Question

For years, my family has vacationed in the same Florida town. In fact, we just returned home after spending a week of spring break there with our three sons.

Many nights, we take the same scenic drive to dinner at a favorite restaurant. As we travel along Gulf Shore Boulevard, we admire a combination of small beach apartments, swanky high-rises and spectacular homes.

A few years ago, we noticed that whenever we drive this particular route, there are always two men sitting in front of the same third-floor window of a low-rise apartment building that overlooks the road. All that is visible from the road are their two silhouettes. Even during off-peak months, they’ve always been there. Over the years, we’ve had great fun speculating about who they are, whether they’re having a drink, and if so, what they fancy, where they’re from, and what they might be discussing. Our guesses have become a modern form of car bingo. Widowers? Retirees? Partners? We’ve run through the gamut of possibilities.

Eventually, I started beeping the horn as we passed. We’d wave. Our new friends would do likewise. There was something comforting in seeing them. In a world of constant change, it has been nice to look up and see that they are there, just as we remember from our last visit. And then last spring, we drove by and they were missing. The apartment was dark. No one was visible in the window. Strangely, we drove by and they were missing The apartment was dark. No one was visible in the window. Strangely, we grew worried about two people we’d never even met. Where did they go? A new round of the guessing game began.

On our last trip at Christmastime, we were relieved to see them once again. We were driving past about 6 p.m., and there they were at cocktail hour. I told my wife that I suspected they were gin drinkers and said we should buy them a bottle. She said that if I bought it, she’d deliver it. I said, “Tomorrow.”

1.Driving along the scenic route, the author’s family were to          .

A．meet their friends there     B．visit the Florida town

C．a(chǎn)ppreciate a place of interest      D．have supper together

2.Why did the author blow the horn?

A．It was a pleasure for them to see the two men again.

B．It was his habit while driving along the special route.

C．It was an agreement between him and the two men.

D．It was for the sake of safety while driving.

3.Which of the following can best describe the family?

A．generous and sensitive        B．curious and kind

C．helpful and brave                  D．friendly and hurnorous

4.Which of the following will best continue this passage?

A．The two men’s favorite drinks.

B．The two men’s beach apartments

C．The reason of the two men’s absence

D．The author’s next visit to the town

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：我們一家經(jīng)常在春天沿著景色優(yōu)美的路，驅(qū)車到一家喜歡的餐廳去吃晚飯。路上路過一棟樓時(shí)，有兩個(gè)人總是坐在窗前，于是會(huì)有很多猜測，去年路過沒見到他們，又引發(fā)了話題，今年重逢很好奇，想去拜訪一下。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段第一句we take the same scenic drive to dinner at a favorite restaurant.（沿著景色優(yōu)美的路，我們總是驅(qū)車到一家喜歡的餐廳去吃晚飯）可知，選D。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第四段第四句和第五句的意思（在變幻莫測的世界中，每次抬起頭見到這兩位在那里宛如昨天一樣，總有一種滿足的感覺。）可知選A。

3.推理判斷題。文章中介紹了我路過一棟樓時(shí)，注意到有兩個(gè)人總是坐在窗邊，后來就猜他們的身份。每次見到他們都很高興。去年春天路過時(shí)沒見到他們覺得納悶和擔(dān)心；最近一次路過時(shí)又見到了，才放心，并萌發(fā)了登門拜訪的念頭。由此判斷，我是善良和好奇的，故選B。

4.推理判斷題。從第四段的擔(dān)心，到第五段的想拜訪，暗示可能會(huì)問問為什么去年不在的原因。故選C。

考點(diǎn)：生活百味類閱讀。