Question

Alice’s mother died when she was five. Although her brothers and sisters were loving and caring, their love couldn’t take the place of a mother’s. In 1925 Alice became my mother and told me that her family couldn’t even afford her a doll.

One afternoon in December 1982, when I was getting ready for Christmas, I suddenly decided to buy two dolls, one for my five-year-old daughter, Katie, and one for my old mother.

Things went smoothly when a friend told me that his dad, who played Santa Claus in my area, would be willing to make a visit on Christmas morning to our home with the gifts! Knowing that my parents would also come to my house, I began to get ready for the most memorable day of my mother’s life.

Christmas Day arrived and so did Santa Claus at the planned time. Katie was very excited and happy all the time to welcome the Santa. My mother was enjoying watching Katie welcoming this special guest. As Santa turned to leave he looked again into his bag and took out one more gift. As he asked who Alice was, my mother, without thinking of her name being called, said that she in fact was Alice. Santa handed her the gift with a message card that read:

For Alice:

I was cleaning out my sleigh (雪橇) before my trip this year and came across this package that should be sent on December 25, 1925. The gift inside has aged, but I felt that you might still wish to have it. Many apologies for the lateness of the gift.

Love,

Santa Claus

My mother was very excited and deeply moved to tears. She couldn’t speak but only held tightly in her arms the doll she had waited fifty-seven years to receive as tears of joy flew down her face. That doll made my mother the happiest “child”.

1.Why couldn’t Alice get a doll as a child?

A. Because her mother died quite early.

B. Because her family disliked her.

C. Because her family was very poor.

D. Because Alice didn’t love dolls.

2.What did the friend’s father do that Christmas morning?

A. He acted as Santa Claus to send Christmas gifts.

B. He went to her home to see Alice.

C. He bought some Christmas gifts for Katie.

D. He helped her to get Christmas gifts ready.

3.Why didn’t Alice expect there was also a gift for her?

A. The gifts from Santa Claus were usually for children.

B. The gift was forgotten many years ago.

C. The gift for her was bought by accident on the way.

D. The gifts for Katie were enough to share with her.

4.The author wrote the message card in order to _________.

A. show her deep apology to her mother

B. make it clear that Santa Claus didn’t forget her

C. show that Santa Claus was hard-working

D. make Alice believe the gift was exactly for her

5.From the last paragraph we can infer that _________.

A. old people still keeps something of childishness

B. we should always give our parents a surprise

C. old people usually feel lonely on festivals

D. we should spend more time with our parents

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.D

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：

作者母親早年喪母、家境貧寒，連一個玩具娃娃都買不起。作者57歲那一年的圣誕節，作者為母親買了一只玩具娃娃送給母親作為圣誕禮物，讓母親深為感動。

1.細節題。由文章第一段and told me that her family couldn’t even afford her a doll.可知，作者母親因為家境貧寒而買不起玩具娃娃。故C項正確。

2.細節題。由第三段…a friend told me that his dad, who played Santa Claus in my area, would be willing to make a visit on Christmas morning to our home with the gifts可知，作者朋友的父親扮演圣誕老人。故 A項正確。act as: 扮作、充當。

3.推斷題。由第四段my mother, without thinking of her name being called, said that she in fact was Alice 一句可知，作者母親沒有想到會叫到她的名字，這是因為圣誕禮物通常是不送給成年人的。故A項正確。

4.推斷題。因為圣誕禮物通常送給兒童，作者擔心母親不相信玩具娃娃會送給一個老人，所以以圣誕老人的口吻寫了那張紙條。故選擇D項。

5.細節題。由文章最后一句That doll made my mother the happiest “child”.可知，母親當時快樂得像個“孩子”。老人身上也還保持著某種童真童趣。故選擇A項。

 考點：記敘文。