7.My grandparents were married for over half a century,and played their own special game the time they had met each other.The goal of their game was to write the word"shmily"in a surprise place for the other to find.They took turns leaving"shmily"around the house,and as soon as one of them discovered it,it was their turn to hide it once more.They dragged"shmily"with their fingers through the sugar and flour containers to await whoever was preparing the next meal."Shmily"was written in the steam left on the mirror after a hot shower,where it would reappear bath after bath.There was no end to the places where"shmily"would pop up.Little notes with"shmily"were found on car seats,or taped to steering wheels.The notes were put inside shoes and left under pillows."Shmily"was written in the dust upon the mantel(壁爐架)and traced in the ashes of the fireplace.This mysterious word was as much a part of my grandparents'house as the furniture.
It took me a long time before I was able to fully appreciate my grandparents'game.Skepticism has kept me from believing in true love-one that is pure and lasting.However,I never doubted my grandparents'relationship.It was based on passionate(熱情的)affection which not everyone is lucky enough to experience.
But there was a dark cloud in my grandparents'life:my grandmother had breast cancer.The disease had first appeared ten years earlier.As always,Grandpa was with her every step of the way.He comforted her in their yellow room,painted that way so that she could always be surrounded by sunshine,even when she was too sick to go outside.But my grandmother grew steadily weaker until,finally,she could not leave the house anymore.Then one day,what we all feared finally happened.Grandma was gone.
"Shmily."It was written in yellow on the pink ribbons of my grandmother's funeral bouquet(花束).As the crowd thinned and the last mourners turned to leave,Grandpa stepped up to my grandmother's coffin and,taking a shaky breath,he began to sing to her.Through his tears and grief,the song came;S-h-m-i-l-y:See How Much I Love You.
56.Where may the word"shmily"be found?A
a.in the flour containers b.on the mirror
c.on the sheet of toilet paper d.on pillows
e.on the furniture
A.a(chǎn),b B.b,c C.a(chǎn),d D.b,e
57.The author tells us in the first paragraphB
A.what the word"shmily"means
B.how the special game was played
C.how the author felt about her grandparents'game
D.how her grandparents cared for each other
58.The underlined phrase"pop up"in Paragraph 1 meansA
A.a(chǎn)ppear B.change C.survive D.work
59.It can be seen from the passage that the authorC.
A.thought the game was meaningless
B.believes everyone can experience true love
C.doubted the existence of true love at first
D.sometimes left"shmily"around the house
60.Grandpa tried to make Grandma comfortable byC.
A.singing songs to her every day
B.painting the room yellow
C.encouraging her to go outside
D.helping her take a hot shower every day.
分析 文章講述了結(jié)婚已逾半個世紀(jì)的祖父母,多年來,他們在日常生活中彼此間不倦地玩著一個特殊的游戲:在一個意想不到的地方寫下"shmily"這個詞留待對方來發(fā)現(xiàn).直到很久以后祖母的葬禮上,我終于明白了他們特殊小游戲的意義SHMILY:See how much I love you(知道我有多么愛你),那種純潔且歷久彌堅的愛.
解答 56.A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段第四、五句的"…through the sugar and flour containers to await…in the steam left on the mirror after a hot shower"可知,單詞"shmily"可以在盛面的容器里或是鏡子上被發(fā)現(xiàn),故選A.
57.B 主旨大意題.根據(jù)第一段的內(nèi)容,尤其是"and played their own special game the time they had met each other.The goal of their game was to write the word"shmily"in a surprise place for the other to find."可知,該段主要描述了祖父母是如何玩那個特殊游戲的,故選B.
58.A 詞義猜測題.根據(jù)第一段的第四、五句舉例說明及信息詞"reappear"可知,沒有"shmily"一詞不可能出現(xiàn)的地方.所以短語"pop up"是A選項appear"出現(xiàn)"的意思,故選A.
59.C 推理判斷題.根據(jù)第二段的"Skepticism has kept me from believing in true love---one that is pure and enduring"可知,作者最初懷疑真愛的存在,故選C.
60.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章最后一段"He comforted her in their yellow room,painted that way so that she could always be surrounded by sunshine,"可知,爺爺通過把房間粉刷成黃色的來盡力使奶奶舒服,故選B.
點評 本文是人物故事類閱讀,主要考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題和推理判斷題.在做事實細(xì)節(jié)題時,首先根據(jù)題目要求迅速在文章里找出相應(yīng)的段落、句子或短語.認(rèn)真比較選項和文中細(xì)節(jié)的區(qū)別,在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.