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【題目】Several days ago, I was walking home from school and saw some writing on the fence of a house I was passing by. It said, “Happiness is a direction, not a destination (終點).” I had been having a bad day and just reading this brightened my day a little. I also took out a pen and wrote one of my favorite quotes (格言) down.

When I came back to the fence, I saw another quote under mine in the handwriting as the first one. I added another, and we kept at this pattern for quite a while. One day, I was writing another quote on the fence and the old man, one of my neighbors, who owned the fence, saw me. He came out and I was afraid he would be mad at me for writing on his fence; he was not known to be very friendly. He gave me a sharp glance and then read the quotes on the fence. Without saying a word, he said something to himself and then went back inside. I was a bit terrified for a while, afraid to go back to the fence, but when I did, I noticed not more quotes but two words in entirely different handwriting had been added, “Thank you.”

Later, I saw the old man in his front yard. He beckoned (召喚) me over and told me how my quotes had been inspiring him, how he thanked me and how he was glad to see young people still have “values”. We are now good friend and I talk to him a lot. This experience has changed my life. I still don’t know who wrote that very first quote, but if he is out there, I’d like to say “thanks” to that unknown friend.

【1】How did the author feel before he saw the words on the fence?

A. Excited B. Bored C. Unhappy D. Tired

【2】Why did the writer begin to write a quote on the fence?

A. He wanted to practice his handwriting.

B. He had gotten some help from the quote.

C. He thought doing this was interesting.

D. He wanted to catch his neighbor’s attention.

【3】Why was the writer afraid when he found that his neighbor had seen him?

A. He had thought that the old man was a mad person.

B. he had once been told the old man was cold-hearted.

C. He thought the old man would scold(責(zé)罵) him for what he had done.

D. He thought the old man would tell his parents about his action.

【4】Who must have added “Thank you.” to the fence?

A. The old man. B. Someone else.

C. The writer himself. D. That unknown friend.

【5】We can learn from the passage that __________.

A. writing quotes on fences is a good idea

B. the writer has written three quotes on the fence

C. the good relationship between neighbors is very important.

D. the old man has changed his opinion about young people.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】作者無意間在柵欄上看到的話改變了作者那天的心情，而作者在柵欄上留下的話也激勵了一個老人，改變了作者和老人之間的關(guān)系。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第一段中I had been having a bad day and just reading this brightened my day a little.可知，作者那天很不開心，讀了這句話后才讓他的那一天變得愉快了。由此可知應(yīng)選C。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第一段的內(nèi)容可知，作者因為柵欄上寫的話而改變了那天的心情，感覺這樣的話對人們是有幫助的，所以把自己最喜歡的格言也寫在了上面，由此可知應(yīng)選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中He came out and I was afraid he would be mad at me for writing on his fence; he was not known to be very friendly可知，作者的鄰居看到了他，作者很害怕，因為他的這個鄰居不是很友好，作者害怕他會因為他在柵欄上寫字而責(zé)罵他。由此可知應(yīng)選C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)下文Later, I saw the old man in his front yard. He beckoned (召喚) me over and told me how my quotes had been inspiring him, how he thanked me and how he was glad to see young people still have “values”.可知，作者再見到那個老人的時候，他把作者喊了過去，向作者表示感謝，因為作者的話激勵了他，由此可知寫“謝謝你”的應(yīng)該是那個老人。故應(yīng)選A。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文最后一段Later, I saw the old man in his front yard. He beckoned (召喚) me over and told me how my quotes had been inspiring him, how he thanked me and how he was glad to see young people still have “values”.可知，那個老人看到了作者在柵欄上寫的格言，改變了對年輕人的看法，因為他看到年輕人們?nèi)匀贿�有“價值觀”。由此可知應(yīng)選D。