7.Grandpa picked up several items and placed them on the counter (柜臺).He told the clerk it would be on credit.The clerk was new and didn't know Grandpa,though he had been coming to this same country store for 20years.
"Sign here,"the clerk pointed to a piece of paper and said.
Grandpa took the pencil beside the paper and carefully marked an"X"on the dotted line.
"You're supposed to sign your name,"she said.
Grandpa's hand shook with the pencil.He was a tall man,thin with sandy blond hair and blue eyes.I hadn't seen him so embarrassed (尷尬) before,especially in front of a teenager girl.
"I can't read or write,"he said."I've always signed with an'X'".I could see he wanted nothing more than to get out of there.
I wasn't sure what happened,but somewhere deep inside of Grandpa had been pricked.I went close to him and broke my Hershey's bar in half.
"Want some?"I asked.He took it and bit into it.In spite of his smile,the sadness in his eyes said that chocolate wouldn't make the pain go away.
Grandpa is no longer with us now,but I know he was never simply"Grandpa X".He just didn't know how to read and he thought it was too late in life for him to start.What I would want to tell Grandpa more than anything else,if I could speak to him today,is that it's not too late.There are programs and people who are willing to help him learn to read and write.But the most important thing I'd say is that whether he could read or not,he was never just"Grandpa X"to me.
26.Which of the following statements about the writer's grandpa is WRONG?D
A.He didn't know how to read or write all his life.
B.He felt embarrassed when the clerk asked him to sign his name.
C.He had always signed with an"X"in the country store before the new clerk came.
D.He was a hard-working man but slow at learning.
27.The underlined word"pricked"in paragraph 7means"C".
A.ignored
B.fooled
C.hurt
D.worried
28.What can we infer from the last paragraph?B
A.It's difficult for an old man to learn to read.
B.The writer's love for his grandpa wouldn't change.
C.The writer would have respected his grandpa more if he had learned to read.
D.You will be looked down upon if you can't read or write.
分析 本文講述了回憶一次祖父購物結(jié)賬時由于不會寫字而遭遇的小尷尬,也勾起了對祖父的懷念.
解答 26.D 細節(jié)理解題.從前面描述可以看出,由于祖父不會寫字,刷卡購物時都簽x作為名字,因而有一次因為不會寫字的尷尬經(jīng)歷,A,B,C都有所提及.
27.C 細節(jié)理解題.當祖父告訴收銀員他不會寫字時,I could see he wanted nothing more than to get out of there,我明白他想立即離開,表明當時祖父很受傷害.
28.B 細節(jié)推斷題. 最后一段But the most important thing I'd say is that whether he could read or not,he was never just"Grandpa X"to me.告訴我們,雖然祖父不會寫字,但依然是我的祖父.可知,作者對祖父深深的感情.
點評 本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀題材,難度不大.考生要能在通讀理解文章大意的基礎(chǔ)上,把握細節(jié),不難選出答案.