Question

Aunt Karen always had a special place in my heart. When I was growing up, I knew I could count on her to have room for me on her lap and words of love and encouragement when I needed to hear them. When she died five years ago, I was devastated. The whole family was still in shock when her husband, Uncle Ronnie, died a week later. I longed to have a small item of Aunt Karen’s to remember her by, but seeing her children and grandchildren overcome by the grief of this double loss made me shy away from asking.

A few months after Aunt Karen’s death, I was on my way to work when I saw Rescued Treasures, a local second-hand store. I only had a couple of dollars on me and didn’t really intend to buy anything, but I stopped anyway just to look inside. I had been shopping around for a few minutes when a small, black handbag caught my eye. It wasn’t fancy or special. I didn’t really need a handbag and continued to look around the store, but something kept drawing me back to that handbag. Finally, I checked the price tag (标签). It was just one dollar.

The handbag stayed in the back of my car for weeks until I came upon it during a car clean-up. I opened it up. I couldn’t believe it. They hadn’t even cleaned it out. It was still full of junk, old candy wrappers, old receipts (收据) and used paper. Usually the store emptied things inside, so there wouldn’t be any surprises for a new owner.

I threw away some wastes, and sorted through the receipts, when I found one item in the small inside pocket. It was an insurance card with the name “Karen Stair” written on it. I began to cry. My beloved Aunt Karen. This was her handbag.

1.What do we know from the passage?

A. Karen’s husband survived her by five years.

B. Karen’s children refused to give any item to the author.

C. The author was very shy when she was young.

D. Karen had been very kind to the author.

2.The underlined word “devastated” in Paragraph 1 probably means “________”.

A. very worried    B. a little lonely

C. extremely sad    D. slightly disappointed

3.The author made up her mind to buy the handbag because ________.

A. she just needed to buy a handbag

B. the bag looked strange and was worth the price

C. it happened that she could afford it

D. someone else persuaded her to buy it

4.As soon as the author opened the handbag, she felt very ________.

A. surprised    B. excited

C. sick    D. nervous

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.A

【解析】本文是记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者在Aunt Karen去世后，特别悲伤，因为Aunt Karen以及凯伦的丈夫先后去世后，他们一家人遭受双重打击，作者没有去要Aunt Karen的物品。但在一次购买二手商品时，意外的发现所购买的手提包是Aunt Karen的。

1.细节理解题。根据“when her husband, Uncle Ronnie, died a week later.”她的丈夫在她去世一周后也去世了。选项A错误；根据“I longed to have a small item of Aunt Karen’s to remember her by, but seeing her children and grandchildren overcome by the grief of this double loss made me shy away from asking.”我渴望得到凯伦阿姨的物品，但是看到她的孩子和孙子们被这双重的痛苦所压倒，我羞于向他们询问，可知并不是他们拒绝给作者凯伦阿姨的物品，并非是作者性格胆怯，选项B与C错误； 根据“When I was growing up, I knew I could count on her to have room for me on her lap and words of love and encouragement when I needed to hear them.”在我成长的过程中，我知道我期待在她的膝盖上留有我的位置，当我需要倾听时，会听到爱的语言和鼓励，可知凯丽阿姨对作者很好，选项D正确。根据题意，故选D。

2.词义猜测题。根据“Aunt Karen always had a special place in my heart.” 凯伦阿姨在我心中始终有一个特殊的位置。以及下句描述可知，作者对于她的去世非常悲伤。根据题意，故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据“I only had a couple of dollars on me”身上只有两美元。以及“Finally, I checked the price tag (标签). It was just one dollar.”最终，我检查了一下标签只需要一美元。可知作者买这件手提包碰巧支付得起。根据题意，故选C。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段“I began to cry. My beloved Aunt Karen. This was her handbag.” 我开始哭了起来。我亲爱的凯伦阿姨。这是她的手提包。作者碰巧买的手提包是凯伦阿姨的，可知作者是吃惊的。根据题意，故选A。

【名师点睛】细节理解型：文章主题和中心思想的阐述往往需要大量细节信息的支持，这些细节对于理解全文内容至关重要，同时也是归纳和概括文章中心思想的基础。命题人往往会要求考生根据不同的要求阅读文章，以获得某些特定的信息，或准确地寻求所需的细节，并对细节进行直接或间接辨认和理解。文章细节的理解可以细化为：(1)一一对应型。答案与题目在表达形式和意义上直接吻合，一一对应，一目了然。属于浅层次的阅读试题，分数比例极少。(2)语言转述型。这是一类间接事实细节题，答案与题目在意义上充分运用了词义之间的转述关系，即正确选项是原文有关词语和句子的另类表达。属于中档难度题，分数比例较大。(3)语意理解型。这是一类深层事实细节理解题，答案与题目之间存在着一定的逻辑联系，这种联系需要建立在事实的基础上通过上、下文来进行判断、分析、归纳和整合，才能得出正确答案。属于较高难度的事实细节题，分数比例很大。(4)是非辨别型。这是一类综合事实细节题，出题形式常常是“三正一误”(三项正确，只有一项不符合原文内容)或“三误一正”(三项错误，只有一项符合原文内容)。(5)事实排序型。这是一类运用多项事实进行排序的事实细节题，要求根据动作发生的先后顺序、时间顺序或者句子之间的逻辑关系，找出事件发生、发展的正确顺序。例如：本文中的第1小题：

【解题剖析】此题属于细节理解中的(4)是非辨别型。这是一类综合事实细节题，出题形式常常是“三正一误”(三项正确，只有一项不符合原文内容)或“三误一正”(三项错误，只有一项符合原文内容)。本文中的第1题通过文章内容一一判断。最终只有选项D与原文一致。