Question

    It happened two years ago. It was Mother’s Day morning. I was doing my shopping at our local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we were leaving, we found that only minutes earlier an elderly woman had fallen over at the entrance and had hit her head on the ground. Her husband was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed (尴尬的) and clearly in shock. Walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very sad about what had happened to the couple. He said to me, “Mum, it’s not much fun falling over in front of everyone.”

At the front of the supermarket a charity group had set up a stand selling fish and chips and flowers to raise funds. Tenyson suggested that we should buy the lady a flower. “It will make her feel better,” he said. I was amazed that he’d come up with such a sweet idea. So we went over to the flower seller and asked her if we could buy a flower for the lady to cheer her up. “Just take it,” she replied. “I can’t take your money for such a wonderful gesture (姿势).”

By now paramedics (救援人员) had arrived, and were attending the injured (受伤的) woman. As we walked up to her, my son became intimidated by all the blood and medical equipment (器具). He said he didn’t want to go up to her.

Instead I gave the flower to the woman’s husband and told him, “My son was very sad for your wife and wanted to give her this flower to make her feel better.”

At that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you so much, you have a wonderful son. Happy Mother’s Day to you.”

The man then bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling her who it was from. Though badly hurt and shaken, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with love in her eyes and gave him a little smile.

1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.The elderly woman was knocked down by Tenyson.

B.Tenyson’s idea of buying a flower got his mother’s support.

C.Tenyson’s care for the elderly woman surprised the flower seller.

D.The elderly woman was moved to tears by Tenyson’s gesture.

2.The underlined word “intimidated” in the passage probably means “___________”.

A.surprised B.pleased C.frightened D.excited

3.Choose the right order of the events given in the story. _________

a. The paramedics arrived and attended the injured woman. 

b. We bought a flower for the lady to cheer her up.

c. I did some shopping at our local supermarket with my five-year-old son.

d. My son became very sad about what had happened to the couple.

e. An elderly woman fell over at the entrance.

A.c, e, a, b, d B.a, c, e, d, b C.c, a, e, d, b D.c, e, d, b, a

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A.The Power of Flower B.Mother’s Day

C.An Accidental Injury D.An Embarrassing Moment

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

文章描述泰尼森同情在超市入口处摔倒并撞伤头部的老太太，提议买花送给她，让她高兴起来。尽管伤得很严重，老太太还是抬起头来看泰尼森，眼里含爱意，并朝他微微一笑。

1.推理判断题。由首段第四句“... had fallen over at the entrance...”可知，“那位老太太在入口处摔倒而不是被泰尼森撞倒。”所以A项错误。由第二段第五句“So we went over to the flower seller...”可知，“泰尼森要买花的想法得到了妈妈的支持。”所以B项正确。由第二段第四句“I was amazed that...”可知，“泰尼森对老人的关心让妈妈很惊讶不是让卖花人很惊讶。”所以C项错误。由第五段首句“the old man started crying and said...”可知，“老妇人的丈夫感动得流下了眼泪而不是老太太感动得流下了眼泪”。所以D项错误。故选D。

2.词句猜测题。surprised吃惊的，pleased高兴的，frightened害怕的，excited兴奋的，四者均是-ed形式的形容词。由下文“He said he didn’t want to go up to her.（他不想靠近她。）”可知，“intimidated”可能是“害怕”的意思。故选C。

3.篇章结构题。由首段第三句“I was doing my shopping...with my five-year-old son...”可知，事件发生时，“我和五岁的儿子正在当地的超市购物。”这是c句所述内容：事件发生的时间和地点。由首段第四句“...an elderly woman had fallen over at the entrance...”可知，“当我们要离开时，一个老太太在出口处摔倒了。”这是e句所述内容：事件的开端。由首段第六句“... Tenyson became very sad about...”可知，“我儿子对这对夫妇的遭遇感到非常难过。”这是d句所述内容。接下来，文章第二段描述“我们买花送给老太太，使她高兴起来。”这是b句所述内容。最后，由第三段首句“By now paramedics had arrived...”可知，“至止，救护员已经到了，正在照料受伤的老太太。”这是a句所述内容。所以事件的发展顺序是：c, e, d, b, a。故选D。

4.最佳标题。文章描述泰尼森同情在超市入口处摔倒并撞伤头部的老太太，提议买花送给她，让她高兴起来。尽管伤得很严重，老太太还是抬起头来看泰尼森，眼里含爱意，并朝他微微一笑。所以，文章的最佳标题应该是“花的力量”。故选A。