14.I looked at my beautiful Christmas tree and sighed.It was time.The New Year was a week old and my tree still stood in the corner of our room with its collection of memories proudly displayed in a shower of colorful lights.I'd procrastinated long enough.
I got up,went to the garage and dragged all the boxes into the room.I prepared the boxes,and carefully placed the decorations of the tree in their protective packaging,pausing every few minutes to admire a favorite."Hey,little Santa!"I held the Santa from my childhood."Thanks for being my friend for almost fifty years."He was a little ragged but still gives me a flood of wonderful memories."Until next year,my dear friend."
There was collection of handmade ones.My children made in their first years of school,more than twenty years ago.Made by tiny hands,they are far from perfect in design,but every year they go on my memory tree-memories of young giggles on Christmas morning and a smiling face when they handed them to me when I came home from work."Look what we made,Daddy!""Oh!It is beautiful.Let's find a special spot on the tree for it."Every year since,they are displayed.
A few hours after I started,the filled boxes were back in the garage.The room was vacuumed and I sat staring at a barren corner.The room seemed so empty.It took me two days of work to assemble and decorate my tree,but only a few hours to take it apart.
My tree is a good marriage or a great friendship.Like the tree,they take a long time to assemble and decorate with memories,but can be torn down quickly.All it takes is an unkind word or a thoughtless act,and what once stood proudly in the glow of love comes falling down.
Every,year I have to put my tree away,but not my marriage or friendships.I take great care of those.They get to glow in the corner of my life for as long as I live.I get to analyze my tree and find memories for a few weeks every year.I can do the same with the loves in my life every day.When I held the Santa,a flood of wonderful memories returned.The same happens when I hold my wife or see the smile of a friend across the room.
Take great care of your friendships and your marriage.Once they come down,they aren't as easy to put back together as a Christmas tree,if at all.Stand them in that special spot in the corner of your heart and admire their glow.
51.The underlined word"procrastinated"(in Para 1.) meansB.
A.prepared
B.delayed
C.arranged
D.decorated
52.Which of the following can best describe the author's feeling while he was packing up the Christmas tree?D
A.Casual
B.Uncaring
C.Content
D.Unwilling
53.The author expresses his opinion about marriage and friendship byB.
A.quoting words from other people
B.comparing them to the Christmas tree
C.describing the Christmas tree and its decorations
D.illustrating his experiences of dealing with them
54.As to marriage and friendship,the author advisesB.
A.taking them as they come
B.treating them with great care
C.putting them in the first place
D.treasuring them at all costs.
分析 作者通过自己拆卸圣诞树的事情告诉我们友谊或者婚姻这些人与人之间的联系很难建立,但是却很容易就被破坏.我们应该珍惜这样的人际关系.
解答 51.B 词义推断题.由前一句The New Year was a week old and my tree still stood in the corner of our room…得知圣诞节过去了一周,我还没有把圣诞树打包,也就是"延迟"做这件事.故选B.
52.D 理解推断题.由第二段I prepared the boxes,and carefully placed the decorations of the tree in their protective packaging,pausing every few minutes to admire a favorite可知圣诞树上的装饰品勾起了作者许多美好的回忆,时不时让他停下回想,因此在打包圣诞树的过程中,他是"不舍的,不情愿的".故选D.
53.B 细节理解题.根据文章最后一段My tree is like a good marriage or a great friendship.Like the tree,they take a long time to assemble and decorate with memories,but can be torn down quickly.可知作者把圣诞树比喻成婚姻,因为它们的建立都是要花费很多的时间,但是拆除却很快.故B正确.
54.B 主旨归纳题.由倒数第二段Every year I have to put my tree away,but not my marriage or friendships.I take great care of those.每年我都需要好好照顾我的婚姻或友情,及最后一段第一句Take great care of your friendships and your marriage得知,本文主要讲了要"小心对待婚姻和友情".故选B.
点评 本文主要考查推断题.在解题时要立足已知,推断未知.立足现在,猜测未来.不能主观臆想,凭空想象,随意揣测,更不能以自己的观点代替作者的观点;要把握句、段之间的逻辑关系,了解语篇的结构.要体会文章的基调,揣摸作者的态度,摸准逻辑发展的方向,悟出作者的弦外之音