1.When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines,Iowa,he told me about the only time he had been there.It was in the 1930s,when he was an editor of the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University(SMU)in Dallas,Texas.He also worked as a professor at SMU,and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease.She couldn't afford the operation because her family was poor.
Her mother ran a boardinghouse in Galveston,a seaside town near Houston,Texas.She was cleaning out the attic(閣樓)one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript(手稿).On its top page were the words,"By O.Henry".It was a nice story,and she sent it to her daughter at SMU,who showed it to my father.My father had never read the story before,but it sounded like O.Henry,and he knew that O.Henry had once lived in Houston.So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Galveston boardinghouse,and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident.My father visited an O.Henry expert at Columbia University in New York,who authenticated the story as O.Henry's.
My father then set out to sell it.Eventually,he foud himself in Des Moines,meeting with Gardner Cowles,a top editor at the Des Moines Register.Cowles loved the story and bought it on the spot.My father took the money to the girl.It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.
My father never told me what the O.Henry story was about.But I doubt that it could have been better than his own story.
49.Who found the O.Henry's manuscript?A
A.The girl's mother. B.The author's father.
C.The girl. D.The author.
50.Which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found in the attic?B
A.O.Henry once worked in Houston. B.O.Henry once stayed in Galveston.
C.O.Henry once moved to Des Moines. D.O.Henry once taught at SMU.
51.The underlined word"authenticated"in Paragraph 2probably meansC.
A.named B.treated C.proved D.described
52.According to the text,why did the author's father go to Des Moines?A
A.To sell the O.Henry story. B.To meet the author himself.
C.To talk with the O.Henry expert. D.To give money to the girl.
分析 這是一位處于貧困中的母親在發(fā)現(xiàn)歐.亨利(O.Henry)書稿時沒有私藏,而是轉(zhuǎn)交給作者的父親,作者的父親讓專家鑒定后將書稿賣的錢如數(shù)給小女孩的母親,生病的孩子得救了.
解答 49.A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段的She was cleaning out the attic(閣樓)one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript(手稿).On its top page were the words,"By O.Henry"可知那位小女孩的母親一天打掃閣樓上發(fā)現(xiàn)布滿塵土的舊手稿,手稿上寫著O.Henry的簽名,故選A.
50.B. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段的My father had never read the story before,but it sounded like O.Henry,and he knew that O.Henry had once lived in Houston可知我父親從沒有聽說過這個故事,但是他知道O.Henry曾住在Houston,故選B.
51.C.猜測詞義題.根據(jù)前文作者的父親找到一位專家應(yīng)是"證明"是O.Henry的作品.A命名;B對待;C證明;D描述.故選C.
52.A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)最后一段的"My father then set out to sell it"可知,我父親然后出發(fā)去把它賣掉,可知選A.
點評 本文考察的是故事類閱讀.這類文章一般描述的是某一件具體事情的發(fā)生發(fā)展或結(jié)局,有人物、時間、地點和事件.命題往往從故事的情節(jié)、人物或事件的之間的關(guān)系、作者的態(tài)度及意圖、故事前因和后果的推測等方面著手,考查學(xué)生對細(xì)節(jié)的辨認(rèn)能力以及推理判斷能力.