Question

Once there was a man and a woman. They had been married for more than 60 years. They kept no secrets from each other except that the old woman had a shoe box under her bed. She told her husband never to open or ask about it.

For all these years， he had never thought about the box. But one day the old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would never get better.

The woman said it was time that he should know what was in the box. The old man took the shoe box to his wife's bedside.

When he opened it， he found two beautiful doilies(装饰小垫) and some money. The money was $25,000.

“When we got married， ”she said， “my grandmother told me that the secret of a happy family was never to fight. She told me if every time I got angry with you， I should just keep quiet and crochet(编织) one doily.”

The old man was so moved because only two doilies were in the box. He thought she had only been angry with him twice in all those years.

“My dear，” he said， “but what about all the money? Where did it all come from?”

“Oh，” she said， “that's the money I made from selling the doilies. So far， I have sold 2,500 doilies.”

1.The old woman let her husband open her shoe box because     .

A.she was badly ill           B.she was 60 years old

C.she believed in her husband  D.her husband made her angry

2.From the story， we can infer(推断) the old woman had been angry with her husband    times before she told him the secret.

A.25,000  B.2,500  C.2,502  D.250

3.From the story we know     .

A.the old woman enjoyed crocheting doilies

B.the old man only made his wife angry twice

C.the old woman didn't follow her grandmother's advice

D.the old man was moved when he saw only two doilies in the box

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲了很久以前一对老夫妇之间的故事，老太太弥留之际告诉了他丈夫盒子中的秘密，其实他每对丈夫生一次气就织一个装饰小垫，结果卖装饰小垫就攒了很多钱，而丈夫一开始却认为他妻子对他一辈子也没有生几次气。

1.A细节理解题。根据短文But one day the old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would never get better.及The woman said it was time that he should know what was in the box.可知老人让丈夫打开盒子是因为重病可能好不了了。故选A.

2.C推理判断题.根据老太太生一次气就编制一个小垫和卖的的钱数I have sold 2,500 doilies.，还有盒子里的两块，可知老人可能生了2502次气，故选C。

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【考点定位】故事类短文阅读。