Question

“I’ve never used that road,” I said doubtfully. After a weekend of camping, it’s time for us to go home. The question was, which way?

The campsite in the mountainous Nyanga District of Zimbabwe was an hour and a half’s drive from our house in Mutare. There’s one road between Mutare and Nyanga that everyone uses. We’d driven on it many times. But just before we left for our holiday, a friend had emailed to say she’d heard of another route. So now here we were, with two roads from which to choose.

“Let’s try it,” I said to my husband. “Surely it can’t be too bad.”

Unlike me, an English girl who would never forget her four years in Paris, my husband grew up in this part of the world. He knew the fear of breaking down miles from anywhere with no cellphone signal. But to my surprise, he turned right at the Bonda Mission sign. Almost immediately, the magic began.

“Look, Mum,” Sam, who was 10, cried. “It’s that famous school!”

Sure enough, just past Bonda Mission there was a road sign to Knows tics Academy, a small rural school that nobody had heard of until last year when two of its pupils got the best results in the world for their history final exams, set by the University of Cambridge. We’d read about it in Zimbabwe’s main state-run newspaper but had no idea we’d see it today!

Sometimes I think of what my life might have been like if I’d stayed in Paris, if I’d kept to the main road, the one almost certain to have taken me where I thought I wanted to go. And then I remember what coming across the unknown in Zimbabwe has given me: wonderful experiences I could never have dreamed of.

1.What puzzled the author’s family at the moment of leaving the campsite?

A. How to get home.    B. Which route to take.

C. Which city to go to first.    D. How to contact their friend.

2.What did the author’s husband do after hearing her suggestion?

A. He expressed his strong fear.    B. He found their car broke down.

C. He put it into practice.    D. He turned to his cellphone for help.

3.What can we infer from Paragraph 6?

A. It was an unexpected experience to see Knows tics Academy.

B. It was a part of their travel schedule to see Knows tics Academy.

C. Knows tics Academy inspired the author’s son to study harder.

D. Seeing Knows tics Academy was a suggestion given by the author’s friend.

4.What does the author feel according to the last paragraph?

A. She regrets giving up the main road.

B. She can’t help missing her life in Paris.

C. She dreams of settling in Zimbabwe one day.

D. She likes her experiences in Zimbabwe.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】作者和家人在回家的路上选择走了一条从未走过的路，结果有了意外之喜。

1.细节理解题。由第一段中的“it’s time for us to go home. The question was, which way”可知，困扰作者的是不知道该走哪条路。故B选项正确。

2.推理判断题。由第四段中的“Unlike me, an English girl who would never forget her four years in Paris, my husband grew up in this part of the world. He knew the fear of breaking down miles from anywhere with no cellphone signal. But to my surprise, he turned right at the Bonda Mission sign”可知，作者的丈夫知道在一个没有手机信号的地方汽车出现故障的恐惧。但是听了作者的建议之后，令作者惊讶的是，作者的丈夫开车走上了作者提到的那条路。故C选项正确。

3.推理判断题。由第六段中的“We’d read about it in Zimbabwe’s main state-run newspaper but had no idea we’d see it today”可知，作者他们在走这条路的时候，亲眼看见了听说过的一个乡村小学校。所以，这是出乎作者的意料的。故A选项正确。

4.推理判断题。由最后一段中的“I remember what coming across the unknown in Zimbabwe has given me: wonderful experiences I could never have dreamed of”可知，作者认为这是非常棒的一次经历。故D选项正确。