Question

    How do you kill your time when you go to work? Most of us stare at our cell phones, and refuse to make eye contact with others. We just read, chat with others online or play games online. Or maybe we’re using the time between stops to do our makeup, catch up on emails, or read a few chapters of a book. However, Dina Alfasi takes a very different approach.

Each day she has to travel hours on buses and trains to get to her engineering job at a hospital in Israel. Rather than look at her cell phone in silence, she uses one very special way to have connection with strangers. It is portraits of the people she meets on public transport every day that she is taking. The photographs catch those quiet and personal moments of people readying themselves for the day ahead. Some people lean (倚靠) their head against the window and go to sleep, some stare into space and have a daydream, and others sit quietly to read their documents or books. Each picture catches one tiny moment in people’s lives, ripe with potential for your imagination. It is wonderful for her to look at someone’s commute (上下班) and make up an entire story about the rest of their daily existence, from the father travelling with a baby to the woman welcoming a change.

“What inspires me very much are the little moments that happen every day,” Dina told My Modern Met. “My work is to tell stories through a single portrait, and it proves that all you need is just to look around and find those magic moments.”

1.What will most people do when going to work?

A.Enjoy reading a book loudly.

B.Make eye contact with others.

C.Have face-to-face talks with others.

D.Concentrate on their mobile phones.

2.What makes Dina different from others?

A.Staring into the space and having a daydream.

B.Leaning against the window and relaxing herself.

C.Using her mobile phone to appreciate pictures she draws.

D.Drawing people while travelling on buses and trains to work.

3.Which word can best describe Dina Alfasi?

A.Cool. B.Careful.

C.Generous. D.Considerate.

4.What is the main idea of the text?

A.Little moments make Dina special.

B.Cell phone is used to take special portraits.

C.Dina takes portraits of others when commuting.

D.People go to work with different ways to kill time.

Answer

1.D

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了Dina在上下班途中为别人画肖像而不是看手机。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的“How do you kill your time when you go to work? Most of us stare at our cell phones, and refuse to make eye contact with others.”可知，你去上班途中怎么打发时间？我们大多数人都盯着手机，拒绝与他人进行眼神交流，由此可知，大多数人上班途中会专注于看手机，故D项正确。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Each day she has to travel hours on buses and trains to get to her engineering job at a hospital in Israel. Rather than look at her cell phone in silence, she uses one very special way to have connection with strangers. It is portraits of the people she meets on public transport every day that she is taking.”可知，每天Dina都要坐上几小时的公共汽车和火车才能在以色列的一家医院工作。她没有盯着手机看，而是用一种非常特别的方式与陌生人建立联系——为在公交或火车上遇到的人画肖像，这是Dina与别人的不同之处，故D项正确。

3.推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Each picture catches one tiny moment in people’s lives”可知，Dina画的每一张人物肖像都捕捉到了人们生活中的微小瞬间，这说明她很细心，故B项正确。

4.主旨大意题。通读全文，特别是根据第二段中的“It is portraits of the people she meets on public transport every day that she is taking.”可知，本文主要讲述了Dina在上下班途中为别人画肖像而不是看手机，故C项正确。