据文章第四段In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery(电池)was dead.可知因为作者忘了关掉车灯而将汽车的电池耗完了，故答案选C。

4.推理判断题。在文中作者讲述了两个故事，在每个故事的结尾都提到了对方因作者写的感谢信而受到感动，然后在文章末尾作者又用“Thank you” - two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.进一步深化主题，由此判断作者的写作目的是为了向读者说明向别人表示感谢的重要性。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。