Question

Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.

I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery(电池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership－a shop selling cars－was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.

“Thank you”－two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.

60．The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City _______.

A．to visit a friend

B．to see his parents

C．to pay or the cash register

D．to have more gas for his car

61．The words “took off ” underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “________”.

A．turned off

B．moved off

C．put up

D．set up

62．What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

A．He had it pulled back to the gas station.

B．The couple sent him a business card.

C．The couple offered to help him.

D．He called his friend for help.

63．The battery of the author’s car was dead because _______.

A．something went wrong with the lights

B．the meeting lasted a whole day

C．he forgot to turn off the lights

D．he drove too long a distance

64．By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show _______.

A．how to write a thank-you letter

B．how to deal with car problems

C．the kind-heartedness of older people

D．the importance of expressing thanks

Answer 1

 

60.A

解析：本文第一段中…I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend可以得知A为正确答案

61.B

解析：本题考查词语在文中的意义.短文第一段提及“I”开车到加油站加油,接着,文中写道:I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car可以明显感知文中took off的意为moved off(离开.把车开走).

62.B

解析：短文第二段中…A car pulled up behind me….they said they would take me to my friend’s可以得知C项为正确答案(这儿意offer to do为“想要做某事、表示愿意做某事”)

63.C

解析：短文第四段中…In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day and the battery was dead可以得知C为正确答案

64.D

解析：本题要求推断作者谈自己亲身经历的目的.根据短文最后两小段,尤其最后一句:”Thank you”---two powerful words. They are easy to say and mean so much 可以得知D为正确答案