Question

Mrs. Black is sixty-nine years old. She only has a daughter named Sandra. Mr. Black died twelve years ago. Mrs. Black was very sad and lived in her house alone. Two years ago her daughter had a baby. The young woman was busy all the time and had no time to look after her son James. She asked her mother to live with them. The old woman had to sell her house and moved there. __1._. And the family liked her.

Last autumn Mrs. Black went to do some shopping. A car hit her and her leg was hurt. She had to be in hospital for three months. ___2.__ At first her daughter was kind to her, but soon she began to be tired of(讨厌) her. The old woman wanted to leave, but she had no money to buy a house and nobody could take care of her. __3.__

One morning Mrs. Black broke a plate. It made her daughter angry. She told James to buy a wooden(木制的) plate for his grandma. That afternoon James came back with two wooden plates. She was surprised and asked, “Why did you buy two plates, son?”

“One is for grandma,” answered the boy, “the other is for you! You will also have to use a wooden plate when you’re old, I think.”_4.____. She cried for long. Now she is kind to her mother as she was before .

5.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Mrs. Black liked this family very much.

B. Mrs. Black’s family.

C. More care should be given to the old.

D. Mrs. Black was sad about what her daughter did.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：布莱克是强壮的并且能完成所有的家务。女儿的家人都很喜欢她。但是，去年夏天，布莱克夫人去购物时被车撞了。因此不能做家务了，她的女儿也不喜欢她了。后来又通过一件事情，她的女儿改变了想法和做法。

1.

2.在去购物时被车撞了。下文对提到开始她的女儿对她很好，但是不久就讨厌她了。明确她从医院回来后不能做家务了。故选A

3.

4.有一天，布莱克夫人打碎了一个盘子，于是让她女儿的儿子去买一个木制的。可是这个男孩买回了两个，说一个是给姥姥的，另一个是给妈妈的，等到年纪大了用。从而明确当她听到这些话时，她是多么的伤心，因此选择第三项。故选C

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考点：人生哲理类短文阅读。