Question

Grandpa was a carpenter (木匠). One day he was making some boxes for the clothes his church was sending to an orphanage (孤儿院) in Egypt. On his way home, he reached into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were gone. He drove back to the church, but his search turned out to be fruitless.

Suddenly, he realized what happened. The glasses had slipped out of his pocket and fallen into one of the boxes, which he had nailed shut. His new glasses were heading for Africa!

Grandpa had six children and he had paid twenty dollars for the glasses that morning. “It's not fair,” he told God as he drove home. “I've been very faithful (忠诚的) in giving my time and money to YOUR work.”

Several months later, the director of the orphanage was on holiday in the United States. He wanted to visit all the churches that helped him in Egypt, so he came to speak on Sunday night at my grandfather's small church in Chicago.

“But most of all,” he said, “I must thank you for the glasses you sent last year. You see, I had just broken my glasses. Then your boxes arrived. To my surprise, I found a pair of glasses in it and it fit me very well!”

The people listened, happy for the amazing glasses, but thought that the man must have confused their church with another. There were no glasses on their list of items to be sent overseas. Sitting quietly in the back, with tears in his eyes, Grandpa realized that God had played a big trick on him.

1.Where were Grandpa’s glasses lost?

A. In a church in Egypt.            B. In the box he made.

C. On his way home.                 D. At the orphanage.

2.How did Grandpa feel when he found his glasses were lost?

A. Calm.             B. Worried.

C. Surprised.        D. Disappointed.

3.Who got the glasses in the end?

A. Grandpa.

B. The orphanage.

C. Grandpa’s workmate.

D. The director of the orphanage.

4.The people except the author’s grandpa in the church _________.

A. sent the pair of glasses to Africa on purpose

B. knew the glasses that belonged to Grandpa

C. thought the director had made a mistake

D. were not interested in the director’s speech

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了祖父因为不小心把眼镜掉进了运送募捐物品的箱子中，然而这副眼镜却给了受捐赠者极大的帮助。所以这是一次“美丽的失误”的故事。

1.1】B细节理解题。根据文中The glasses had slipped out of his pocket and fallen into one of the boxes, which he had nailed shut可知眼睛从他的口袋里滑倒了一个盒子里并且盒子被他被定住了，故选B。

2.2】D推理判断题。根据文中Grandpa的话It's not fair，可知爷爷觉得觉得不公平不开心，推断他此时的心情是失望的，故选D。

3.3】D细节理解题。根据文中The director of the orphanage说的一句话The director of the orphanage，可知这个手表在他的手里，故选D。

4.4】C推理判断题。根据文章内容分析可知，爷爷丢了眼镜而难受，但却无意中帮助到了一个孤儿并且收到了感激，内心受到深深的感触，并没有将此堪称一场失误，故选C。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。

【名师点睛】

这类故事类的文章，一般都是通过一个中心讲述一个故事来表达某种寓意或者感慨。如：本文通过祖父因为不小心把眼镜掉进了运送募捐物品的箱子中，然而这副眼镜却给了受捐赠者极大的帮助。所以这是一次“美丽的失误”的故事来讲述，人生也是有很多巧事并且上帝是公平的，人生也是很美好的寓意。

这类文章的阅读技巧如下：

1. 根据首段或者尾段或者中心词句概括出文章的中心。如：本文根据文章最后一段概括出文章的中心：爷爷的不小心变成了个帮助别人的美丽失误的主旨。

2. 抓住问题的主干，以及问题的要点，带着问题看文章，最后分析做题。如：小题1，题干问的是爷爷的眼睛到哪里去了，带着问题看文章，发现通过文中The glasses had slipped out of his pocket and fallen into one of the boxes, which he had nailed shut看出爷爷的眼睛掉进了要捐赠出去的盒子里去了。