Question

My grandmother was from a town in Michigan. Summer after summer, I enjoyed staying with my grandparents as a young child. I was from the city and loved the small town they lived in. People knew everyone, their kids, their pets, their ancestors. The bond with them continued to grow as I grew and they got older. Grandma was always using her hands for something exciting. She would make little sandwiches and we’d have tea parties. She’d make beautiful quilts for each one. I remember the small thimble(顶针) she would use while doing her needle work.

A few years ago, when Grandma left this earth, I bid farewell to a loving grandmother. How quickly our lives can change. We had just had tea together a couple of months earlier, on her 91st birthday.

On one particular birthday, when I was feeling a little low, something happened to make me feel like she was sharing that special day with me. I was arranging some colorful pillows that she had made, and suddenly I felt something inside one pillow. It was small and hard. I moved the object to a seam(接缝) that I carefully opened, and to my delight out came a tiny silver thimble! How happy I was to find something that had been a part of her. I carefully laid the thimble alongside the others I’ve collected over the years, where I could continue to see the gift God chose to reveal(启示)to me. What a precious memory of a very special lady who somehow, I knew, was laughing in delight at sewing her thimble inside my pillow.

I made some tea, using my best china, as Grandma always did, and enjoyed my tea and Grandma’s thimble. What a wonderful birthday that was!

1. The author wrote this passage to .

A. show how she missed her grandma

B. express a desire to lead a simple life

C. call on people to care for the old

D. look back upon her happy childhood

2. The author liked staying with her grandparents because .

A. she knew almost everyone there

B. she liked the simple and friendly town life there

C. she could have tea parties and eat sandwiches

D. she could learn to sew quilts

3. How did the author feel when she found the silver thimble?

A. Sad. B. Proud. C. Lucky. D. Cheerful.

4. It can be inferred from the passage that the silver thimble .

A. was the item the author had been trying to find

B. was the most treasured possession of Grandma

C. was very precious to the author

D. was a birthday gift Grandma had given the author

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析:本文是一篇记叙文，在文中作者通过回忆表达了对祖母深深的思念。小时候的作者常常去祖父母住的小镇上，作者非常喜欢那里淳朴的民风和善良的人们。后来在祖母过世后的一天，作者无意中发现了枕头中奶奶遗落的顶针，这给作者带来了无比的喜悦。

1.主旨大意题。文章第一段主要回忆了小时候和祖母在一起的美好时光，第二段讲述了祖母的离世，第三段和第四段叙述了偶然发现的“顶针”给作者带来的慰藉，所以从整篇看来作者都是在回忆祖母，表达对祖母的思念之情，故答案选A。

2.细节理解题。根据文章首段 I was from the city and loved the small town they lived in. …… The bond with them continued to grow as I grew and they got older.可知作者因为小镇的人们之间的淳朴友善而喜欢这个地方，选B。

3. 细节理解题。根据文章第三段and to my delight out came a tiny silver thimble! How happy I was to find something that had been a part of her.可知作者看到祖母的顶针时非常兴奋，选D。

4. 推理判断题。从文章第三段内容I carefully laid the thimble alongside the others I’ve collected over the years, where I could continue to see the gift God chose to reveal(启示)to me.中作者使用“carefully”一词充分表达了作者对这枚顶针的重视，再根据上文作者对祖母的回忆可以判断答案选C。

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