Question

Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station（加油站） about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register（收款台）, I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.

I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I  received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery（电池） was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership—a shop selling cars—was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?”I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.

1.The underlined words“took off”in Paragraph 2 mean_________．

A．turned off        B．moved off

C．put up           D．set up

2.What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

A．He had it pulled back to the gas station．

B．The couple sent him a business card.

C．The couple offered to help him.

D．He called his friend for help.

3.The battery of the author’s car was dead because ___________．

A．something went wrong with the lights

B．his meeting lasted a whole day

C．he forgot to turn off the lights

D．he drove too long a distance

4.By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show ________．

A．how to write a thank-you letter

B．how to deal with car problems

C．the kind-heartedness of older people

D．the importance of expressing thanks

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述作者亲身经历的两件事：一是作者的车在路上坏了，一对夫妇帮助作者到了朋友家，作者向其致信表达感谢；二是作者车的电池用完了，向一家卖车的商店寻求帮助，之后作者同样向其致信表达感谢。通过这两件事作者向我们展示表达感谢的重要性。

1. took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car.后文说才走几米就发现车后冒烟，应是发生在离开车之后，可知该短语意思是离开，故选B

2. said they would take me to my friend’s他们说他们会把我带朋友那里，可知在作者的车故障后这对夫妇主动帮助了他，故选C

3. late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery（电池） was dead.下午我回到车发现车灯亮了一整天，电池用完了，可知作者的车电池用完是因为忘记关车灯，故选C

4. one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said没有一个人花时间向他写信表达感谢，这意义重大，他说，前一件夫妇帮助作者，作者同样向他们写信表达感谢，可知作者就是向我们展示表达感谢的重要性，故选D

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