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s. The elderly __2__ told me that he and his wife were retired(退休的 ) teachers. As we were searching, I heard the gentleman39。re Lisa Miller.” I looked at he r __5__, for it had been nearly thirty __6__ since I had been in her class. My mother immediately said sorry to her for any __7__ I might have made. She did that again after learning that I wasn39。s garden. It was a lamb39。s ear. Over the years it I looked down her driveway(車道 ) with lamb39。 lives. That piece may grow and spread, being a(n) __18__ part of a life. In the end it isn39。令作者更為驚奇的是當(dāng)年送給老師的一株植物, 在老師的精心培育下, 不斷繁衍, 布滿了道路的兩旁。 1. C 文章首段說(shuō)作者和母親到幾家宅前舊貨出售市場(chǎng)逛一逛。 2. B 根據(jù) garage sales 可知是宅前舊貨出售, 因此這里指 a pleasant house 的 “ 所有者 (owner)” 。 5. A 6. B 從后半句來(lái)看, 她們倆三十年沒(méi)有見面, 因此, 與老師相遇, 作者 “ 倍感驚奇 (surprised)” 。 7. D 母親說(shuō) sorry, 是因?yàn)槟赣H為孩子可能在上學(xué)期間給老師帶來(lái)的 “ 麻煩(trouble)” 而道歉。 10. D 根據(jù)下文老師對(duì)作者所送植物的培育可知, 老師是 “ 溫和地 (softly)” 說(shuō) “she was very good” 。 12. D 根據(jù) a plant from my mother39。 13. D 作者當(dāng)時(shí)是帶來(lái)一株, 而現(xiàn)在路的兩旁全是, 這說(shuō)明這株植物在老師的培育下, 不斷地 “ 繁衍 (spread)” 。這里是擬人化的描述。 e into 涌入。從下文 the effects that we have on others39。 17. C 根據(jù)下文的 We seldom imagine...可知我們每天都在 “ 毫無(wú)思考地 (without thought)” 給出我們的一個(gè)個(gè)生活的片段, 卻很少去想我們給他人所帶來(lái)的影 響。t the big things that matter, but the small things...可知, 往往起重要作用的不是大事情, 而是那些微小的事情。 19. B but與前面的 not構(gòu)成 not...but...(不是 ?? 而是 ??) 。所以本句話的意思是:事雖 小, 但意義重大。re dying. But this is far from the truth. In these days of expensive oil, the railways have bee highly petitive with motorcars and planes. If you want to carry people or goods from place to place, they39。t leave you as a plane does, miles and miles from the city center. It doesn39。t use because we have not enough money to buy the oil and planes we can39。從語(yǔ)篇第一段第二、三句中即可判斷選項(xiàng) B為正確答案。s idea seems to be that ________. A. we can do without railways B. trains have much in mon with motorcars and planes C. motorcars and planes are not as good as trains D. trains are as good as motorcars and planes 答案與解析: D 總結(jié)推論題。只有選項(xiàng) D才是正確答案。將 4個(gè)備選項(xiàng)逐一對(duì)照語(yǔ)篇中有關(guān)部分, 不難判定選項(xiàng)C符合試題要求。