Question

    Clara Daly was seated on an Alaska Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles when a flight attendant asked an urgent question over the loudspeaker: “Does anyone on board know American Sign language?” She knew she needed to help.

Clara，15 at the time，pressed the call button. The flight attendant came by and explained the situation. “We have a passenger on the plane who’s blind and deaf，” she said. The passenger seemed to want something，but he was traveling alone and the flight attendants couldn’t understand what he needed，according to PEOPLE magazine.

Clara had been studying ASL for the past year to help with her dyslexia and knew she’d be able to finger spell into the man’s palm. So she unbuckled her seat belt，walked toward the front of the plane，and knelt by the aisle seat of Tim Cook，then 64.Gently taking his hand，she signed，“How are you? Are you OK/” Cook asked for some water. When it arrived，Clara returned to her seat. She came by again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her third visit，she stopped and stayed for a while.

“He didn’t need anything. He was lonely and wanted to talk,” Clara said. So for the next hour，that’s what they did. She talked about her family and her plans for the future (she wants to be a politician).Cook told Clara how he had gradually become blind over time and shared stories of his days as a traveling salesman. Even though he couldn’t see her，she “looked attentively at his face with such kindness，”a passenger reported.

“Clara was amazing.” a flight attendant told Alaska Airlines in a blog interview. “You could tell Tim was very excited to have someone he could speak to，and she was such an angel. “Cook’s reaction: “Best trip I’ve ever had.”

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1.The flight attendant asked an urgent question because ______________.

A. the passenger was traveling alone

B. the plane was in a dangerous situation

C. the passenger asked for something urgently

D. They couldn’t communicate with the passenger

2.Why did Clara talk about her plans for the future?

A. Because the flight attendant asked her to do so.

B. Because she needed topics to go on talking with Cook.

C. Because Cook expected to understand teenagers better.

D. Because she wanted to show her ambition for the future.

3.Which of the following words can best describe Clara?

A. Kind and caring. B. Warm-hearted and cautious.

C. Generous and amazing. D. Ambitious and attentive.

4.The passage is mainly written to ______________.

A. tell a touching story of an amazing girl

B. appeal to readers to lend a hand kindly and randomly

C. stress the great importance of American Sign Language

D. show how considerate the flight attendant was to help Cook

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文，讲述了15岁的Clara在飞机上用手语与一位失明又失聪的老人交流的故事。

1.推理判断题。根据“We have a passenger on the plane who’s blind and deaf，”she said. The passenger seemed to want something，but he was traveling alone and the flight attendants couldn’t understand what he needed.”可知飞机上有一位失明又失聪的乘客，这位乘客似乎想要什么，但是他是独自一人，乘务员也无法理解他的需求。这说明乘务员是因为没办法和那位乘客交流才通过广播问了那个紧急问题的，故选D项。

2.推理判断题。根据“He didn’t need anything. He was lonely and wanted to talk，”Clara said. So for the next hour，that’s what they did. She talked about her family and her plans for the future (she wants to be a politician).可知那位老人什么都不需要，他很孤独，想和别人说说话。所以接下来的一个小时里Clara一直在和老人交流，Clara谈到了她的家人和未来的计划。由此可以推断Clara谈未来的计划是在找话题跟老人交流，故选B项。

3.推理判断题。根据So she unbuckled her seat belt，walked toward the front of the plane，and knelt by the aisle seat of Tim Cook… On her third visit，she stopped and stayed for a while.可知Clara帮助那位乘客要水，告诉他时间，并和他呆了一会儿，这说明Clara是个善良的女孩。根据“He didn’t need anything. He was lonely and wanted to talk，”Clara said. So for the next hour，that’s what they did.可知Clara察觉到老人其实什么都不想要，只是想和别人说说话，所以接下来的一个小时她一直在和老人交谈，这说明她体贴关心他人。故选A项。

4.推理判断题。根据文中最后一句Looking for ways to give back yourself? Start with this random act of kindness that can change someone’s life right now.可知作者告诉读者如果你想回馈社会，可以从现在就做一些可以改变别人生活的随机善举开始。也就是说作者呼吁读者对他人友好地，随意地施以援手。故选B项。