Question

ohn Cruitt, 62, spent decades tracking down his third- grade teacher.

He wanted to talk with Cecile Doyle about 1958--- the year his mother, who was seriously ill, passed away.

Her death came just days before Christmas. Cruitt had been expecting to go home from school and decorate the Christmas tree.

“When I found out she died, I could certainly relate to that, because when I was 11, my own father died,” Doyle tells Cruitt at StoryCorps in Monroe, N.Y. “And you just don’t know how you’re going to go on without that person.”

When Cruitt returned to school, Doyle waited until all of the other children left the room at the end of the day, and told him that she was there if he needed her.

“Then you kissed me on the head,” Cruitt says. “And I felt that things really would be OK.”

“Well, Cruitt, I’m so glad that I could be there with you for that time,” says Doyle, 82.

Decades after his mother’s death, Cruitt began to think more and more of Doyle. He finally wrote a letter:

Dear Mrs. Doyle,

If you are not the Cecile Doyle who taught English at Emerson School in Kearny, N.J., then I’m embarrassed, and you can disregard the letter.

My name is John Cruitt, and I was in your third- grade class during the 1958-1959 school year. Two days before Christmas, my mother passed away, and you told me that you were there if I needed you. I hope life has been as kind to you as you were to me.

God bless you.

John Cruitt

Doyle says his letter, which arrived in February, could not have come at a better time. Her husband, who passed away this August, was struggling with Parkinson’s disease.

“And I had just come home from the hospital, and I read this beautiful letter, and I just was overwhelmed,” she says.

“Well the funny thing is, when I finally wrote to you again after 54 years, I typed the letter--- I was afraid my penmanship wasn’t going to meet your standards,” Cruitt says as Doyle laughs.

“John, what can I say--- I’m just glad that we made a difference in each other’s life.”

1.After Cruitt’s mother’s death, ________.

A. Cruitt totally relied on his father

B. Doyle’s words brought him comfort

C. Cruitt didn’t go to school regularly

D. Doyle asked his classmates to help him

2.Before Cruitt wrote the letter, he______.

A. knew Doyle’s husband had passed away

B. believed Doyle was leading a happy life

C. considered it embarrassing to write to Doyle

D. was unsure whether Doyle could receive the letter

3.Doyle believed the letter_____.

A. was a belated gift

B. came at just the right time

C. lifted her confidence greatly

D. served as a reminder of her husband

4.Why did Cruitt type the letter?

A. Doyle had taught him typing.

B. He was better at typing than writing.

C. Doyle would be able to read it without difficulty.

D. He was afraid Doyle would be dissatisfied with his writing.

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講了一位62歲的老人John Cruit，對(duì)他三年級(jí)老師Cecile Doyle的感激之情。1958年圣誕節(jié)之前，Cruit的母親病逝。Doyle得知之后，想起自己在11歲的時(shí)候父親去世，知道Cruitt會(huì)難以接受這個(gè)事實(shí)。因此放學(xué)時(shí)，所有的孩子離開(kāi)教室之后，她對(duì)Cruitt說(shuō)，如果有需要，她會(huì)一直陪伴在他身邊。Cruitt因此感激這位老師，在母親去世幾十年之后，給Doyle寫(xiě)了一封感恩和祝福的信。而就在收到信不久，Doyle的丈夫由于罹患帕金森氏綜合癥而去世，這封信給予了同樣大的鼓舞和精神支撐。

1. you kissed me on the head,” Cruitt says. “And I felt that things really would be OK.”可知Doyle的話和親吻，給了Cruitt極大的安慰。故選B。

2.第八自然段書(shū)信內(nèi)容的第一句話If you are not the Cecile Doyle who taught English at Emerson School in Kearny, N.J., then I’m embarrassed, and you can disregard the letter.意思是：如果你不是在新澤西卡尼愛(ài)默生學(xué)校教英語(yǔ)的Cecile Doyle老師，那我非常抱歉，你可以不理會(huì)這封信。因此可知Cruitt不確定這封信是否可以到達(dá)Doyle那里。故選D。

3.第十一自然段And I had just come home from the hospital, and I read this beautiful letter, and I just was overwhelmed,意思是：我剛從醫(yī)院回來(lái)，讀了這封美麗的信，就在不久前我崩潰了。因此這封信在Doyle最需要的時(shí)候給了她安慰，所以來(lái)得正是時(shí)候。故選B。

4.倒數(shù)第二自然段I typed the letter--- I was afraid my penmanship wasn’t going to meet your standards意思是：我把這封信打印出來(lái)，因?yàn)槲覔?dān)心我的書(shū)寫(xiě)不符合老師的要求。故選D.

考點(diǎn)：考查記敘文閱讀。