Question

Children are very, very observant and have excellent memories.

Around Christmas last year, we were heading to Grandma’s house. The drive was an hour long, so we had plenty of time to chat. We were waiting to get onto the freeway when my daughter Hayley noticed a homeless man, no sign in hand. “Mom, is that man homeless?” I told her I believed he was.

We got onto the freeway and drove away. But the chatting had stopped. Hayley was quiet all the way there. We spent a few hours at Grandma’s then packed up to head home. As we drove back, Hayley rustled(沙沙作响地移动) around in her seat, trying to reach something on the floor of the car. I asked her to sit still, worried her seatbelt would slip from the booster seat. She mumbled(咕哝)something and sat back.

“Mom, will the homeless man still be outside tonight?” I told her I was not sure, maybe. It was a freezing night, and I started to think of the man now too, and how cold he must be.

All of a sudden, as we got onto the freeway exit, Haley shrieked (尖叫): “There he is! There he is!” and started rolling down her window. “Mom, I found these gloves and scarf back here. Can I give them to him? Can I?” she asked.

I pulled over to the edge of the road, and beckoned(招手示意) the man to come over. Haley smiled at him and handed him her gift. I looked in the front passenger seat, loaded with leftovers from Grandma’s house, and handed those out to him as well.

The man thanked us, he clutched (抓紧) my hand in his and I could feel the bitter cold of them. We wished him a safe night and continued on our journey to our warm home.

“Haley, that was very sweet of you!” I told her. “Well, they were your gloves and scarf, Mom, but his hands looked colder, and he has to keep looking for his house!”

We had talked about homelessness before , and I could hear myself telling her: “Someone who has lost their home.” She had taken my words literally and thought the man’s home was like a lost puppy.

On the ride home, and as I carried my sleeping angel into the house that night, my heart filled with gratitude.

1.The underlined word “observant” in Paragraph I means “      ”.

A．fond of serving others                    B．quick at noticing things

C．good at memorizing                      D．easy to be pleased

2.The girl thought “a homeless person” was a person who       .

A．had no home to go to

B．had lost his or her puppy

C．was in need of gloves and scarves

D．couldn’t find his or her home

3.The mother felt thankful because        .

A．she felt lucky to have such a warm-hearted daughter

B．she was pleased that she had a great family

C．she felt happy to have given the leftovers to the man

D．they had arrived home safely despite the cold

4.The article is mainly structured around        .

A．analysis           B．comparison        C．time order         D．cause and result

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了作者带着女儿开车回家，在路上他们看见了一位无家可归的男士，女儿主动把妈妈的手套和围巾送给了这个男士，作者又把从家带来的剩饭给了他，他很感激，作者也因有这么有爱心的女儿而感到很骄傲。

1.词义猜测题。根据词根observe观察，可推知，善于观察的，机警的，故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据he has to keep looking for his house 可知指无家可归的人，故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据as I carried my sleeping angel into the house that night, my heart filled with gratitude.她感到很幸运有这样一位热心的女儿，故选A。

4.细节理解题。纵观全文这是按时间的先后而写的，故选C。

考点：故事类短文阅读。

点评：词义猜测题旨在考查学生根据上下文对生词做出理解判断的能力。近几年来，阅读理解中的词义猜测题呈上升趋势。在阅读过程中根据选材、背景、及上下文等线索推测出生词词义是真实语言活动中的重要技巧。这一能力可以说是体现阅读理解能力的一项重要指标。