Question

    When I reached inside the floorboard, my hand touched what felt like a book. I pulled it out. It was an old and small book: Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations. I wondered whom the quotations (引语) were supposed to be familiar to. What I did know, thanks to Ms. Rattray, my seventh-grade teacher, was the correct way to use quotation marks. I decided to see what was inside this little book.

On the top corners of each page was a word or phrase, I opened it to “comfort and despair” and then “doubt” and “light”. I’d never thought about “light” any other way except as a lamp or daylight. It turned out that Mr Bartlett didn’t feel all these emotions himself. He had gathered up quotations from thousands of other people.

I was relieved to discover that those people were not afraid to express what they thought, including the fears and that they had so many thoughts about things that troubled me. Before this, I was lonely and I didn’t know whom talk to about the world and my role in it.

In ninth grade, I worked as an assistant at our local library. I often hid in the comer, where no one would see me, and I would read. It was at this library that I realized how some of those emotions I’d felt while reading Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations came to life in the characters I had started discovering in novels.

I have bought a few of the newer editions, but the original one is the one that helped me explore my inner self and see more than young mind and heart were able to understand.

1.How might the author feel when he found the book by chance?

A.Curious. B.Familiar. C.Thankful. D.Puzzled

2.What does Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations mainly include?

A.Bartlett’s real personal feelings.

B.Thoughts of thousands of people.

C.Emotional stories of other people.

D.A representative word collection.

3.What do we know about the author in ninth grade?

A.He found time to read Bartlett’s books again.

B.He volunteered to work as a school librarian.

C.He vividly understood the characters’ feelings.

D.He learned to analyze Bartlett’s life in depth.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。作者碰巧发现一本名字叫Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations的书，作者发现这本书里收集了成千上万人的引语。作者在九年级时，生动地理解了里面人物的感情。

1.

推理判断题。根据第一段中I pulled it out. It was an old and small book: Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations. I wondered whom the quotations (引语) were supposed to be familiar to.“我把它拿出来。那是一本又旧又小的书:《巴特利特熟悉语录》。我想知道这些引文应该是谁熟悉的。”由此可知，当作者偶然发现这本书时，他觉得“好奇”。故选A。

2.

细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句He had gathered up quotations from thousands of other people.“他从成千上万的人那里收集了引语。”由此可知，巴特利特惯用的引语主要包括千万人的思想。故选B。

3.

推理判断题。根据第四段In ninth grade, I worked as an assistant at our local library. I often hid in the comer, where no one would see me, and I would read. It was at this library that I realized how some of those emotions I’d felt while reading Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations came to life in the characters I had started discovering in novels.“九年级时，我在当地图书馆做助理。我经常躲在角落里看书，这样没有人会看到我。正是在这个图书馆里，我才意识到，当我读巴特利特那些熟悉的引语时，我的一些情绪是如何在我开始发现的小说中的人物身上体现出来的。”由此可知，作者在九年级时，他生动地理解了人物的感情。故选C。