Question

    When my father married my mother in 1943, he gave my mother a 1937 crown coin and told her to keep it in the back of her purse and not to spend it. This would mean that she always felt that she was protected and would always have money if she really needed it.

When I was married in 1970, my husband, who had heard this story, obtained a 1937 crown coin for me and I have always kept it in my wallet, and I have always had enough for my needs.

A friend recently fell on hard times, partly through external (外部的）circumstances and partly through poor planning. Friends and I have loaned her money, paid her bills, given her food, and even tried to teach her budget techniques, but none of them has been a solution. She has just slipped deeper and deeper into financial trouble and depression.

Last week she looked pale and unwell, very depressed and hopeless, very sad for a friend to see and I then thought about how the crown coin, a physical reminder of another's care and love had protected me, so I went to the bank for a $ 100 dollar-bill.

I told my friend the story and asked her to keep the $ 100 in the back of her wallet. It turned out that she didn't have a wallet, so she put the money in a little pencil case where she kept her coins. She immediately felt better—“I feel rich, and thank you for being a good friend,” she said, and we were both a bit teary.

I went home and remembered a little wallet I had that I’d never used, and thought, “I’ll give that to my friend. ” I opened it, and inside, found $ 100.

1.What did the 1937 crown coin from the author’s father mean to her mother?

A. His concern for her. B. His pity and protection for her.

C. His care and love for her. D. His pride and respect for her.

2.Where did the author’s friend keep the $ 100 dollar-bill?

A. In the back of her wallet. B. In a little pencil case.

C. In the pocket of her raincoat. D. In the layer of her suitcase.

3.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A. The author became rich all of a sudden.

B. The author's friend would receive a wallet as a gift.

C. The author's friend was not touched by her story.

D. The author felt uncomfortable when receiving the bill.

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

A. A crown coin B. The help to a friend

C. A hard life D. A gift from my father

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.A

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了父母结婚时，父亲送给母亲一枚1937年的王冠硬币，让母亲时刻感到他的关心和爱，作者结婚时，丈夫也送她一枚王冠硬币，然后作者又运用这枚王冠硬币的影响（代表了另一个人的关心和爱）送给一个经济困难的朋友一张百元纸币放在钱包里保护她。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的“This would mean that she always felt that she was protected and would always have money if she really needed it.”可知，结婚时父亲送给母亲一枚1937年王冠硬币意味着母亲总会觉得父亲在保护自己，并且需要钱时，她总会有钱，也就说这枚硬币代表了父亲对母亲的关心和爱，故C项正确。

2.细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“so she put the money in a little pencil case where she kept her coins”可知，作者的朋友把那张100美元纸币放在了小文具盒里，故B项正确。

3.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“I went home and remembered a little wallet I had that I’d never used, and thought, “I’ll give that to my friend.”可知，作者将会把那个自己从未用过的小钱包送给朋友，故B项正确。

4.主旨大意题。文章一句就提到了父母结婚时，父亲送给母亲一枚1937年的王冠硬币，让母亲时刻感到他的关心和爱，文章由此而展开，作者结婚时，丈夫也送她一枚王冠硬币，然后作者又运用这枚王冠硬币的影响（代表了另一个人的关心和爱）送给一个经济困难的朋友一张百元纸币放在钱包里保护她，全文都是围绕“王冠硬币”而展开，故A项正确。