Question

What makes a gift special? Is it the price you see on the gift receipt？Or is it the look on the recipient's face when they receive it that determines the true value? What gift is worth the most?

This Christmas I was debating what to give my father. My dad is a hard person to buy for because he never wants anything. I pulled out my phone to read a text message from my mom saying that we were leaving for Christmas shopping for him when I came across a message on my phone that I had locked. The message was from my father.My eyes fell on a photo of a flower taken in Wyoming，and underneath a poem by William Blake. The flower, a lone dandelion standing against the bright blue sky，inspired me. My dad had been reciting those words to me since I was a kid. That may even be the reason why I love writing. I decided that those words would be my gift to my father.

I called back. I told my mom to go without me and that I already created my gift. I sent the photo of the cream?colored flower to my computer and typed the poem on top of it. As I was arranging the details another poem came to mind. The poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe；my dad recited it as much as he did the other.I typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it. The poem was focused around dreaming, and after searching I found the perfect picture. The image was painted with blues and greens and purples, twisting together to create the theme and wonder of a dream. As I watched both poems passing through the printer, the white paper coloring with words that shaped my childhood, I felt that this was a gift that my father would truly appreciate.

Christmas soon arrived. The minute I saw the look on my dad's face as he unwrapped those swirling black letters carefully placed in a cheap frame, I knew I had given the perfect gift.

1.The idea for a special gift began to form when the author was ________.

A．doing shopping B．having a debate

C．reading a message D．leaving for Wyoming

2.The author's inspiration for the gift came from ________.

A．a(chǎn) photo of a flower B．a(chǎn) story about a kid

C．a(chǎn) call from the mother D．a(chǎn) text about Christmas

3.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to a poem by ________.

A.the father B.the author C.william Blake D.edgar Allan Poe

4.The author made the gift by ________.

A．searching for the poems online

B．drawing the background by hand

C．painting the letters in three colors

D．matching the words with pictures

5.What is the main purpose of the passage?

A.To show how to design images for gifts.

B.To suggest making gifts from one's heart.

C.To explain how computers help create gifts.

D.To describe the gifts the author has received.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.B

【解析】文章大意：作者一直不知道給父親買什么禮物，但是偶爾看到父親的信息使其想到了爸爸“讀詩歌”的愛好，因而用心制作了“詩配花”的圖片禮物。最后作者看到父親對待禮物的態(tài)度，知道自己做對了。

1.細節(jié)理解題。考查對文章細節(jié)的理解和判斷能力。根據(jù)文章的第二段可知：作者拿出手機時看到了媽媽發(fā)來的信息，偶然看到了爸爸發(fā)來的信息。信息是一朵花，花兒使作者想到了爸爸的話，因而使作者想到了給爸爸的禮物。故選C。

2.細節(jié)理解題。考查對文章的細節(jié)的理解和判斷能力.題干：作者對禮物的靈感來自。A項：花的照片。符合文章大意。

3.詞義猜測題。考查上下文中代詞的指代。根據(jù)第三段中的I typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it.可知，作者在見到這首詩的同時“也”把它打出來了。這就是Edgar Allan Poe寫的詩。故選D。

4.細節(jié)理解題。考查對文章細節(jié)的理解和判斷能力。根據(jù)第三段的第二句可知：作者先在電腦上找到這種花，然后在花上打上字。可見其禮物是“配有文字的圖片”。

5.推理判斷題。考查對文章的言外之意進行復(fù)合邏輯的推理判斷的能力。作者“詩配花”的禮物，靈感來自于爸爸的信息和小時候?qū)Π职值挠∠螅�這種禮物雖不昂貴，但確實是用心做出來的，爸爸收到禮物時的態(tài)度使得作者相信自己送對了禮物。A、C兩項都是第三段的細節(jié)；D項與原文意思不符。故選B。