Question

Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station（加油站） about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register（收款臺）, I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.

I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery（電池） was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership—a shop selling cars—was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?”I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.

1.The underlined words“took off”in Paragraph 2 mean_________．

A．turned off B．moved off

C．put up D．set up

2.What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

A．He had it pulled back to the gas station．

B．The couple sent him a business card.

C．The couple offered to help him.

D．He called his friend for help.

3.The battery of the author’s car was dead because ___________．

A．something went wrong with the lights

B．his meeting lasted a whole day

C．he forgot to turn off the lights

D．he drove too long a distance

4.By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show ________．

A．how to write a thank-you letter

B．how to deal with car problems

C．the kind-heartedness of older people

D．the importance of expressing thanks

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述作者親身經歷的兩件事：一是作者的車在路上壞了，一對夫婦幫助作者到了朋友家，作者向其致信表達感謝；二是作者車的電池用完了，向一家賣車的商店尋求幫助，之后作者同樣向其致信表達感謝。通過這兩件事作者向我們展示表達感謝的重要性。

1. took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car.后文說才走幾米就發(fā)現(xiàn)車后冒煙，應是發(fā)生在離開車之后，可知該短語意思是離開，故選B

2. said they would take me to my friend’s他們說他們會把我?guī)�朋友那里，可知在作者的車故障后這對夫婦主動幫助了他，故選C

3. late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery（電池） was dead.下午我回到車發(fā)現(xiàn)車燈亮了一整天，電池用完了，可知作者的車電池用完是因為忘記關車燈，故選C

4. one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said沒有一個人花時間向他寫信表達感謝，這意義重大，他說，前一件夫婦幫助作者，作者同樣向他們寫信表達感謝，可知作者就是向我們展示表達感謝的重要性，故選D

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