Question

Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.

I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holiday meaningful.

Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership --- a shop selling cars --- was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the show room.

“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.

“Thank you”--- two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.

1.The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City ________.

A. to pay at the cash register

B. to see his parents

C. to visit a friend

D. to make a plan with his friend

2.The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 means “_________”.

A. put up B. turned off

C. moved off D. set up

3.What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

A. The couple offered to help him.

B. The couple sent him a business card

C. He had it pulled back to the gas station.

D. He called his friend for help.

4.How does the author explain the importance of expressing thanks in the passage?

A. By telling his own experiences

B. By doing an experiment

C. By explaining cause and effect

D. By using quotations(引语)

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.A

【解析】试题分析：作者曾经两次因车的原因接受过别人的帮助并对他们表达感谢之情，一次是在汽油站附近车抛锚受一对夫妇帮助带他去他朋友那，一次是店员无报酬帮他修车。他都对他们表达过感谢，虽然只是简单的谢谢，但是却包含了很多感情。

1.文中第一段倒数第2句，"I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City,where i wasplanning to stop and visit a friend."我停在离Oklahoma大约50英里的汽油站，计划拜访一个朋友。对应C。

2. 结合这句话"I took off,but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car."可知车开了仅仅几英里，从车的背面冒出了黑烟”。所以应为启动车离开，对应选项C ： moved off。

3. 第二段倒数第2句和第三段。 “They said they would take me to my friend's."这对夫妇说带我去我的朋友那。第三段两次提到helping me。由此可见夫妇给他提供帮助，答案为A。

4. 作者在受到两次帮助的经历中都表达了自己的感谢，虽然说的简单，但是却十分重要，包含了作者满满的真诚。故答案为A。

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