Question

When I was 12 years old, I was at a very hard stage in life. I was short and fat, which was bad for a girl, so coordination（協調）was not one of my strongest features. On the other hand, my mother was a very talented

softball player who even acted as my coach. Night after night, I would try my best to impress “my coach”.Unfortunately, I just felt like a terrible disappointment to my mother.

One summer afternoon, my mother told us we were going to visit Uncle David. Since we lived in an apartment, going to the country was quite a treat. My uncle David always had a way of making me feel special.

When we arrived, my uncle and cousin Jeff were throwing metal rings at two holes in the ground. I was curious about what they were doing so I went over to watch. Noticing that I was standing there, my uncle asked if I had ever played washers.

Being a “city girl”, my reply was that the only “washers” I knew were the ones that cleaned clothes. To my embarrassment, Uncle David, chuckling(咯咯笑)，explained that the metal rings were called washers. I was shocked to hear my uncle saying he wanted me to take his place. He then gave me the washers and gave tips on how to throw better.

Unwillingly, I joined Jeff. Gradually, I found myself not only enjoying but also wanting to win this game. The washer went into the air and began to fall. Then a cloud of dust appeared as the washer sank into the hole. My first try! I had actually thrown the washer into the hole!

Although 23 summers have gone by since that day, this small success in washer playing helped me get back self confidence lost when I struggled with the game of softball.

1.Why did the author live a hard life at the age of twelve?

A. Because her body has many health problems.

B. Because coordination was her strongest feature.

C. Because she was forced to learn to play softball.

D. Because her efforts at softball were disappointing.

2.When she was told that she could visit Uncle David, the author felt ________.

A. surprised B. pleased

C. disappointed D. nervous

3.It can NOT be learned from the passage that __________.

A. the author must be more confident now

B. the author’s mother was good at softball

C. the author had never met Uncle David before the visit

D. the author had never played washers before the visit

4.Which is the RIGHT time order of the changes in the author’s feelings when she was at her uncle’s?

A. Curious—Embarrassed—Shocked—Pleased

B. Shocked—Curious—Embarrassed—pleased

C. Pleased—Embarrassed—Curious—Shocked

D. Curious—Shocked—Pleased—Embarrassed

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：作者在David叔叔的幫助下找回了自信，對此作者一直心存感激。

1.細節理解題。根據文章第一段可知，盡管作者努力練習，但卻表現不好，自己覺得讓母親很失望，所以十二歲那年是她人生中比較困難的階段。故選D。

2.推理判斷題。根據文章第二段中quite a pleasure可知，當得知要去David叔叔那里時，作者應該是很高興的。故選B。

3.判斷正誤題。根據文章第二段中Besides，I hadn’t seen Uncle David for quite a time and I missed him可知，作者以前見過David叔叔。由第四段第一句可知，作者是個城市女孩。從最后兩段作者重獲信心并對那個夏日念念不忘可推測出，作者對David叔叔充滿感激。從最后一句always made me feel like an “all star” in my life可知，作者現在非常自信。故選C。

4.細節歸納題。由文中看作者情感的順序分別是“I was curious about”，“To my embarrassment”，“I was shocked”“I found myself not only enjoying”即他在他叔叔那里的情感先后順序分別是好奇~尷尬~震驚~喜悅。故選A。

考點：人物情感類閱讀。