Question

I Was the Doughnut Lady

In university I bad a part-time job at a shop that sold doughnuts and coffee. Situated on a block where several buses stopped, it served the people who had a few minutes to wait for their bus.

Every afternoon around four o’clock, a group of schoolchildren would burst into the shop, and business would come to a stop. Adults would glance in, see the crowd and pass on. But I didn’t mind if the children waited for their bus inside. Sometimes I would hand out a bus fare when a ticket went missing-always repaid the next day. On snowy days I would give away some doughnuts. I would lock the door at closing time, and we waited in the warm shop until their bus finally arrived.

I enjoyed ray young friends, but it never occurred to me that I played an important role in their lives—until one afternoon when a man came and asked if I was the girl working on weekdays around four o’clock. He identified himself as the father of two of my favorites.

“I want you to know I appreciate what you do for my children. I worry about them taking two buses to get borne. It means a lot that they can wait here and you keep an eye on them. When they are with the doughnut lady, I know they are safe.” I told him it wasn’t a big deal, and that I enjoyed the kids.

So I was the Doughnut Lady. I not only received a title, but became a landmark.

Now I think about all the people who keep an eye on my own children. They become, well, Doughnut Ladies. Like the men at the skating rink (滑冰场) who let my boys ring home; Or the bus driver who drove my daughter to her stop at the end of the route at night but wouldn’t leave until I arrived to pick her up; Or that nice police officer who took pity on my boys walking home in the rain when I was at work—even though the phone rang all the next day with calls from curious neighbors. “Was that a police car I saw at your house last night?”

That wasn’t a police car. That was a Doughnut Lady.

1.According to the passage, the author sometimes       .

A. sold bus tickets to the children

B. gave the children free doughnuts

C. did business with the children’s help

D. called the children’s parents to pick them up

2.By saying “...it wasn’t a big deal (Para. 4),” the author meant that       .

A. she hadn’t done anything significant

B. she hadn’t spent much time with the children

C. she hadn’t made a lot of money from the children

D. she hadn’t found it hard to get along with the children

3.What can we learn about the police officer?

A. He took the boys to the police station.

B. He helped the boys look for their mother.

C. He drove the boys back home in a police car.

D. He managed to make sure of the boys’ identity.

4.The passage suggests that       .

A. running a business requires skill

B. taking responsibility is a moral virtue

C. devotion should be everything in life

D. there are always no small acts of kindness

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】这篇短文介绍作者让孩子们在店里等车，并赠送她们甜甜圈，让孩子们的家长很感激，以及作者想到的很多善举，看似不起眼的事情，都带给别人很多感激和温暖。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的“On snowy days I would give away some doughnuts. ”可知，有时我会赠送一些甜甜圈给学生们。故选B.

2.词义猜测题。根据后半句“and that I enjoyed the kids.”可知作者很喜欢这些孩子，所以推知她乐意这样做，也就是说她不觉得这是什么大事。因此，“wasn’t a big deal”表示不是什么大事。故选A.

3.推理判断题。根据文中倒数第二段“that nice police officer who took pity on my boys walking home in the rain when I was at work”及邻居的话“‘Was that a police car I saw at your house last night?’”可推知，警察用警车把雨中回家的孩子们送回家。故选C.

4.推理判断题。因为作者让孩子们在店里等车，让孩子们的家长很感激，以及作者想到的很多善举，都带给别人很多感激和温暖。因而这篇短文暗示出每一个善举看似不起眼但是却对对方都是了不起的事。故选D.

【名师点睛】

推理判断试题属于高层次阅读理解题。这种题型包括判断题和推理题。这两类题常常相互依存，推理是为了得出正确的判断，正确的判断又依赖于合乎逻辑的推理。做好该题型要从整体上把握语篇内容，在语篇的表面意义与隐含意义、已知信息与未知信息间架起桥梁，透过字里行间，去体会作者的“弦外之音”。推理判断题常常可以分为如下几类：（1）细节推断。如时间、地点、人物关系等；（2）逻辑推断。根据已知的结果推断导致结果产生的可能原因；（3）目的、意图、态度推断。根据文章的论述，推断作者的写作目的以及作者情感态度；（4）预测想象推断。文章没有明确说明，要求根据语篇对文章可能涉及的内容进行预测判断。

A推理判断主要的设题方式有：

（1）It can be inferred from the passage (or the last paragraph) that…

（2）It can be learned from the passage (or the last paragraph) that…

（3）It can be concluded from the passage (or the last paragraph) that…

（4）It implies that…

（5）Where would you most probably find this passage?

（6）What would the author most likely continue to talk about in the next paragraph(s)?

B推理判断主要的解题策略有：

（1）根据不同文体，推断目的意图。不同的文章可能有不同的写作目的, 通常作者的写作目的有以下三种：1) to entertain readers（娱乐读者，让人发笑），常见于故事类的文章。2) to persuade readers（说服读者接受某种观点）常见于广告类的文章。3) to inform readers（告知读者某些信息）多见于科普类﹑新闻报道类﹑文化类或社会类的文章。高考阅读试题设计到各类文章，而以议论文为主，文章的主题句、核心句往往会直接或间接地表明作者的态度立场；阅读理解中也有说明文、描述文。前者因为其体裁的客观性，所以作者的态度也往往采取中立。而后者因为其文章观点往往不直接提出，而且作者写作时也常带有某种倾向性，所以，阅读时要善于根据文章的文体来学会推断作者的情感态度和目的。

（2）根据用词风格，推断情感态度。一篇好的文章，其用词风格常常直接流露或蕴含作者的内心世界和情感态度。所以阅读时要善于捕捉表达或暗示情感态度的词句或短语，捕捉那些烘托气氛，渲染情感的词句，进而很好地洞察作者的思想倾向，是支持、反对抑或中立？对于选项而言，要分清选项中的褒义词、中性词和贬义词，以此对照全文。如：1）表示褒义的词语：positive赞成的，supporting支持的，praising赞扬的，optimistic乐观的，admiring羡慕的，enthusiastic热情的等；2）表示中性的词语：uninterested无兴趣的，不感兴趣的；neutral中立的；impersonal不带个人感情的；subjective主观的；objective客观的等；3）表示贬义的词语：disgusted感到恶心的，厌恶的；critical批评的；negative 否定的，反对的；suspicious怀疑的；tolerant容忍的，忍让的；worried 担忧的等。

（3）根据写作思路，推断段落发展。不同的文体，写作思路和写作手法也不尽相同。做题时，要善于体会作者的写作思路，揣摩作者的谋篇布局，从宏观上左右文章的结构框架；同时，还要把握作者行文时所运用的修辞手段，如对比、举例、下定义等。通过梳理写作思路，明晰写作手法，即可对文章的发展作出比较科学合理的推断和预测。

（4）根据事实细节，推断合理信息。推理题要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基础上，作出一定判断和推论，从而得到文章的隐含意义和深层意义。推理题所涉及的内容可能是文中某一句话，也可是某几句话，但做题的指导思想都是以文字信息为依据，既不能做出在原文中找不到文字根据的推理，也不能根据表面文字信息做多步推理。也就是说，要做到判断有据, 推论有理, 忠实原文。切忌用自己的观点代替作者的本意，切忌片面思考，得出片面结论。

如小题3，文中没有原词原句表述警察用警车送孩子们回家，但是根据文中倒数第二段“that nice police officer who took pity on my boys walking home in the rain when I was at work”及邻居的话“‘Was that a police car I saw at your house last night?’”可推知，警察用警车把雨中回家的孩子们送回家。