【题目】I was puzzled! Why was this old woman making such a complaint about our way to deal with an old bush which was of no use to anybody? She had written letters to the local paper, even to a national to protest about our projected by-pass to her village, and, looking at a map, the route was nowhere near where she lived and it wasn’t as if the area was attractive. I was more than puzzled, I was intrigued. I wanted to know what it was that motivated her. So it was that I found myself knocking on a cottage door, being received by Mary Smith and then being taken for a walk to the woods.
“I’ve always loved this place”, she said, “it has a lot of memories for me, and for others. We all used it. They called it ‘Lovers lane’. It’s not much of a lane, and it doesn’t go anywhere important, but that’s why we all came here. To be away from people, to be by ourselves.” She added.
It was indeed pleasant that day and the songs of many birds could be heard. Squirrels gazed from the branches, quite bold in their movements, obviously few people passed this way and they had nothing to fear. I could imagine the noise of vehicles passing through these peaceful woods when the by-pass was built, so I felt that she probably had something there but as I hold strong opinions about the needs of the community over-riding the opinions of private individuals, I said nothing. The village was quite a distant and dangerous place because of the traffic especially for old people and children, their safety was more important to me than an old woman’s whims (怪念头).
“Take this tree”, she said pausing after a short while. “To you it is just that, a tree. Not unlike many others here”. She gently touched the bark. “Look here, under this branch, what can you see?”
“It looks as if someone has done a bit of carving with a knife” I said after a cursory (草率的) inspection.
“Yes, that’s what it is!” she said softly. “There are letters and a lover’s heart”.
I looked again, this time more carefully. The heart was still there and there was an arrow through it. The letters on one side were indistinct, but on the other an ‘R’ was clearly visible with what looked like an ‘I’ after it. “Some budding romance?” I asked, “Did you know who they were?”
“Oh yes, I knew them”, said Mary Smith, “it says RH loves MS”.
After a pause, she went on … “He had a penknife and I helped him to carve my initials. We were very much in love, but he was going away, and could not tell me what he was involved in the army. I had guessed of course. It was the last evening we ever spent together, because he went away the next day, back to his Unit.”
Mary Smith was quiet for a while, then she sobbed, “His mother showed me the telegram. ‘Sergeant R Holmes ... Killed in action in the invasion of France.’”
I realized that I could be getting out of my depth, and longed to be in my office, away from here and this old lady, snug, and with a cup of tea in my hand.
There was a further pause. Mary Smith gently touched the wounded tree, just as she would have caressed him. “And now they want to take our tree away from me.” Another quiet sob, then she turned to me. “I was young and pretty then, I could have had anybody, I wasn’t always the old woman you see here now. I could have had everything I wanted in life, a lovely man, health and a future to look forwards to”.
She paused again and looked around. The breeze gently moved through the leaves with a sighing sound. “There were others, of course, but not a patch on my Robin!” she said strongly. “And now I have nothing except the memories this tree holds. If only I could get my hands on that awful man who writes in the paper about the value of the road they are going to build where we are standing now, I would tell him. Has he never loved, has he never lived, does he not know anything about memories? We were not the only ones, you know, I still meet some who came here as Robin and I did. Yes, I would tell him!”
I turned away, sick at heart.
【1】Why was the by-pass to Mary Smith’s village to be built through these woods?
A. The community wanted to explore the beauty of the woods as a way of tourism.
B. Many people passed these woods causing heavy traffic jam.
C. The traffic was inconvenient making the village a dangerous place to live in.
D. The village was quite far away and its economy needed improving.
【2】The underlined sentence “I felt that she probably had something there” means ________.
A. I thought there might be something hidden in the woods by Mary Smith
B. I guessed there might be a story related with Mary Smith
C. I thought there might be some reason for Mary Smith’s protest
D. I guessed there might be a secret purpose of Mary Smith.
【3】The main purpose of this passage is to ________.
A. draw attention to the damage that wars cause
B. persuade people to give up private interest
C. arouse the awareness of being environmentally friendly
D. introduce a touching but sad love story
【答案】
【1】C
【2】C
【3】D
【解析】
试题分析:文章讲述了一个凄美的爱情故事。地方政府决定启动一个项目,通一条路到村子,这条路要穿过一个矮树林,但是此举遭到一个老太太的反对,作者前去探个究竟,结果听到了一个感人的爱情故事。
【1】细节理解题。根据第三段“The village was quite a distant and dangerous place because of the traffic”可知,那个村子不仅偏远,而且因为交通方面的缘故而成为了一个危险的地方,故选C。
【2】猜测句意题。根据“the needs of the community over-riding the opinions of private individuals...more important to me than an old woman’s whims”可知,作者认为社会利益高于个人利益,而且老人和孩子们的安全比那位老太太的怪念头更重要。说明画线句子的意思是,老太太有反对修路的理由,故选C。
【3】主旨大意题。根据“she went on … “He had a ...”和最后一段的“I turned away, sick at heart.”可知,文章讲述的是一个感人且凄美的爱情故事,故选D。
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【题目】阅读下面短文,然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
The elephant and the fly
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This was repeated several times. Then the elephant asked the fly, “Why are you so restless and noisy? Why can’t you stay for a while in one place? ”
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【写作内容】
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