阅读试题

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.

阅读试题

56. 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

57. The author's inspiration for the gift came from_____.

A. a photo of a flower

B. a story about a kid

C. a call from the mother 　

D. a text about Christmas

58. 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

59. 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

60. 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.

参考译文

什么使礼物变得特别？是你在礼物收据上看到的礼物价格？还是当接受者们收到礼物时，他们脸上的神情决定了礼物的真正价值？什么礼物是最有价值的呢？

这个圣诞节，我很纠结要送什么礼物给我父亲。我父亲是一个很难给他买礼物的人，因为他从来没有什么想要的。我掏出手机查看母亲发来的短信。短信上说要我和她一起去给父亲买圣诞节礼物。刚刚我的手机上了锁，现在才突然发现还有一条父亲发来的短信。我的目光落在一张在怀俄明拍摄的花儿的照片上，照片下方附着威廉·布莱克的一首诗。那花儿，那绽放在蔚蓝色天空下的蒲公英启发了我。小时候父亲总让我背诵这些诗句，这可能就是我热爱写作的原因吧。我决定将这些诗句作为送给父亲的礼物。

我给母亲回电话，让她自己去采购圣诞用品，因为我已经想好自己要送什么礼物了。我将这张色彩缤纷的花儿的照片拿到电脑跟前，在照片顶部打印上那首诗。正在考虑细节处理的时候，我的脑海中又冒出另一首诗来。这是埃德加·艾伦·坡写的一首诗，父亲朗诵的次数也不亚于前一首。我把它也打印了出来，并且在线搜索资源，为这首诗句配上了背景。这首诗描述的是梦境，我通过搜索找到了一副堪称完美的图片。它的意象是由不同层次的蓝色、绿色和紫色组成的，再经变形整合，营造出一种奇幻的梦境来。看着这两首诗被送入打印机，洁白的纸张印上那塑造了我的童年的彩色文字，我觉得这就是父亲会真心喜欢的礼物。

圣诞节转瞬即到。当父亲打开那廉价的相框，露出里面涡旋形的黑色文字时，那一刻，我看到了父亲的眼神。我知道，我送了一件完美的礼物。

答案解析

56. C 考查细节理解。根据第二段的第三句”I pulled out my phone to read a text message... I had locked.”以及后半部分的内容可知，作者是在看短信时突然看到了一张鲜花的照片而获得了灵感。

57. A 考查细节理解。根据第二段的倒数第四、五两句可知，作者的灵感来自于叫张鲜花的照片，即A项正确。

58. D 考查代词指代。根据画线词前面的”The poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe”可知答案。作者在安排细节时突然又想到了一首诗，这首诗是Edgar Allan Poe创作的，故选D。

59. D 考查细节理解。根据第三段画线词”it”后面的”The poem was focused around dreaming, and after searching I found the perfect picture.”可知答案。

60. B 考查写作意图。文章第一段就以反问的方式提出：到底什么样的礼物是最有价值的？接下来作者叙述了自己自制的贺卡让爸爸非常高兴，其哲理就不言而喻了，即：只要用心去制作礼物，一定能让接受者喜欢。