Question

I arrived at my mother’s home for our Monday family dinner. The smells of food flew over from the kitchen. Mother was pulling out quilt after quilt from the boxes, proudly showing me their beauties. She was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church. When we began to fold and put them back into the boxes, I noticed something at the bottom of one box. I pulled it out. “What is this?” I asked.

“Oh?” Mom said, “That’s Mama’s quilt.”

I spread the quilt. It looked at if a group of school children had pieced it together; irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked line on the right.

“Grandmother made this?” I said, surprised. My grandmother was a master at making quilts. This certainly didn’t look like any of the quilts she had made.

“Yes, right before she died. I brought it home with me last year and made some changes,” she said. “I’m still working on it. See, this is what I’ve done so far.”

I looked at it more closely. She had made straight a crooked line. At the center of the quilt, she had stitched(缝) a piece of cloth with these words:  “My mother made many quilts. She didn’t get all lines straight. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt.”

“Oh, this is so nice, Mom,” I said. It occurred to me that by completing my grandmother’s quilt, my mother was honoring her own mother. I realized, too, that I held in my hands a family treasure. It started with the loving hands of one woman, and continued with the loving hands of another.

1.Why did the author go to mother’s home?

A. To see her mother’s quilts.

B. To help prepare for a show.

C. To get together for the family dinner.

D. To discuss her grandmother’s life.

2.The author was surprised because      .

A. the quilt looked very strange.

B. her grandmother liked the quilt.

C. the quilt was the best she had seen.

D. her mother had made some changes

3.The underlined wood “crooked” in the passage most probably means       .

A. unfinished

B. broken

C. bent

D. unusual

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. A Quilt Show

B. Mother’s Home

C. A Monday Dinner

D. Grandmother’s Quilt

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文通过介绍妈妈重新改动奶奶的做的一床被子来说明家人之间的爱是人世间最宝贵的事物。

1.C 细节理解题。根据第一句I arrived at my mother’s home for our Monday family dinner.可知我到妈妈家是进行家庭聚餐的故C正确。

2.A 推理判断题。根据文章第三段I spread the quilt. It looked at if a group of school children had pieced it together; irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked line on the right.可知这条被子很奇怪，好像是小学生缝起来的，有不规则的图案，孩子气的图片。说明这条被子看起来很奇怪。故A正确。

3.C 词义猜测题。根据倒数第二段第二句She had made straight a crooked line.说明本句中的straight与crooked属于反义词，妈妈把一条a crooked line的线弄直了。说明该词表示“bent弯曲的”，再根据本句if a group of school children had pieced it together; irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked line on the right.可知这条被子似乎是小孩子缝起来的，有不规则的图案，孩子气的图片。小孩子缝被子的线通常都是弯曲的。再次证明C项正确。

4.D 标题概括题。本题属于主旨大意题，通过介绍妈妈重新改动奶奶的做的一床被子来说明家人之间的爱是人世间最宝贵的事物。ABC三项与文章主旨无关，D项正确。

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