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【題目】 At the age of 12, seeing my grandfather coming into the sitting room and sit down, I said to my brother, “I hope he doesn’t sit down.”

My grandfather wrote poems on great rolls of thin white paper with a paintbrush（毛筆）, but over the years I wouldn’t listen to him read his poems. I would leave my Chinese poor as it was, which made listening to him too much of an effort.

On Mondays, he’d sit at Dragon Boat Restaurant with other old Chinese men. While from Tuesdays to Fridays, he was at a small square table by himself with a pot of tea and the Chinese newspaper. Life seemed easy and peaceful for him before he got brain cancer（癌癥）and three months later, he died.

I was never particularly kind to my grandfather. At the funeral（葬禮）, my heart was filled with a sense of regret rather than sadness. I didn’t even show my grandfather the commonest kindness he was supposed to receive. I was 16 years old then.

Now I am 26. A few weeks ago, during a family dinner at a Chinese restaurant, the waiter talked with my mum about my speaking to him in Chinese, wishing that his own kids could speak a little Chinese as I did. Mom told him I had stopped speaking Chinese for some years and then had suddenly started up again in my late teens.

I have often wondered if my mum knows that my improvement in Chinese had to do with Granddad’s death. Whenever I am stuck for a word, I ask her. Whenever I am with her, or relatives, I practice. Now I am confident that the next time an elderly relative wants me to listen to them, I am not only willing, but also I am able to. In fact, the more I learn, the more interest I have in the fantastic Chinese culture. For me, the learning process is like a journey to rediscover my roots（根）.

【1】The underlined part in the second paragraph probably means “______” in Chinese.

A.青出于藍(lán)B.勉為其難C.苦盡甘來D.輕而易舉

【2】The writer’s grandfather used to ______on Wednesdays.

A.practice writing poems

B.drop by the writer’s house

C.have lunch at Dragon Boat Restaurant

D.sit by himself with a pot tea and a newspaper

【3】What can we infer about the writer from the passage?

A.Her grandfather died when she was 16 years old.

B.She didn’t discover her love for Chinese culture before her grandfather’s death.

C.Her mum was disappointed to see her improvement in Chinese.

D.She loved practicing Chinese with her grandfather when he was still alive.

【4】The writer wrote the passage mainly to ______.

A.show her regret and love for her dead grandfather

B.introduce her grandfather who had deep love for his motherland

C.tell us how she started her journey to rediscover her roots

D.advise young people to study Chinese poems

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，講述了作者和爺爺之間的故事。作者年幼時不喜歡中國文化，連帶著就討厭喜歡中國文化的爺爺；但隨著年齡的增長，作者逐漸認(rèn)識到中國文化的魅力，她在爺爺?shù)脑岫Y上感到深深的遺憾和愧疚，從此作者也愛上了中國文化。

【1】詞句猜測題。劃線短語所在句句意為“我就愿意讓我的中文就那么爛著，這也就使得聽爺爺讀詩________”，根據(jù)前文“but over the years I wouldn’t listen to him read his poems”，可知作者不情愿聽爺爺讀古詩，可推知此處為“勉為其難”之意，故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“While from Tuesdays to Fridays, he was at a small square table by himself with a pot of tea and the Chinese newspaper”，可知爺爺在周三會自己獨(dú)自坐在小圓桌旁喝茶和看報，故選D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)At the age of 12, seeing my grandfather coming into the sitting room and sit down, I said to my brother, “I hope he doesn’t sit down.“在我十二歲時，當(dāng)我看到我的祖父走進(jìn)客廳并且坐下，我對我的弟弟說我希望他不要坐下”可推知我以前對中國文化不感興趣。又根據(jù)I have often wondered if my mum knows that my improvement in Chinese had to do with Granddad’s death“我常常想知道我的媽媽是否知道我中文的進(jìn)步與爺爺?shù)娜ナ烙嘘P(guān)”可知，在她祖父去世之前，她沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)她對中國文化的熱愛。故選B。

【4】文章主旨題。根據(jù)In fact, the more I learn, the more interest I have in the fantastic Chinese culture. For me, the learning process is like a journey to rediscover my roots“事實(shí)上，我學(xué)得越多，就越對中國文化感興趣。對我來說，學(xué)習(xí)的過程就像重新發(fā)現(xiàn)我的根的旅程”可知，主要告訴我們她是如何開始她的尋根之旅的。故選C。