Question

【題目】

I have a problem. Her name is Luca. We do not see eye to eye.

Like yesterday, we saw the number 9, 999. She said, “All lose nines. They feel so... so purple!”

Purple? I saw it as logical and orderly. Not as colours. I think Luca and I live in different universes.

But we have to do a report on the Statue of liberty. I really doubt if I can work with her.

At our first meeting on Friday, we come up with a plan. She will make a Statue of Liberty, and I’ll write the report. But on Monday, with only one week until our report is due, she tells me she’s leaving to visit her great-grandfather for six days, because he’s ill. It means that I, the one who can’t even draw a stick figure, will have to make the statue. And she the one who doesn’t like to think logically, will have to write the report.

“Please be at my house at 2:00 on Sunday,” I say I cross my fingers.

While she’s gone, I spend lots of hours making the sculpture according to some directions I find online.

Sunday at 2:00 arrives, and Luca is late. Finally, I see her skipping down the sideway, carrying only a small piece of equipment

“What’s that?” I ask. “Where’s the report?”

“It’s a digital recorder,” she says. “A report didn’t feel right, so I did something else.”

I try to keep my voice calm as I say, “But this is not about feelings. It’s about the Statue of Liberty. Statues don’t have feelings.” Our project is due tomorrow. We’re doomed.

“Statues don’t have feelings, but my great-grandfather does.” Luca says.

Now I am quite sure that we’re from two different universes because I have no idea about what she’s talking about.

“I interviewed him about when he came to America and saw the Statue of Liberty,” she continues. “Listen.” She turns on the recording.

A scratchy voice comes on. “In Hungary, I had no food and hoped to go to America, where I could eat, have a better life. Finally I got on the ship. Then the sunshine started. Oh! There she was. Lady Liberty Like hope itself. All of us cried. All my life, I remember that feeling of seeing the lady.”

Looking at Luca. I think a while. “You are right That’s what the Statue of liberty is all about. Who says a report has to be on paper? I say quietly. And a smile spreads over her face.

Can you imagine what happens while we are making the presentation the next day? When Luca’s great-grandfather says “All my life. I remember that feeling, of seeing the Lady.” everyone is staring at our statue, quiet.

【1】The idiom “see eye to eye” in Paragraph 1 probably means “________”.

A.like each otherB.have good eyesight

C.want to see each otherD.share the same viewpoint

【2】What can we know about Luca from the passages?

A.She doesn’t like writing reports.

B.She is not a very friendly person.

C.She has her own ideas about the report.

D.She visits her great-grandfather to interview him.

【3】What does everyone think of their presentation?

A.Boring.B.Relaxing.C.EmbarrassingD.Moving.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】D

【解析】

文章大意：文章講的是作者認(rèn)為和Luca總是有不同的觀點(diǎn)，但是通過(guò)一次合作，Luca自己獨(dú)有的想法讓所有人以及我都很感動(dòng)，

【1】詞義猜測(cè)題，根據(jù)第三段第一行I think Luca and I live in different universes.可知，我們意見(jiàn)不一致，原文劃線短語(yǔ)前面有not，故答案選D。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段Looking at Luca. I think awhile. “You are right. That’s what the Statue of liberty is all about. Who says a report has to be on paper? I say quietly. And a smile spreads over her face可知，Luca關(guān)于報(bào)告有不同的想法，她想用錄音的方式來(lái)作報(bào)告。故答案選C。

【3】推理判斷題，根據(jù)文章最后一句話everyone is staring at our statue, quiet每個(gè)人都安靜的盯著我們的雕像。可知，每個(gè)人都認(rèn)為很感動(dòng)，故答案選D。