Question

    My friends are often jealous of my good memory. When they were beating their brains to recall how many people attended John’s ninth birthday, I succeeded in reminding them of the details. I told them that Tom, Barbara, Tony and I did; that Mary brought a toy car as a gift, Tom brought a four-in-one game disc…; that John said after blowing out the candles his wish was to be a pilot when he grew up… When Bob, Jim and Elizabeth were quarrelling, faces flush with anger, about the name of the forest where they went camping, I stopped them by detailing to them on which date, which month, which year we visited which forest and ate what food for picnic…

Bob often says, “Lewis, if only I had a memory half as good as you!” Whenever hearing this, a voice shouted from the bottom of my heart, “How I wish God gave me a forgetfulness half as good as you!”

In fact, instead of being proud of my memory, I hate it; I’ve suffered a lot from it, for it is sometimes too good: I can remember everything I’ve experienced, including what I don’t want to remember; indeed, I do hope to forget something!

Barbara and I are best friends from the cradle. In fact, our relationship was already beyond friendship; it was that of lovers. But one day she left me for no reason except that I was too familiar to her to further our relationship. Over the next two months and a half, I couldn’t fall to sleep. While in bed wide awake, I warned myself, “You must forget her, otherwise you will get destroyed.” But my good memory failed me again and again — I could remember how beautiful it was when I first kissed her affectionately and then in turn received even more affectionate responses; I could remember every sweet word she had said to me…

1.The first paragraph is intended to describe ________.

A.how the writer’s friends were jealous of him

B.what a good memory the writer had

C.what happy childhood he shared with his friends

D.what an important part he played among his friends

2.Barbara left the writer ________.

A.for nothing B.because she hated it that he kissed her

C.because their friendship broke D.because she was tired of him

3.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A.The writer and Barbara had a long-time friendship.

B.The writer, somehow, hated his good memory.

C.The writer was struggling to tear himself off the pain of losing love.

D.Tony’s wish was to be a pilot when he grew up.

4.What the writer suffered the most was that ________.

A.he had got too good a memory B.Barbara left for no reason

C.others were jealous of him D.the sweet past was out of memory

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.A

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。作者拥有朋友们都嫉妒的好记性，但是实际上作者非但不为自己的记忆力感到骄傲，反而讨厌它，因为作者能记住经历过的一切，包括他不想记住的。

1.推理判断题。根据第一段第一句My friends are often jealous of my good memory.（我的朋友们经常嫉妒我的好记性。）以及本段主要介绍了作者好记性的具体事例，可推知第一段意在描述作者有多么好的记忆力。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据最后一段中But one day she left me for no reason except that I was too familiar to her to further our relationship.（但有一天，她无缘无故地离开了我，只是因为我对她太熟悉了，无法进一步发展我们的关系。）可知芭芭拉离开了作者是因为作者对她太熟悉了，她厌倦了作者。故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据第一段中that John said after blowing out the candles his wish was to be a pilot when he grew up…（约翰吹灭蜡烛后说他的愿望是长大后当飞行员。）可知约翰长大后想成为飞行员，故D选项“托尼的愿望是长大后当一名飞行员。”错误。故选D。

4.细节理解题。根据第三段In fact, instead of being proud of my memory, I hate it; I’ve suffered a lot from it, for it is sometimes too good: I can remember everything I’ve experienced, including what I don’t want to remember; indeed, I do hope to forget something!（事实上，我非但不为自己的记忆力感到骄傲，反而讨厌它;我吃了不少苦头，因为有时它太美好了:我能记住我经历过的一切，包括我不想记住的;的确，我真希望忘掉一些事情!）可知作家最痛苦的是他记性太好了。故选A。