Question

【題目】 In 2010，my mother-in-law gave me her rather simple but graceful, antique “secretary desk.” The desk easily fit into the tiny room at the top of the stairs. I felt so secure, and confident when I sat down and began each writing session. Despite the desk’s appeal, its limited storage capacity meant that I often put file folders and books on the small floor space around me. After each writing session, I painstakingly gathered the tools of the trade and placed them on a nearby shelf until the next session.

A few years into my writing journey, we moved into a bigger home and I acquired my own office. My husband, Bill offered on more than one occasion to buy me a new desk for my office, but I ignored his offer.

One day, we stopped at the local office supply store. Bill found what he thought was the perfect desk for me. “ I want to buy this for you, sweetie. My writer needs a bigger desk.” He hugged me.

“Thanks, but I don’t want a bigger desk!” I said.

“Why don’t you want a bigger desk?” he said. “You must be afraid of something.”

“I’m not afraid of anything,” I said. “ Like I said, I really like my little desk. So don’t ask me again”.

He didn’t.

A few weeks later, while working in my new office, I looked around at the folders , books and papers lying all over my office floor but couldn’t find what needed to meet a contest deadline. My heart raced. I looked around my office. The room basically swallowed the tiny desk, making it look slightly out of place. Maybe I did need a bigger desk. Was Bill right? Was I afraid of something?

Unable to write, I pulled C.JoyBell C.’s book of poetry, All Things Dance Like Dragonflies, from the bookshelf. I flipped through its pages, and her words about faith jumped off the page into my heart. She talked about how she had trained herself to love the feeling of not knowing where she was going, and just trusting that as she opened up her wings and flew off in an unknown direction, things would work out.

At that moment, I recognized that a bigger desk symbolized bigger possibilities, stepping out in faith, and leaving my comfort zone.

【1】What was the limitation of the “secretary desk”?

A.It was a bit small in size.B.It was too old to be functional

C.It competed with the shelf for roomD.It prevented the author focusing on writing.

【2】What happened to the author at the local office supply store?

A.She talked her husband into buying a desk.B.She had a quarrel with the salesperson.

C.She managed to overcome her fear.D.She declined her husband’s offer.

【3】When did the author want to buy a new desk?

A.After she was stuck in a messB.When she finished writing a book.

C.When she moved into a bigger house.D.After she missed an important contest.

【4】What was the author afraid of before?

A.UnemploymentB.Uncertainty

C.Loss of friendshipD.Lack of trust

【5】What would be the best title of the passage?

A.My writing journey.B.On the wings of change.

C.Why I love writing.D.A quarrel between my husband and I.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】B

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。文章講述了作者是一名作家，作者一直用一張小桌子辦公。之后作者有了自己的辦公室，但是由于作者不想改變，害怕未知的事情，作者拒絕換張大桌子。有一天當(dāng)作者陷入雜亂的辦公環(huán)境，讀到一本書時，深有感悟。作者明白了，要愛上未知的感覺，懷揣信仰，走出舒適區(qū)。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中的“...its limited storage capacity...”可知這張桌子容量有限，體積不大。故選A項。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段的“Thanks, but I don’t want a bigger desk!”及第六段“Like I said, I really like my little desk. So don’t ask me again.”可知, 在丈夫提出要給作者買張大桌子的時候我拒絕了。故選D項。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段中的“I looked around at the folders, books and papers lying all over my office floor but couldn’t find what needed to meet a contest deadline.”及“The room basically swallowed the tiny desk, making it look slightly out of place. Maybe I did need a bigger desk.”可知作者環(huán)顧辦公室地板上的文件夾、書籍和文件，但找不到要找的文件的時候，作者想著或許作者確實需要一張大點的桌子�？芍�這個時候作者被受限于這個混亂的辦公環(huán)境。故選A項。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“I flipped through its pages, and her words about faith jumped off the page into my heart.”可知作者讀到一本書里作者的一些話讓作者深有感觸。“She talked about how she had trained herself to love the feeling of not knowing where she was going, and just trusting that as she opened up her wings and flew off in an unknown direction, things would work out.”可知書的作者訓(xùn)練自己去愛上不確定的感覺。由此可推理出作者之前是因為害怕不確定性所以才拒絕換大桌子。故選B項。

【5】主旨大意題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“She talked about how she had trained herself to love the feeling of not knowing where she was going, and just trusting that as she opened up her wings and flew off in an unknown direction, things would work out.”可知, 作者明白了要愛上未知的感覺，并且相信當(dāng)她張開翅膀朝著一個未知的方向飛去時，一切都會好起來的。結(jié)合選項可知B項（搭乘改變之翼）為短文最佳標(biāo)題。故選B項。

細(xì)節(jié)題的命題方法很多，如可能是對某個細(xì)節(jié)用同義結(jié)構(gòu)轉(zhuǎn)換后進(jìn)行考查、也可能是將文章中的幾個細(xì)節(jié)（通常是四個）放在一起要求考生判斷是非（選出正確的一項或選出錯誤的一項）或?qū)�幾個細(xì)節(jié)進(jìn)行排序等。解答這類試題時，一個常用的方法就是運(yùn)用定位法，即根據(jù)題干或選項中的線索詞從原文中找到相關(guān)的句子，與選項進(jìn)行比較從而確定答案（此時要特別注意一些常見的同義轉(zhuǎn)換）。

如第1小題，由題干中的limitation可定位到文章第一段“its limited storage capacity”，由此可知這張桌子的局限是體積太小。故選A。