Question

One day I ran into a stranger as he passed by. “I’m so sorry!” was my . Then he said, “Excuse me too ... I didn’t even you.” We were very , the stranger and I. Then we went on our ways after saying .

But at home, a different is told. How we treat our ones, the young and the old. Later, in the kitchen, as I cooked our supper, my entered, very still. When I turned, I nearly knocked her down. “Get out of the way!” I at her. She left, with her little heart broken. I didn’t how hard I’d spoken.

That , as I lay awake in bed, God’s quiet voice to me and said, “While with strangers, you are polite, with those you love, you didn’t do it properly. Go and look right now on the floor, you’ll find some flowers there by the door. Those are the flowers she for you. She picked them herself--pink, yellow and blue.”

By this time, I felt and small and now my own fell. I quietly went to her bed, “ up, my dear daughter.” I said. “Are these the flowers you picked for me?” She smiled, “I found them on the tree. I knew you’d like them, the blue.” I said, “I’m so that I missed them today ... And I shouldn’t have shouted at you that way.” She whispered(低聲說), “Mommy, that’s okay. I still you anyway.” I hugged her and said, “I love you too and love your flowers, especially the blue.”

1.A. rule B. reply C. step D. truth

2.A. see B. tell C. get D. take

3.A. nervous B. alike C. polite D. confident

4.A. welcome B. thanks C. hello D. good-bye

5.A. story B. message C. notice D. activity

6.A. crazy B. loved C. blind D. brave

7.A. mother B. husband C. daughter D. son

8.A. smiled B. looked C. shot D. shouted

9.A. lie B. care C. attack D. realize

10.A. noon B. afternoon C. evening D. night

11.A. looked B. sang C. spoke D. listened

12.A. when B. but C. unless D. besides

13.A. kitchen B. office C. dinning-room D. library

14.A. brought B. bought C. stole D. sold

15.A. excited B. sad C. happy D. great

16.A. leg B. head C. tears D. feelings

17.A. Look B. End C. Dress D. Wake

18.A. especially B. specially C. except D. except for

19.A. brave B. lazy C. sorry D. excited

20.A. hate B. love C. miss D. beat

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.D

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.C

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：作者有一天無意撞到了一個陌生人，作者和那個陌生人的態度都很誠懇，他們互相跟對方道歉。作者對待陌生人很有禮貌，但她對待深愛的家人卻是另外一種態度。

1.I ran into a stranger”可知，作者撞到了一個陌生人，并向對方道歉，故選B。

2.Excuse me too ... I didn’t even you.陌生人也向作者表示了歉意，他說自己沒有看到作者，故選A。

3.We were very , the stranger and I.作者和那個陌生人都為自己的行為道歉，雙方以禮相待，故選C。

4.Then we went on our ways after saying .互相道別之后，作者和陌生人分開了，故選D。

5.a different is told然而在家里，事情卻是另一番景象，tell a story講故事，故選A。

6.How we treat our ones, the young and the old.在家中是怎樣對待我們所愛的人的呢？根據下一段“with those you love”可知答案，故選B。

7.She left, with her little heart broken.”排除B、D；根據第四段“my dear daughter”可知，走進廚房的是作者的女兒，A媽媽；B丈夫；C女兒；D兒子。故選C。

8.with her little heart broken... how hard I’d spoken”可知，作者的女兒很傷心，作者說話的語氣太嚴厲，說明作者當時是大聲地對女兒吼叫，根據最后一段“I shouldn’t have shouted at you that way”可知答案，故選D。

9.I didn’t how hard I’d spoken.作者當時沒有意識到自己說話的語氣過于嚴厲，故選D。

10.That , as I lay awake in bed那天晚上，作者無法入眠，evening指的是傍晚，night指夜里，故選D。

11.God’s quiet voice to me and said上帝輕聲地對作者說道，speak to sb和某人談話，故選C。

12. with those you love, you didn’t do it properly你對待陌生人很有禮貌，但卻用不恰當的方式對待你愛的人，前后表示轉折，故選B。

13.in the kitchen,...my entered”可知，女兒把花扔在了廚房的門口，故選A。

14.She picked them herself這些花是女兒親自摘來送給作者的，故選A。

15.my own fell”可知，作者落淚了，她后悔傷了女兒的心，故選B。

16.my own fell作者感到慚愧并流下了淚水，其它三項與fell不搭配，故選C。

17.I quietly went to her bed, “ up, my dear daughter.”作者悄悄地來到女兒的床邊，她叫醒了女兒，故選D。

18.I knew you’d like them, the blue.女兒知道作者會喜歡那些花，尤其是藍色的，故選A。

19.I’m so that I missed them today ... And I shouldn’t have shouted at you that way.作者為自己錯過了那些花而感到遺憾，后悔對女兒大吼大叫，故選C。

20.I love you too...”可知，女兒告訴媽媽她愛媽媽，故選B。

考點：故事類短文閱讀