Question

When Iwas.in the third grade, we had a hunt at school. We gathered up chalk，pencils，stones, and so on, rapidly filling our checklists. It was a very close race. I was out of breath when I reachedthe clover (三叶草)patch in search of the last, most hard-to-find item: afour-leaf clover.

I was pretty sure that I was going to win. 1 have always been able to find four-leaf clovers. I just see them.

I spent my childhood collecting and pressing four-leaf clovers into books at my mother's house. I started with big cloth- and leather-bound books. When I ran out of romantically bound volumes, I began to put my treasures into anything I could find: fiction paperbacks, cookbooks. The same is true in my house today. Shake a book, and a papery treasure just might fall into your hand.

A few years ago, in Nova Scotia, my husband and I pulled off the road for a picnic. The ground was thick with clover. Some shoots had four, five, even six leaves. I lined them up on the picnic table to admire as my husband, never yet having found one four-leaf clover, looked on with awe. To me, it was simple. The differences in their shapes popped out, breaking the pretty pattern of the conventional clovers with their three perfect leaves.

Two summers back, while waiting for an airport shuttle in Munich, I found a tiny four-leaf clover in a traffic circle and put it into my passport. On the way home, my husband and I were upgraded to business class. Friends attributed our good luck to the clover. I think, it's more likely that we were upgraded because a kind customer service officer took pity on us.

People disagree about whether the luck lies in the finding or in the possession of a clover. Some believe that the luck is lost if the four-leaf clover is even shown to somebody else, while others think the luck doubles if it is given away. I believe that positivity is increased by sharing. I feel lucky to find the clovers so often, but I don't think they influence my life any more than it does to share anything a little special—that momentary closeness between you and a friend or a stranger, as you all lean in to wonder at a rare find.

1.Why can the author notice four-leaf clovers so easily?

A. She always has good luck.

B. She has a special gift for plants.

C. She practiced a lot in her childhood.

D. She can tell the pattern differences.

2.How does the author deal with her four-leaf clovers?

A. She often gives them away.

B. She leaves them everywhere.

C. She treats them with special love.

D. She admires them with her husband.

3.How does the author understand luck and clovers?

A. Closeness brought by clovers really counts.

B. Clovers will influence one's good luck a lot.

C. C Good luck means finding or owning a clover.

D. Good luck may double if you give clovers away.

4.What may be the best title for the passage?

A. Hunting clovers    B. Sharing clovers

C. Not for luck    D. Just for luck

Answer

1. D

2. C

3. A

4. C

【解析】

这是一篇夹叙夹议文。短文叙述了作者从小到大一直喜欢收集四叶三叶草，并能够比别人容易地找出四叶三叶草。有些人认为，如果四叶三叶草被展示给别人看，运气就会丧失；而另一些人则认为，如果四叶三叶草被给与别人，运气就会加倍。而作者相信分享会增加积极性，找到四叶三叶草并和别人分享的那种亲密感才是最重要的。

1.细节理解题。由第四段“To me, it is simple. The differences in their shapes popped out, breaking the pretty pattern of the conventional clovers with their three perfect leaves.” 可知，对我来说，很简单。它们形状的差异会突显出来，打破了传统三叶草的美丽图案。所以作者能辨别三叶草和四叶三叶草的纹路的区别。故为什么作者能如此容易地注意到四叶三叶草是因为她能分辨出图案的不同。故D选项正确。

2.推理判断题。由第三段可以看出作者非常乐于收集四叶草，即使相册装满了，也要放到其 他书里；第五段中，作者在机场看见一片小的四叶三叶草也夹在护照里；在作者眼中，四叶三叶草是 她的“treasure”并乐于向丈夫、朋友分享。由此可以判断出作者对四叶草有着特别的爱。故C选项正确。

3.细节理解题。由最后一段中“I don’t think they influence my life any more than it does to share anything a little special---that momentary closeness between you and a friend or a stranger, as you all lean in to wonder at a rare find.”可知，我不认为他们对我的生活有什么影响，就像分享一点特别的东西一样——你和朋友或陌生人之间的短暂亲密。因为你们都想知道一个罕见的发现。所以判断出作者认为四叶三叶草带来的亲密感才是最为重要的。故A选项正确。

4.标题归纳题。短文叙述了作者从小到大一直喜欢收集四叶三叶草，并能够容易地找出四叶三叶草。有些人认为，如果四叶三叶草被展示给别人看，运气就会丧失；而另一些人则认为，如果四叶三叶草被给与别人，运气就会加倍。而作者相信分享四叶三叶草会增加积极性，找到四叶三叶草并和别人分享的那种亲密感才是最重要的。所以文章主要写了四叶三叶草并不只是能带来幸运，找到四叶三叶草并和别人分享的那种亲密才是最重要的。故C选项“不只是运气”为短文最佳标题。故C选项正确。