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    Westley said to me in a whisper: "God damn! I'm tired of sitting here. Let's get up and be saved." So he got up and was saved.

Then I was left alone on the mourners' bench. My aunt came and knelt at my knees and cried, while prayers and songs circled, all around me in the little church. The whole room prayed for me alone. And I kept waiting quietly for Jesus, waiting, waiting-but he didn't come. I want to see him, but nothing happened to me. Nothing!

"Langston, why don't you come? Why don't you come and be saved? Oh. Lamb of God! Why don't you come?"

Now it was really getting late. I began to be ashamed of myself, holding everything up so long. I began to wonder what God thought about Westley, who certainly hadn't seen Jesus either, but who was now sitting proudly on the platform, swinging his legs and grinning down at me, surrounded by deacons(教堂执事) and old women on their knees praying. God had not struck Westley dead for lying in the temple. So I decided that maybe to save further trouble, I'd better lie, too, and say that Jesus had come, and get up and be saved. So I got up.

Suddenly the whole room broke into a sea of shouting, as they saw me rise. Waves of rejoicing swept he place. Women leaped in the air. My aunt threw her arms around me. The minister(牧师) took me by the hand and led me to the platform.

When things quieted down, in a hushed silence, interrupted by a few joyous "Amens," all the new young lambs were blessed in the name of God. Then happy singing filled the room.

That night, for the last time in my life but one-for I was a big boy twelve years old-I cried. I cried in bed alone, and couldn't stop. I buried my head under the quilts, but my aunt heard me. She woke up and old my uncle I was crying because the Holy Ghost had come into my life, but I was really crying because I couldn't bear to tell her that I deceived everybody in the church, that I hadn't seen Jesus, and that now I didn't believe there was a Jesus any more, since he didn't come to help me.

1.I attended a special ceremony ________.

A.to be saved by Jesus and blessed B.to become a member of the church

C.to celebrate the appearance of Jesus D.to be given judgment for my sin

2.________, I got up at last.

A.Afraid of being struck dead by God

B.Eager to join Westley sitting on the platform

C.Ashamed of delaying the coming of God

D.Guilty of causing trouble to all the others

3.What can be inferred about the new young lambs in the service?

A.There were all saved by the God.

B.They all committed a sin.

C.They all saw Jesus except Westley and me.

D.They all deserved God's blessing.

4.I cried that night because I was ________.

A.forced to accept a merciless God

B.conscience-stricken at cheating before God

C.more a saved lamb than a liar

D.deprived of my belief in the existence of Jesus

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。讲述了“我”在听布道时因为不想撒谎说耶稣降临到自己身上而迟迟不站起来，最后只剩“我”一个人坐在忏悔者的长椅上，“我”无奈只能撒谎说耶稣降临，却在晚上因为不再相信耶稣存在而哭泣。

1.细节理解题。由“And I kept waiting quietly for Jesus, waiting, waiting”和“Langston, why don't you come? Why don't you come and be saved? ”可知，而我呢，还是安静地在等待耶稣，我等呀，等呀，你为什么不来？亲爱的孩子，你为什么不到耶稣这边来获得救赎。所以“我”来教堂的目的是为了得到上帝的宽恕和庇佑。故选A项。

2.细节理解题。由“So I decided that maybe to save further trouble, I'd better lie, too, ”可知，我决定，为了不再麻烦。我最好也撒个谎。所以“我”是为了不再给教堂里的其他人添麻烦才撒谎见到了基督，并站了起来。故选D项。

3.推理判断题。由“Then I was left alone on the mourners' bench. 忏悔者的长凳上只剩下了我一个人。”由此判断出这些孩子去教堂的目的是忏悔自己的罪恶。故选B项。

4.细节理解题。由“but I was really crying because I couldn't bear to tell her that I deceived everybody in the church, that I hadn't seen Jesus, and that now I didn't believe there was a Jesus any more,”可知，其实，我哭泣的真正原因是我不忍心告诉她我说了谎，我欺骗了教堂里所有的人，也不忍心对她讲我并没有看见耶稣，因此我不再相信世界上有什么耶稣，因为他没有帮助我。“我”哭泣的真正原因是“我”不忍心告诉姑母自己没见到耶稣，也不再相信耶稣的存在。故选D项。