Question

On the wall in my mother’s bedroom there was a photo, which showed a soldier with a gun. Below the photo was the word “Speaking”.

“Who’s that soldier called Speaking?” I asked one day.

“He was Harold.” She said. “He was my only brother. When the Second World War began, Harold was eighteen. I was twelve then, and my sisters were ten and nine”.

“Harold liked to play with us, and we often quarreled. When we quarreled, we said：We’re not speaking to you. But before long we were all happy again, and then we said: I’m speaking now. Are you speaking to me?”

“When the war broke out, Harold joined the army. A month later, he came to see us. He brought the gun to show us. Then he went miles away to the war. We didn’t see him for three years, three long, empty years. We didn’t often hear from him. But one day in May there was a loud bang（砰）on the front door…”

“I ran to open it. It was Harold! He was an old Harold, a thinner Harold. He looked at me with his two green eyes and smiled. That smile was just the same as before, then he said one word: ‘speaking’”.

“I didn’t…I couldn’t…answer. I just fell into his arms and he dropped his gun. He stayed with us for a month. We played all our old games again. Then he went back to the war, and never came back again. So I wrote the word on the photo.”

1.How old was the storyteller when Harold came back for the last time?

A. Thirty-five B. Eighteen.

C. Fifteen. D. Twenty-one.

2.Harold never came back again because________.

A. he didn’t want to speak to his sister any more

B. he died in the war

C. his sister had not answered him when he came back

D. he went far away to the war

3.Why did the mother hang the photo in her bedroom?

A. She wanted to keep a memory of her childhood.

B. It could awake her happy memories.

C. It could show that her brother was a great man.

D. She hung it there in memory of her brother.

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

【解析】

试题分析: 本文讲述妈妈的卧室有一张拿着枪的战士的照片，妈妈给我讲述他哥哥的故事。

1.C 细节理解题。根据文中提到When the Second World War began, Harold was eighteen. I was twelve then, and my sisters were ten and nine当战争爆发时，作者的妈妈十二岁，Harold参军了，三年后回来照了这张相片，故当时十五岁，因此选C项。

2.B 推断题。根据最后一段提到Then he went back to the war, and never came back again.他回到战场，再也没有回来，故可知他已死在战场，故选B项。

3.D 推断题。根据文中提到作者的哥哥自从最后一次从战场归来，走后就没有回来，可知牺牲在战场，为了纪念他，把照片放在卧室，故选D项。

考点：故事类阅读。