【题目】 At the age of 12, seeing my grandfather coming into the sitting room and sit down, I said to my brother, “I hope he doesn’t sit down.”
My grandfather wrote poems on great rolls of thin white paper with a paintbrush(毛笔), but over the years I wouldn’t listen to him read his poems. I would leave my Chinese poor as it was, which made listening to him too much of an effort.
On Mondays, he’d sit at Dragon Boat Restaurant with other old Chinese men. While from Tuesdays to Fridays, he was at a small square table by himself with a pot of tea and the Chinese newspaper. Life seemed easy and peaceful for him before he got brain cancer(癌症)and three months later, he died.
I was never particularly kind to my grandfather. At the funeral(葬礼), my heart was filled with a sense of regret rather than sadness. I didn’t even show my grandfather the commonest kindness he was supposed to receive. I was 16 years old then.
Now I am 26. A few weeks ago, during a family dinner at a Chinese restaurant, the waiter talked with my mum about my speaking to him in Chinese, wishing that his own kids could speak a little Chinese as I did. Mom told him I had stopped speaking Chinese for some years and then had suddenly started up again in my late teens.
I have often wondered if my mum knows that my improvement in Chinese had to do with Granddad’s death. Whenever I am stuck for a word, I ask her. Whenever I am with her, or relatives, I practice. Now I am confident that the next time an elderly relative wants me to listen to them, I am not only willing, but also I am able to. In fact, the more I learn, the more interest I have in the fantastic Chinese culture. For me, the learning process is like a journey to rediscover my roots(根).
【1】The underlined part in the second paragraph probably means “______” in Chinese.
A.青出于蓝B.勉为其难C.苦尽甘来D.轻而易举
【2】The writer’s grandfather used to ______on Wednesdays.
A.practice writing poems
B.drop by the writer’s house
C.have lunch at Dragon Boat Restaurant
D.sit by himself with a pot tea and a newspaper
【3】What can we infer about the writer from the passage?
A.Her grandfather died when she was 16 years old.
B.She didn’t discover her love for Chinese culture before her grandfather’s death.
C.Her mum was disappointed to see her improvement in Chinese.
D.She loved practicing Chinese with her grandfather when he was still alive.
【4】The writer wrote the passage mainly to ______.
A.show her regret and love for her dead grandfather
B.introduce her grandfather who had deep love for his motherland
C.tell us how she started her journey to rediscover her roots
D.advise young people to study Chinese poems
【答案】
【1】B
【2】D
【3】B
【4】C
【解析】
本文是一篇记叙文,讲述了作者和爷爷之间的故事。作者年幼时不喜欢中国文化,连带着就讨厌喜欢中国文化的爷爷;但随着年龄的增长,作者逐渐认识到中国文化的魅力,她在爷爷的葬礼上感到深深的遗憾和愧疚,从此作者也爱上了中国文化。
【1】词句猜测题。划线短语所在句句意为“我就愿意让我的中文就那么烂着,这也就使得听爷爷读诗________”,根据前文“but over the years I wouldn’t listen to him read his poems”,可知作者不情愿听爷爷读古诗,可推知此处为“勉为其难”之意,故选B。
【2】细节理解题。根据“While from Tuesdays to Fridays, he was at a small square table by himself with a pot of tea and the Chinese newspaper”,可知爷爷在周三会自己独自坐在小圆桌旁喝茶和看报,故选D。
【3】推理判断题。根据At the age of 12, seeing my grandfather coming into the sitting room and sit down, I said to my brother, “I hope he doesn’t sit down.“在我十二岁时,当我看到我的祖父走进客厅并且坐下,我对我的弟弟说我希望他不要坐下”可推知我以前对中国文化不感兴趣。又根据I have often wondered if my mum knows that my improvement in Chinese had to do with Granddad’s death“我常常想知道我的妈妈是否知道我中文的进步与爷爷的去世有关”可知,在她祖父去世之前,她没有发现她对中国文化的热爱。故选B。
【4】文章主旨题。根据In fact, the more I learn, the more interest I have in the fantastic Chinese culture. For me, the learning process is like a journey to rediscover my roots“事实上,我学得越多,就越对中国文化感兴趣。对我来说,学习的过程就像重新发现我的根的旅程”可知,主要告诉我们她是如何开始她的寻根之旅的。故选C。
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