Question

    When our son Peter was twelve, the new bicycle he had received was stolen. Owning a bicycle was big fun to our children when they were little. They spent hours and hours, day after day, on their bicycles, riding up and together as a family a lot. Bicycling was a great way to get the kids out of the house and into the fresh air without spending the money.

When Peter and his sister went outside for a morning ride, he discovered that his bicycle had been stolen from our backyard. He couldn't believe that someone would do this.

He got a large piece of cardboard, painted a sign begging for the bicycle to be returned, and tied the sign to the letterbox. The following morning, when I went out to collect the mail, I found a white envelope with the magical words, "Buy yourself a new bicycle". There was a $ 100 banknote inside.

We were very touched that someone had the heart to do this. We'd never been able to thank the person but we guessed that it may have been one of our wonderful neighbors. Peter painted a big "Thank you!" on the sign and we left it outside for a couple of weeks afterwards, hoping the kind stranger would drive down our street and see it.

Peter was able to own a new bicycle again. As the years went on, the bicycle became older but remained just as important as before. Now Peter is 25.

All these years later we are still thankful for the stranger's kindness. We were a young family with three little children and it meant a lot to us. We still talk about it and, even now, wonder who the kind stranger was.

根据短文内容，回答问题。

1.What did Peter often do when he was a child?

2.Where was the bicycle stolen?

3.How did the family feel after someone had the heart to give them the $ 100 banknote?

4.Why did Peter put the 'Thank you' sign outside?

5.Did the writer and the family remember or forget the stranger's kindness?

Answer

1.He often rode a bicycle.

2.From their backyard.

3.They were very touched.

4.He holped the kind stranger would drive down their street and see it.

5.They always remembered.

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要介绍了作者儿子自行车被偷了，一个好心人给了100元，让他们再买辆新的，虽然过去了很多年，但作者和家人仍然感激陌生人的仁慈。

1.细节理解题。题意：彼得小时候经常做什么?根据They spent hours and hours, day after day, on their bicycles, riding up and together as a family a lot. 他们花很多时间，日复一日，骑着他们的自行车……，由此可知彼得小时候经常骑自行车，故答案为He often rode a bicycle.

2.细节理解题。题意：自行车在哪里被偷的?根据he discovered that his bicycle had been stolen from our backyard. 他发现他的自行车从我们的后院被偷了。可知自行车是从他们的后院被偷走的，故答案为From their backyard.

3.细节理解题。题意：当有人有心给他们100美元时，他们是什么感觉?根据We were very touched that someone had the heart to do this.可知，他们是非常感动的，故答案为They were very touched.

4.细节理解题。题意：为什么彼得把“谢谢”的牌子放在外面? 根据Peter painted a big "Thank you!" on the sign and we left it outside for a couple of weeks afterwards, hoping the kind stranger would drive down our street and see it.可知，彼得把“谢谢”的牌子放在外面是希望那个好心的陌生人会开车经过他们这条街看到它，故答案为He holped the kind stranger would drive down their street and see it.

5.细节理解题。题意：作者和家人是记得还是忘记了陌生人的善意?根据All these years later we are still thankful for the stranger's kindness.以及We still talk about it and, even now, wonder who the kind stranger was.可知他们一直记得，故答案为They always remembered.