Question

    It warmed my heart today to walk into the Thirsty Camel downtown in the Thanksgiving Day, for a quick lunch before a haircut and library trip. Ihan, a food shop owner, said that he was refusing to take money today because it was Buy Nothing Day. To increase awareness(意识) of the strange’s over-spending nature of our society, Ilan suggested a trade for food today. He simply asked that you offer something of equal personal value for the meal you received.

At first I was really uncomfortable, wondering if it would be fair to exchange a yet to be determined “I Owe You” (IOU) for food? What could I give him of equal value? After all, his food is the best in the town!

We ended up writing our IOU’s with promises of a book, some paintings and the offer of work in  a variety of ways if he needs it.

I think the idea isn’t that the trade is “equal” so much as the importance of the kind of transaction. We put thought into our offer and we had an even greater understanding for the meals we ate.

We don’t buy a lot, especially at this upcoming time of year. We don’t give gifts at all in fact. The holiday time is spent enjoying each other’s company and doing things together with family and friends. This is what seems most sensible.

Ilan is a good person. We are all lucky to have someone like this in our community.

1.Ilan did not take any money that day in order to    .

A.have a quick lunch before a haircut and library trip

B.trade for something of equal value in return

C.make people aware of their over spending

D.buy nothing that day to save some money

2.For the meal, the author finally offered Ilan    .

A.some promises B.a book

C.some paintings D.work in different ways

3.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “transaction”?

A.transport B.trade

C.meal D.giving

4.What is the author’s attitude to Buy Nothing Day?

A.Disagreeable B.Meaningless.

C.Doubtful. D.Supportive.

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

【解析】

本文属于说明文。作者通过这篇文章描述了镇上最好的食品店老板Ilan在感恩节这一天不收钱，只是让你提供等价的东西换取食物，以此来提高人们对过度消费的本质的认识。文章对此举还做出了评价。

1.细节理解题．根据第一段Ihan，a food shop owner，said that he was refusing to take money today because it was Buy Nothing Day．To increase awareness（意识） of the strange over spending nature of our society可知Ilan这样做，是为了提高人们对过度消费本质的认识，分析选项可知，C符合题意，故选C。

2.细节理解题．根据文章第二段“After all，his food is the best in the town!”及第三段“We ended up writing our IOU's with promises of a book，some paintings and the offer of work in a variety of ways if he needs it”可知为了吃饭作者最后给了他承诺，分析选项A. some promises一些承诺；B. a book一本书；C. some paintings一些绘画；D. work in different ways以不同的方式工作。可知A符合题意，故选A。

3.词义猜测题。根据第三段可知，最终我们以各种不同的方式来换取它的食物。第四段“I think the idea isn't that the trade is"equal"so much as the importance of the kind of transaction．”我认为这个想法并不是说交易是"平等的"，就像交易的重要性一样。分析上下文的语境，可知，此处的“transaction”意为交易。分析选项：A. transport 运输，交通；B. trade交易，交换；C. meal进餐，饭；D. giving给予物。可知B 项符合题意，故选B。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段Ilan is a good person．We are all lucky to have someone like this in our community可知作者对Buy Nothing Day的态度是支持的。分析选项：A. Disagreeable不赞同的，讨厌的；B. Meaningless.无意义的；C. Doubtful怀疑的；D. Supportive支持的，拥护的。故选C。