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    Howard Weistling wanted to be a comic strip (连环漫画) artist But when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor he joined the Army

After flight engineer training Howard was shipped off to Europe On his maiden flight his plane was shot down over Austria The entire crew of eight men landed safely But a farmer found Howard hiding in his barn and turned him over to a prison of war camp in Barth Germany It was freezing and the men almost starved to death eating the guards' garbage

Hungry and homesick Howard coped the only way he knew how He drew a comic strip The book made of cigarette wrappers bound together with  scrap  metal  was  sent  around  the  camp Every couple of days he would add a new panel One panel at a time would be passed around the whole camp And they'd have something to look forward to

After an entire year of this they woke one morning to find their guards gone They fled and Howard finally got to go home Just lucky to get out alive he left the book behind

Back home in California Howard soon had a wife and kids to feed so he had to set aside his dream of becoming an artist He took a job as a gardener instead

Morgan shared his father's artistic gifts At 15 his parents sent him to art school And Howard got to see his son become a wellknown painter before he died in 2002 That's how seven decades after the war when a stranger in New York googled the name "Weistling" he found Morgan online

"I get an email from a gentleman and he says ‘I think I may have some drawings your father did when he was a POW prisoner of war in World War II'" Morgan recalls "‘Would you like them' And I just stared at that email and started crying"

Luckily Howard had engraved his name on the comic book which is how the man from New York City had connected with Morgan A couple of days later when it arrived in California Morgan couldn't believe it "It was like getting my father back" Morgan says "It was like him being able to tell me the story over again only this time it was real in my hands"

1.The passage details Howard's life as a POW to show that     

A.war cannot stop his pursuit of success.

B.passion for art helped ease his sufferings.

C.loss of freedom encouraged his creativity.

D.misery drives him to fight against his fate.

2.What can we infer about Howard's comic strip in prison

A.It satisfied prisoners' curiosity

B.It aroused the guards' sympathy

C.It was popular among the prisoners

D.It raised prisoners' confidence in freedom

3.What contributes to the stranger's success in finding Morgan

A.The email from a gentleman

B.Howard's experience in the war

C.Morgan's recalling of his father

D.Morgan's status in the field of art

4.What can we infer about Morgan from the last paragraph

A.He didn't believe the stranger's story

B.He was excited to get the comic strip

C.He couldn't wait to tell others his good news

D.He hadn't heard about his father's war stories

 

1.B 2.C 3.D 4.B 【解析】 这是一篇记叙文。短文叙述了霍华德·魏斯特林想成为一名连环画艺术家,但当日本轰炸珍珠港时,他参军了,霍华德被空运去欧洲的路上时,不幸被抓成为了一名俘虏,在监狱中,他继续画画,传递给其它俘虏看,对艺术的热情帮助他减轻了痛苦,也使其它俘虏对活下去充满了希望,最终俘虏得以从监狱逃跑,霍华德·魏斯却把画落在了俘虏集中营。摩根是霍华德的儿子并继承了父亲的艺术天赋,成为了一名著名的画家。霍华德在2002年去世,战后70年,一个来自纽约的陌生人联系到了摩根,将父亲落在监狱的画归还给了摩根。 1.细节理解题。根据文章第三段“Hungry and homesick Howard coped the only way he knew how.He drew a comic strip”可知,饥饿和思乡的霍华德用他唯一知道的方法来减轻这种痛苦,他画了一幅连环画。可知这篇文章详细描述了霍华德作为战俘的生活是为了说明对艺术的热爱有助于减轻他的痛苦。故选B。 2.推理判断题。根据文章第三段“Every couple of days he would add a new panel. One panel at a time would be passed around the whole camp.And they'd have something to look forward to”可知,每隔几天,他就会增加一幅新的画。一次一幅画将被传递到整个营地。他们总会有一些可期待的东西。所以判断出霍华德在俘虏集中营画的连环画在俘虏中很受欢迎。故选C。 3.细节理解题。根据文章第六段“ And Howard got to see his son become a well﹣known painter before he died in 2002.That's how, seven decades after the war, when a stranger in New York googled the name "Weistling" he found Morgan online”可知,华德在2002年去世前看到他的儿子成为了一个著名的画家。这就是为什么战后七十年,当一个来自纽约的陌生人谷歌“魏斯特林”时,他在网上找到了摩根。可知,是摩根在艺术领域的地位促使陌生人成功找到摩根。故选D。 4.推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“A couple of days later when it arrived in California, Morgan couldn't believe it. "It was like getting my father back," Morgan says”可知,几天后,当画到达加州时,摩根简直不敢相信。“这就像我父亲回来了一样”,摩根说。所以从最后一段我们能推断出,摩根很高兴能拿到连环画。故选B。
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