Question

    One year ago, I worked at a traditional Chinese medicine store. Business was not bad. Every day we mixed medicinal herbs (中药) for patients, so the store was always full of a strong herbal smell.

After I had worked there for a time, a boy of 13 or 14 started coming and sitting on the stairs outside the store for a while every day. It seemed strange to me.

“Do you like the herbal smell?” I asked him one day.

“I grew up with this kind of smell,” he said. He told me that his mother took herbal medicine for years, so he could mix herbs for his mother when he was very young. He mixed the herbs with deep love, hoping his mother would get better as soon as possible.

“Is your mother well now?” I asked.

He shook his head. “My mother passed away three years ago.” Looking up into the sky, he went on: “When I first passed by here and smelled the herbs, I thought of my mother, It is comforting (安慰的) to remember those days when she was alive. So I come here every day to sit for a moment. When I sit around this smell, I feel as if my mother is still alive and is waiting for her medicine in her room.”

1.The boy came to the store every day because he ________.

A.liked the herbal smell B.missed his mother very much

C.would like to work in the store D.wanted to make friends with the writer

2.The boy’s mother passed away when he was ________  years old.

A.6 or 7 B.about 10 C.13 or 14 D.about 8

3.The best title of the story is ________.

A.A poor boy B.A medicine store C.Herbal smell D.Story of medicine

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，文章以“草药味”为线索，讲述了一个男孩儿对已逝的母亲深沉的爱与思念。

1.细节理解题。根据最后一段“I thought of my mother, It is comforting to remember those days when she was alive. So I come here every day to sit for a moment”可知，男孩儿每天都来中药店是因为他非常想念自己的妈妈。故选B。

2.推理判断题。根据“a boy of 13 or 14”以及“My mother passed away three years ago”可知，男孩的妈妈是在男孩大约10岁的时候去世的。故选B。

3.最佳标题题。根据最后一段“When I first passed by here and smelled the herbs, I thought of my mother, It is comforting to remember those days when she was alive”以及全文内容可知，本文以“草药味”为线索，讲述了一个男孩儿对妈妈深深地思念的故事，因此本文的主题就是“草药味”，这不仅是一种简单的味道，更蕴含了儿子对母亲的思念。故本文标题应是Herbal smell。故选C。