19.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(加油站)about 50miles from Oklahoma City,where I was planning to stop and visit a friend.While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台),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 holidays 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(电池)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 showroom.
"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.
21.The words"took off"underlined in Paragraph 2mean"B".
A.turned off
B.moved off
C.put up
D.set up
22.What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?C
A.He had it pulled back to the gas station.
B.The couple sent him a business card.
C.The couple offered to help him.
D.He called his friend for help.
23.The battery of the author's car was dead becauseC.
A.something went wrong with the lights
B.the meeting lasted a whole day
C.he forgot to turn off the lights
D.he drove too long a distance
24.By telling his own experiences,the author tries to showD.
A.how to write a thank-you letter
B.how to deal with car problems
C.the kind-heartedness of older people
D.the importance of expressing thanks.
分析 很多年前,在我回去过圣诞节的路上车子出了故障,一对夫妇帮助了我,谢谢两个词意义重大.
解答 BCCD
21 B 词义猜测题.在上文作者提到在加油站给汽车加油,然后再根据….but had gone only a few miles when…可知作者离开加油站继续赶路,由此推断"took off"意思是"离去".故选B.
22 C 细节理解题.从文章第二段It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station.可知作者的车出了故障后,是他在加油站见过的那对老年夫妇帮助了他,把他送到了朋友家.故选C.
23 C 细节理解题.根据文章第四段In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I'd left the lights on all day,and the battery(电池)was dead.可知因为作者忘了关掉车灯而将汽车的电池耗完了.故选C.
24 D 推理判断题.在文中作者讲述了两个故事,在每个故事的结尾都提到了对方因作者写的感谢信而受到感动,然后在文章末尾作者又用"Thank you"-two powerful words.They're easy to say and mean so much.进一步深化主题,由此判断作者的写作目的是为了向读者说明向别人表示感谢的重要性.故选D.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.