Question

My mother comes up to my room and tells me that my father has got a new job. That’s why we’re moving. “Don’t you want to know where we’re going?” she asks. “Not really,” I say. She tells me anyway. I pretend not to listen.

   Every day my parents tell me something about the town that will become our new home. There is a statue (雕塑) honoring hero, a strawberry festival every year and the mayor(市长) used to be a professional football player. There are oak trees in our new neighborhood, just like the one on our yard. Pictures of these begin to fill in my mind. I start wondering what it might be like to live in such a town. On the day before we leave, I walk in the direction as if I were going to school. When I see the tiny old lady, I tell her goodbye, and she tells me to carry an umbrella when it rains. Her tiny dog holds out a tiny paw to shake my hand. The man at the newspaper store shakes my hand, too. The twins wave to me as they get on the bus. I go home, walking slowly through streets lined with oak trees.

   A large truck is parked in front of our house. The movers are carrying boxes while my parents are putting suitcases into our car. Soon our house will be empty, but not for long. I know that somewhere there are parents telling their children about a new town filled with oak trees, a place where they will meet nice people.

1.The writer is moving to a new place because____________________.

A. he doesn’t like his school any more    B. his father has had new work there

C. their neighborhood isn’t beautiful enough    D. his parents have bought a new big house there

2.The reason that the writer’s parents tell him something about the town they are going to move to is __________________.

A. to remind him to say goodbye to his classmates

B. to let him forget all about moving house

C. to help him stop worrying about the new home

D. to make him decide whether to move house or not

3.Why does the writer take a walk on the day before the family moves?

A. To say goodbye to what has been familiar(熟悉) to him.

B. To visit the statue in the middle of town.

C. To see if the same people are still in the same places.

D. To be away from home when the movers come.

4.From the underlined sentence in the last paragraph, we can infer(推测) that ______________.

A. like the people in the writer’s neighborhood, most people don’t enjoy their homes

B. like the writer’s home, every family has its stories

C. like the writer’s father, parents often get a new job easily

D. like the writer, other children may worry about moving house,too

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】因为作者的父亲找到了新工作，他们要搬家了，作者对现在的家有很多的不舍和留恋。他在离开的前一天去向他熟悉的人告别。

1.细节理解题。根据短文的开头My mother comes up to my room and tells me that my father has got a new job. That’s why we’re moving.可知，作者的父亲找到了新的工作，因此他们需要搬家。由此可知选B。

2.推理判断题。根据文意可知，作者由于父亲找到了新工作而要搬家，从短文第三段的内容可知，作者对自己住的这个地方是非常留恋的。因此我们推测他的父母跟他讲新地方的事情，是为了安慰作者的心情。故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据短文第二段中On the day before we leave, I walk in the direction as if I were going to school. When I see the tiny old lady, I tell her goodbye, and she tells me to carry an umbrella when it rains. Her tiny dog holds out a tiny paw to shake my hand. The man at the newspaper store shakes my hand, too. The twins wave to me as they get on the bus，这几句话描写的是在搬家之前的一天，作者去跟他熟悉的人告别。因此选A。

4.推理判断题。根据短文的最后划线的这几句话可知，作者说在这个世界上，还有一些父母在告诉他们的孩子们一个新地方，有着橡树，有很多好心的人。这说明就像作者一样，还有其他的孩子也在担心搬家这样的事情。故选C。

点睛：这篇短文中作者给我们讲述的是他要搬家了，对现在住的地方的留恋的心情。在读这篇短文的时候，理解作者的心情是做题的关键。后面的题目中主要以推理判断为主，因此我们只能从文字中找到一些做题的依据，而判断答案则需要我们真正读懂作者的心情。例如第2小题，这个题目问的是他的父母给他讲他们要搬去的那个地方的事情的原因，其实文章中并没有具体的句子告诉我们这个原因是什么，因此我们只能根据文意进行推测。根据文意可知，作者要搬家了，而且根据短文第二、三段的内容可知，作者对这个地方是很留恋的、不舍的。他的父母是想要安慰作者这种心情，不要让他对未来的家有任何的担心。了解到这一层我们就可以得出正确答案。