Question

Dear strangers, I remember you.

Ten months ago, when my cellphone rang, you were walking into Whole Foods, prepared to go about your food shop But I had already abandoned my cart full of groceries and I stood in the entryway of the store. My brother was telling me my father was dead. And as we hung up the phone, I started to cry and scream as my whole body trembled.

Overwhelmed with emotions, I fell to the floor. and you, kind strangers, you were there You could have kept on walking, ignoring my cries, but you didn’t. You could have simply stopped and stared at my primal (原始的) display: of pain, but you didn’t. Instead you surrounded me as I yelled through my sobs.

I remember in that haze (阴霾) of emotions, one of you asked for my phone and asked who you should call. I remember that I could hear your words as you tried to reach my husband for me, leaving an urgent message on his answering machine for him to call me.

I recall hearing you discuss among yourselves who would drive me home in my car and who would follow that person to bring him back to the store. You didn’t know one another, but it didn’t seem to matter. You encouraged me, a stranger, in the worst moment of my life and you gathered around me with common purpose, to help.

I told you that I had a friend, Pam, who worked at Whole Foods and one of you went in search of her and thankfully, she was there that morning and you brought her to me. I remember the relief I felt at seeing her face familiar and warm. She confronted and cared for me so lovingly until my husband could get to me.

1.Before the author’s brother called her, she ________.

A. was driving and crying

B. was talking with the strangers

C. had filled her cart with groceries

D. had paid for the groceries in her cart

2.The author develops the third paragraph mainly ________.

A. by process    B. by example

C. by comparison    D. by classification

3.What can be inferred from the fourth paragraph?

A. One of the strangers knew the author s husband.

B. One stranger reached the author, s husband easily.

C. The strangers wanted to know the author s secrets.

D. The authors husband didn’t answer the phone call.

4.Which of the following can best describe the strangers?

A. Kind and helpful.    B. Clever and outgoing.

C. Cautious and optimistic.    D. Careless but kind-hearted.

Answer

1. C

2. C

3. D

4. A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要记叙了作者在杂货店听到父亲去世的消息后，情绪激动哭泣，而身边的陌生人对她关切和帮助的故事

1.细节理解题。根据第二段第二句“But I had already abandoned my cart full of groceries and I stood in the entryway of the store.”可知在作者的哥哥打电话给她之前，她把她的购物车装满了杂货正准备要走。故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据第三段第一、二句“Overwhelmed with emotions, I fell to the floor. and you, kind strangers, you were there You could have kept on walking, ignoring my cries, but you didn’t.”可知作者得知消息激动得倒在地板上，善良的陌生人没有无视她的哭泣。且下文以第二人称You为主要叙述口吻，以达到与作者“I”形成比较的作用。故第三段主要通过比较展开，故选C。

3.推理判断题。根据第四段最后一句“I remember that I could hear your words as you tried to reach my husband for me, leaving an urgent message on his answering machine for him to call me.”可知陌生人在丈夫的答录机上留下了紧急信息，让他给作者打电话。故可推理作者的丈夫没有接听电话，故选D。

4.推理判断题。根据文章主要记叙了作者在杂货店听到父亲去世的消息后，情绪激动哭泣，而身边的陌生人对她关切和帮助的故事，由此可知陌生人们“友好而又乐于助人”，故选A。