Question

A letter of reply is sometimes a most treasured thing. Here is a story that tells about this common and natural human feeling.

The busiest woman in Labrador during one bitter cold Christmas not very long ago, was an Australian nurse named Kate Austen. But Nurse Austen was not too busy to write with a long, friendly letter for every gift of food or clothing received for poor villagers in the north of Australian. Among the gifts was a box of knittings (毛線編織品) for children, knitted and sent by a woman in Toronto.

Nurse Austen, was busy, and not feeling too well that winter. She could have written just ordinary routine notes of acknowledgement. But that was not her way. She sat down and wrote the woman in Toronto a real letter telling all about the village, and the names of the children who were wearing the knitted gloves and caps, and what they said when they got them, and how they looked when they wore them. She wanted the woman who had knitted and sent all those lovely knittings “to see how much happiness and warmth she had created.” Not long after, she received the following answer from Canada.

Dear Miss Austen,

Your letter made me happy. I did not expect such a full return, I am eighty years old, and I am blind. There is little I can do expect knit, and that is why I knit so many caps and sweaters scarves. For sixty years I have been making up missionary packages of such clothing or food or medicine or book as I could collect. But never before in all that time have I had a personal letter picturing the village and telling me who is wearing the clothing and what they said. I did not suppose that ever in my lifetime I should receive a letter like that. My God bless you.

Sincerely yours, Laura N. Russell

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案，并將其標(biāo)號(hào)填入題前括號(hào)內(nèi)。

1.According to the passage, a letter of reply is not ．

A．a(chǎn) common thing B．a(chǎn) treasured thing

C．a(chǎn) natural thing D．a(chǎn) boring thing

2.______knitted and sent a box of knittings for the poor in Australian.

A．Kate Austen B．Laura Russell

C．An Australian mother D．The writer

3.Why did Nurse Austen write the letter?

A．Because she wasn’t so busy.

B．Because she was a kindhearted woman.

C．Because she was thankful for the knittings.

D．Because she wanted the woman to know the happiness and warmth she had created.

4.What do you think of the letter from Nurse Austen?

A．A waste of much time. B．A valuable letter.

C．An interesting letter. D．An unforgettable letter.

5.What can we learn from the two women?

A．We should be polite to others.

B．When we receive a letter we should write back soon

C．We should respect each other

D．We should express our thanks to the people who help you.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：回信有時(shí)是很珍貴的。這里有一個(gè)故事講述了人類的這種普遍自然的感情。

不久以前一個(gè)寒冷的圣誕節(jié)，護(hù)士凱特?奧斯汀在寫一封封長長的、親切的信，感謝為這個(gè)地處北澳大利亞邊區(qū)荒涼、貧困的村落寄來食品和衣服的每一位捐助者。在這些寄來的東西中，有一箱毛線編織品，是多倫多的一位婦女親手給孩子們織的。她坐下來好好地寫了一封信，告訴加拿大的那位婦女村里的情況，哪些孩子戴上了寄來的毛線手套和帽子，以及他們戴上新手套和新帽子時(shí)說的高興話和那種快活的樣子。奧斯汀要讓那位親手編織了這些可愛的毛線織物并把它們寄來的婦女“知道她創(chuàng)造了多少幸福和溫暖”。不久，她收到了這封來自加拿大的回信。來信表示了對(duì)奧斯汀的感謝，同時(shí)表明她捐贈(zèng)的東西很多，已分發(fā)到敘利亞，或亞美尼亞，或長江上游地區(qū)。可是從來沒有人給她寫過一封親筆信，給她描述一些村里的事，告訴她誰穿上了寄去的衣服，以及他們說了些什么。她萬萬沒有想到，在她的一生中竟會(huì)收到一封如此珍貴的回信。

1.A letter of reply is sometimes a most treasured thing. Here is a story that tells about this common and natural human feeling.”理解可知，回信不是一件無聊的事情，故選D。

2.歸納題，根據(jù)文中的語句理解可知，這些東西是Laura N. Russell 捐贈(zèng)的，故選B。

3.She wanted the woman who had knitted and sent all those lovely knittings “to see how much happiness and warmth she had created”理解可知，奧斯汀要讓那位親手編織了這些可愛的毛線織物并把它們寄來的婦女“知道她創(chuàng)造了多少幸福和溫暖”。故選D。

4.歸納題，根據(jù)文中的語句理解可知，奧斯汀的這封信很有價(jià)值，故選B。

5.歸納題，縱觀文中的語句理解可知，我們應(yīng)該及時(shí)向那些幫助過我們的人表示感謝，故選D。

考點(diǎn)：故事類短文閱讀