Question

    Allen Cook and his daughter Melissa were renovating(整修) her house, when they found a beautiful, heart-warming love story. “The envelope in the ceiling was old and yellow. It had never been opened, It was unbelievable when my son-in-low started reading it. In the letter she was talking about the baby she was going to have,” Allen Cook said.

The story began in May 4, 1945, the typed letter was written by a woman named Virginia to her husband, Rolf Christoffersen. At the time, he was a sailor in the Norwegian navy. The envelope was marked “return to sender” and never found its way to her husband. Allen’s daughter used the Internet to find the phone number of someone named Rolf Christoffersen and gave him a call, leading her to his son in Santa Barbara, California.

“Someone called me at my office. They just googled my name because I have the same name as my father. Melissa asked me where I grew up and I told her. She told me she had the letter,” Christoffersen’s son, 66 now, said. The younger Christoffersen wasn’t yet born when his mother Virginia wrote the letter, but he said her words were very special to him. His mother, who died six years ago, wrote about her love for her husband.

“I love you Rolf, as I love the warm sun, and that is what you are for my life, the sun about which everything else revolves around me,” she wrote. Seventy-two years later, her words were finally heard by her husband. Christoffersen immediately called his father, who is now 96. And read the letter to him over the phone. “I was so surprised after all these years. I was very emotional,” the elder Christoffersen said.

The long-lost letter was finally received just before Mother’s Day; it was another tangible connection to Virginia Christoffersen. “It’s Mother’s Day and reading her words reminded me just what a wonderful person she was and how much she loved us” her son said, through tears.

1.The envelope found by Allen and his daughter ________.

A.was hard to believe for everyone

B.told a pretty and touching love story

C.told a story about Melissa and her husband

D.was written by a man whose wife joined the services

2.How did Allen’s daughter find the phone number?

A.By searching the Internet. B.With the help of the public.

C.By the address on the envelope. D.With the help of the Norwegian navy.

3.It can be inferred that the baby Virginia mentioned in the letter might be ________.

A.the father of Melissa who found the letter

B.the younger Christoffersen in Santa Barbara

C.6 years older than the younger Christoffersen

D.a younger brother of the younger Christoffersen

4.Elder Christoffersen knew the details of the letter through ________.

A.his neighbor telling him face to face

B.his son reading to him on the phone

C.the email that Melissa sent to him

D.the post on the Internet posted by Melissa

5.What did the younger Christoffersen think of the long-lost love letter?

A.A reminder of his mother. B.A precious gift to his father.

C.A present from his mother. D.A precious gift of Mother’s Day.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。讲述的是Allen Cook和他的女儿Melissa装修房屋的时候，发现了一封信，而这只是一个美好的爱情故事的一部分。他们通过谷歌找到了信的收件人，见证了这份跨越了72年的爱情故事。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段第一句Allen Cook and his daughter Melissa were renovating her house, when they found a beautiful, heart-warming love story.（Allen Cook和他的女儿Melissa在装修她的房子时，发现了一个美丽的、温暖人心的爱情故事）可知Allen和他女儿找到的信里讲述了一个美丽动人的爱情故事。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段中Allen’s daughter used the Internet to find the phone number of someone named Rolf Christoffersen..（Allen的女儿利用互联网找到了一个名叫Rolf Christoffersen的人的电话号码……）可知Allen的女儿通过搜索互联网找到了这个电话号码。故选A。

3.推理判断题。根据第一段中In the letter she was talking about the baby she was going to have,” Allen Cook said.（信中，她提到自己将生孩子了）以及第三段中The younger Christoffersen wasn’t yet born when his mother Virginia wrote the letter, but he said her words were very special to him. His mother, who died six years ago, wrote about her love for her husband.（小Christoffersen的母亲Virginia写这封信时，小Christoffersen还没有出生，但他说母亲的话对他来说很特别。六年前去世的母亲写下了她对丈夫的爱）可以推断，Virginia六年前写信时已经怀孕，所以信中提到的婴儿Virginia可能小Christoffersen大6岁。故选C。

4.细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中Christoffersen immediately called his father, who is now 96. And read the letter to him over the phone.（Christoffersen立即给他96岁的父亲打了电话。然后在电话里读给他听）可知Christoffersen老人是通过儿子在电话里给他读这封信，知道了信的细节。故选B。

5.推理判断题。根据最后一段The long-lost letter was finally received just before Mother’s Day; it was another tangible connection to Virginia Christoffersen. “It’s Mother’s Day and reading her words reminded me just what a wonderful person she was and how much she loved us” her son said, through tears.（那封丢失已久的信终于在母亲节前夕收到了。这是另一种与Virginia Christoffersen的有形联系。“今天是母亲节，读着她的文字让我想起她是一个多么好的人，她是多么爱我们，”她的儿子泪流满面地说）可知小Christoffersen将那封遗失已久的情书看作是母亲节的珍贵礼物。故选D。