Question

    A few days before Christmas, the crowded shopping downtown was starting to annoy us. Most of us were loaded down with packages, and it looked like many of us were beginning to wonder if all those countless friends and relatives actually deserved so many gifts. This was not the Christmas spirit I’d been raised with.

When I finally got on a jammed streetcar, the idea of standing there packed like a sardine the whole way home was almost more than I could take. Suddenly I saw something out of the corner of my eye. A small, dark-skinned boy pulled a woman’s sleeve and asked, “Would you like a seat?” He quietly led her to the closest free seat he could find. Then he set out to find another tired person. As soon as each rare new seat became unoccupied, he would quickly move through the crowd in search of another burdened woman.

When I finally felt the pull at my own sleeve, I was absolutely struck by the beauty in this little boy’s eyes. He took my hand, saying, “Come with me, ma’am.” As I happily settled down, the little angel of love immediately turned to help his next subject.

The people on the streetcar, as usual, had been deliberately avoiding each other’s eyes, but now they began to exchange shy glances and smiles. That little boy had obviously changed something—we all relaxed into a feeling of warmth and actually enjoyed the trip.

I didn’t notice when the child got off. When I reached my stop I practically floated of that streetcar, admiring the sparkling Christmas lights on my street in a fresh, new way. Or maybe I was seeing them in an old way, with the same wonder I felt when I was five or six. Anyway, it is the little child that shall lead the ways for me.

1.What can we infer from the underlined part in Paragraph 1?

A.The gifts were too heavy to carry home.

B.Friends and relatives always deserve gifts.

C.People wondered where to buy Christmas gifts.

D.The author was fed up with buying Christmas gifts.

2.How did the author feel when she got on the streetcar?

A.Uncomfortable. B.Warm.

C.Astonished. D.Excited.

3.Why did the author see the boy as the little angel of love?

A.Because he was dark-skinned. B.Because he occupied free seats.

C.Because he helped tired persons. D.Because he took her hand gently.

4.What changes did the boy bring to the people on the streetcar?

A.They got to know one another.

B.They admired the boy when he got off.

C.They became more friendly to each other.

D.They changed the lights on the old streets.

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。讲述了作者在拥挤的圣诞节有轨电车上经历的一次温暖快乐的经历。

1.

推理判断题。划线句子意为“我们大多数人身上挂满了袋子，似乎我们很多人都开始想知道是否所有的数不清的朋友和亲戚真的值得去买这么多的礼物”，表明作者并不想在圣诞节买这么多礼物，前句中的annoy表明这样的圣诞节让人恼怒，后句“This was not the Christmas spirit I’d been raised with.”表明这并不是作者想要的圣诞节精神，由此判断出，作者已经厌倦了圣诞节买礼物，故选D。

2.

细节理解题。根据第二段“When I finally got on a jammed streetcar, the idea of standing there packed like a sardine the whole way home was almost more than I could take.”当我终于上了一辆拥挤不堪的有轨电车时，想到在回家的路上像沙丁鱼一样挤在那里，我几乎无法忍受。由此可知，作者觉得很不舒服，故选A。

3.

推理判断题。根据第二段“Then he set out to find another tired person. As soon as each rare new seat became unoccupied, he would quickly move through the crowd in search of another burdened woman.”可知，然后他出发去找另一个疲倦的人。每当一个难得的新座位空下来，他就会迅速穿过人群，寻找另一个不堪重负的女人。由此判断出作者称他为小天使的原因是他帮助疲劳的人们，故选C。

4.

细节理解题。根据“The people on the streetcar, as usual, had been deliberately avoiding each other’s eyes, but now they began to exchange shy glances and smiles. That little boy had obviously changed something—we all relaxed into a feeling of warmth and actually enjoyed the trip.”可知，人们一开始避免接触其他人的眼神，但是现在他们开始交换眼神和微笑，人们都感受到放松和温暖，享受旅程。由此可知，男孩给有轨电车上的人们带来的改变是他们对彼此变得更友好了。故选C。