10．Ulrich's friend Anna was missing at school．His mother said that perhaps she had gone into hiding．That was the hope anyway-that the family had left on their own and had not been sent on one of the prison trains to Germany or Poland．So many people in his city had disappeared since the Nazis came to Amsterdam in 1940．The streets，once crowded with busy shoppers，were now filled with tanks and soldiers．
No one felt safe，except maybe the collaborators（通敵者）．Who were they？Who would betray their friends and let their neighbors be arrested？Ulrich remembered his friend Anna：her father had a small business right down the road from his house．Her sister，Margot，was in the upper school，where Ulrich's sister was in her class．
When he walked to or from school，Ulrich studied the faces of the people on the street．Some looked concerned and cast their eyes downward as they walked，trying not to be noticed．His own parents had that look，like ghosts walking and wondering what had happened to them．The ones that bothered him were those who smiled，who acted like nothing was wrong．"Were they blind？"he wondered．Worse were those who moved into the houses and took the businesses of their missing neighbors．They seemed too assured，too content．They may be Dutch，Ulrich thought，but they are the enemy，too．They were the ones who made the occupation easy．He hoped that when the war was over，the rightful owners would come back and toss them out on their ears．
School was not the same either．It was more than the missing students，though that was the biggest part of it．The teachers，who once seemed to know everything，were different，too．They seemed afraid to teach history，afraid that the authorities would not like what they said．They jumped when a student dropped a book．It was as if they all had to hold their breath．
It was nearly spring．Already tulips（郁金香）were fighting their way out of the cold ground．How many more winters，springs，summers，and falls would go by until they were free？Ulrich waited，and hoped that his friend Anna would soon come home．
56．What happened to Anna？D
A．She left on her own．B．She went into hiding．
C．She joined the army in Poland．D．She was missing for unknown reason．
57．The writer hates most the ones whoA．
A．occupied the neighbors'houses B．a(chǎn)cted like nothing was wrong
C．walked like ghosts D．looked concerned
58．The teachers jumped when a student dropped a book，because theyC．
A．were not confident B．disliked teaching history
C．were too cautious D．were enemies
59．Why did the writer mention tulips in the last paragraph？C
A．Tulips reminded Ulrich of his friend Anna．
B．It took a long time before tulips grew up．
C．Tulips stood for hopes in Ulrich's eye．
D．He liked springs best of all seasons．
分析 本文是作者的家鄉(xiāng)發(fā)生了戰(zhàn)爭之后，對所見的一切環(huán)境的感想，表達了渴望和平的愿望．
解答 56．D．細節(jié)理解題．由第一段Ulrich's friend Anna was missing at school．His mother said that perhaps she had gone into hiding可知安莫名在學(xué)校失蹤了，故選D．
57．A．理解推斷題．由第三段Worse were those who moved into the houses and took the businesses of their missing neighbors可知，更糟的是有人占領(lǐng)了鄰居的房子，故選A．
58．C．理解推斷題．由倒數(shù)第二段They jumped when a student dropped a book．It was as if they all had to hold their breath，可知大家都很緊張，提心吊膽，故選C．
59．C．理解推斷題．由最后一段Already tulips（郁金香）were fighting their way out of the cold ground，郁金香在與寒冷的環(huán)境作斗爭，可知作者是在寓意他們與艱苦的環(huán)境的關(guān)系，郁金香代表了希望，故選C．
點評 本篇閱讀難度比一般閱讀較大，它存在的生詞比較多，因此考生應(yīng)當(dāng)綜合略讀、跳讀和查讀，猜詞等閱讀技巧來做題，平時也應(yīng)加強練習(xí)．
