9.A few days ago,I was sitting in a Thai restaurant enjoying a meal when I got on a phone call from a friend I hadn't spoken to in a long time.In my enthusiasm and excitement,I talked quite louder than usual voice and in Spanish,my mother tongue.
A few minutes into the call,an old lady sitting at the table beside mine got up,seemingly offended,and asked the restaurant staff to relocate (重新安排) a table as far away as possible from this man who seemed to be impolite.
I sank in my seat out of embarrassment.I ended the call soon afterwards and felt the urge to apologize.Before getting up,I looked around to see where she was and she was at the table farthest away from me.I noticed that the lady was alone and staring out the window.I found a tinge (氣息) of sadness or anxiety and perhaps a desire for aloneness and peace.But I had obviously destroyed it minutes earlier.
Right then I abandoned my plan for a conventional apologetic gesture.Seeing those funny smile cards in my wallet,I took one out and wrote some words to express my apology.On signing my restaurant bill,I asked a waiter to secretly charge the lady's meal to me and hand her the smile card instead of her bill.
Did she take it the wrong way,I wondered?Did she get confused?Did she refuse the anonymous (匿名的) offer?And so on.I just waited and felt nervous to learn the outcome.To my pleasant surprise,things turned out the best possible way.
The waiter approached me in a joy,telling me,"In the many times she had dined here before,I had never seen the old lady smile as she did when receiving the smile card and the﹩0bill.She thanked me even though I explained that someone else did the job."
12.The old lady changed her seat mainly because ofB.
A.her private phone call
B.the author's loud voice
C.the views out of the window
D.the restaurant staff's mistake
13.What can we infer from Paragraph 3?D
A.The author didn't stop talking though he felt embarrassed.
B.The author went up to the old lady and apologized to her.
C.The old lady just moved to the farthest table to see outside.
D.The lady didn't have a nice mood and liked to stay alone.
14.Feeling sorry,the author offered the old lady the following EXCEPTA.
A.a(chǎn)n apologetic gesture
B.a(chǎn) smile card
C.a(chǎn) free meal
D.some written words to apologize
15.Which of the following is the best title of this passage?C
A.A Misunderstanding Caused by Different Cultures
B.An Unpleasant Experience in Thailand
C.A Smile Card for a Sincere Apology
D.An Old Lady Who Never Smiles.
分析 本文重點(diǎn)介紹了我由于自己的不禮貌打擾了一個老太太.但是我用微笑以及其他方式表達(dá)了我的歉意.
解答 BDAC
12.B 細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)第二段的內(nèi)容可知,A few minutes into the call,an old lady sitting at the table beside mine got up,seemingly offended,and asked the restaurant…一個老太太要求服務(wù)員重新安排座位主要因?yàn)槲业穆曇籼,故選B.
13.D 推理題.根據(jù)I found a tinge (氣息) of sadness or anxiety and perhaps a desire for aloneness and peace這句話可知,老太太臉上有一種悲傷和焦慮的氣息,想一個人安靜的呆著.故選D.
14.A 細(xì)節(jié)題.在第四段介紹了作者幾種表達(dá)歉意的方法,Right then I abandoned my plan for a conventional apologetic gesture這句告訴我們 作者放棄了打算道歉的計(jì)劃,故選A.
15.C 主旨大意題.本文重點(diǎn)介紹了我由于自己的不禮貌打擾了一個老太太.但是我用微笑以及通過卡片等其他方式表達(dá)了我的歉意,In the many times she had dined here before,I had never seen the old lady smile as she did when receiving the smile card and the﹩0bill同時,老太太也感到很滿意,故答案為C.
點(diǎn)評 本文是一篇社會生活類的閱讀,題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題,做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對 性找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案.推理判斷也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確的答案.