Question

    A mystery surrounds my grandmother’s collection of salt cellars (盐瓶). No one in the family seems to know when she started collecting them, or exactly how many she had.

My grandmother died just over two years ago. At 91, she had spent 30 years without her right leg, which was removed due to cancer the year I was born. She was a poet, an artist, a food lover and a salt cellar collector. The funny thing about the salts, as she called them — I never once heard her say salt cellar — was that although everybody knew they were her hobby and everyone was always searching for them at yard sales or in stores, nobody seemed to know what they meant to her and they just wanted to make her happy. Grandma kept her salts in a dark wooden corner display case in the living room. Since her death the case has remained exactly as she left it. Grandpa tries his best to preserve his memories of her just as they are.

Now I am collecting, too. Collecting memories about my grandmother’s hobby, a way she spent her time. And as I hold one of them in my hand, I picture her holding it in her hand on the day she got it. She is smiling. My mother and her two sisters all have small collections, but my mother admits that she was more interested in finding salts to send to Grandma.

Grandma once wrote a poem titled “When April Comes”. The poem contains the line, “When April comes and I am not around, remember me when daffodils are found.” Now, Grandpa is working on a poem with the line, “April came and you were not around”.

But she was, somehow. She was there in the memories left behind by her possessions.

1.It can be inferred from the text that the author’s family_______ .

A. are very proud of their interesting family history

B. value the wonderful poems Grandma wrote

C. are much influenced by Grandma’s interest

D. know much about grandparents’ love

2.In writing the text, the author expressed ________.

A. her love for her grandma B. her desire to collect more salt cellars

C. her sadness at losing her grandma D. her curiosity about her grandma’s possessions

3.The underlined part “her possessions” in the last paragraph refers to ________.

A. Grandma’s experience B. Grandma’s strong will

C. Grandma’s talent D. Grandma’s hobby

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A. Grandma’s Salt Cellar Collection B. The Mystery of Grandma’s Salt Cellars

C. Grandparents’ Lifelong Devotion D. A Family’s Collection History

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.A

【解析】

本文为记叙文，作者回忆了祖母和她的收集盐瓶的爱好，全家都受到了她的影响，帮她一起收集，祖母故去后，作者拾起了她的爱好，借以表达对祖母的怀念。

1.推理判断题。根据第二段The funny thing about the salts, as she called them — I never once heard her say salt cellar — was that although everybody knew they were her hobby and everyone was always searching for them at yard sales or in stores, nobody seemed to know what they meant to her and they just wanted to make her happy.可知，作者的家人知道祖母的爱好，并且每个人为了她开心，都总是帮她搜集盐瓶，全家人都受到祖母爱好的影响，故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据第二段作者对祖母爱好的描述，全家人受其影响一起帮她搜集盐瓶，以及第三段写作者拾起祖母的爱好也开始了收集，因此推断作者通过对奶奶的回忆，表达了对祖母的怀念和爱。故选A。

3.词义推断题。根据倒数三段内容可知，奶奶虽然去世了，但是她的爱好被家人传承下来，凭此她仍然活在家人的回忆中，这里her possessions指的是她的收集盐瓶的爱好，故选D。

4.主旨大意题。通读全文可知，作者回忆了祖母和她的收集盐瓶的爱好，全家都受到了她的影响，帮她一起收集，祖母故去后，作者拾起了她的爱好，借以怀念祖母，故全文都是围绕祖母的盐瓶收集和爱好展开的，所以A项符合题意。