Question

    Five years ago, my wife said she'd found us a tiny but adorable house. It was close to the historic Abbot Kinney. However, there was a bus depot（公共汽车停车场）across the street. Hundreds of buses noisily parked there every night and noisily left every morning. It was awful.

But I was determined to make the best of it. “It is noisy, but it offers us a good way to think about what is required to make a city work, "I kept telling our 6-year-old daughter.

Then one morning, I woke up to find that the buses were gone! I allowed myself to get excited. My daughter, however, was unhappy. It took me a minute to understand:she had got used to the idea of us having a role in city life.

Shortly afterward, a homeless encampment（临时营地）was built there. Then I found out what was planned for the bus depot-a place to deal with the homeless.

When I told my daughter about the“bridge housing", a big smile spread across her face. Her first reaction wasn't fear or selfishness. She understood instantly how special it was that the bus depot would become a place for people who needed just that to live.

What story about city life could I tell her then？I tried to keep fruit in the car so that at traffic lights, we could hand out a banana or an apple. When a woman put up a tent on the sidewalk in front of our stairs, I filled all her water bottles.

Now we have a couple hundred new neighbours, and I'll be telling anyone who will listen what an honour it is to live among the homeless. Without my daughter, I might not have come to the same conclusion.

1.What was wrong with the author's new house at the beginning?

A.It was too small for family use.

B.There was too much noise around.

C.It was too close to a tourist attraction.

D.There were too many neighbours around.

2.Why was the author's daughter unhappy when she found the buses were gone?

A.She thought she lost the role in city life.

B.She didn't like the idea of bridge housing.

C.She had been used to the presence of buses.

D.She couldn't go out of town without the buses.

3.What was the author's purpose of keeping fruit in his car?

A.To meet his family's needs.

B.To make his daughter happy.

C.To help the homeless when possible.

D.To thank those who had helped them.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者一家搬了新家，新家附近由最初的公共汽车中心变成了无家可归的人的收容所，作者针对此事从不同的角度跟女儿作了解释，并使她欣然接受这一变化。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第一段第3，4句：However, there was a bus depot across the street. Hundreds of buses noisily parked there every night and noisily left every morning. It was awful.（然而，街对面有一个公共汽车站。每天晚上都有几百辆公共汽车停在那里，每天早上都有很大的噪音。这是可怕的。）可知，作者认为新房子附近有公共汽车出入，总是太吵。故选B项。

2.细节理解题。根据文章第三段3，4句：My daughter, however, was unhappy. It took me a minute to understand: she had got used to the idea of us having a role in city life.（然而，我的女儿并不快乐。我花了一分钟才明白:她已经习惯了我们在城市生活中发挥一定的作用的想法。）可知，女儿以为自己能够在城市生活发挥的一定作用随着公共汽车中心的消失而消失了。故选A项。

3.推理判断题。根据文章第六段第2句：I tried to keep fruit in the car so that at traffic lights, we could hand out a banana or an apple.（我尽量使车里有水果，这样在红绿灯的时候，我们就可以分发香蕉或苹果了。）可知，作者会在交通灯的位置给无家可归的人分发水果。故选C项。