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    My husband hasn't stopped laughing about a funny thing that happened to me. It's funny now but it wasn't at the time.

    Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in town, I wanted a rest before catching the train, so I bought a newspaper and some chocolate and went into the station coffee shop — that was a cheap self-service place with long tables to sit at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, put the newspaper and chocolate on the table to keep a place, and went to get a cup of coffee.

    When I went back with the coffee, there was someone in the next seat. It was one of those wild-looking youngsters, with dark glasses and worn clothes, and hair colored bright red at the front. Not so unusual these days. What did surprise me was that he'd started to eat my chocolate!

    Naturally, I was annoyed. However, to avoid trouble — and really I was rather uneasy about him — I just looked down at the front page of the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me closely. Then he took a second piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn't dare to start an argument. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, "Well, I shall have the last piece." And I got it.

    The boy gave me a strange look, and then stood up. As he left he shouted out. "This woman's crazy!" Everyone stared. That was embarrassing enough, but it was worse when I finished my coffee and got ready to leave. My face went red — as red as his hair — when I realized I'd made a mistake. It wasn't my chocolate that he'd been taking. There was mine, unopened, just under my newspaper.

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教父亲认字

    当我决定教父亲认字的时候,他早已年过半百。他时刻担心自己会因记性不好,而无法领略我所教授的知识。我轻拍他的肩膀,像他当年哄我睡觉一般安慰他说:“爸,您别担心,其实认字是很简单的,只是写会稍微困难一点儿。”

    我把新买的儿童看图识字放在他的床头,一遍又一遍地教他朗读声母韵母。在这座贫瘠的小镇里,他整整生活了五十年。五十年的地方口音,已经让他无法分清平舌翘舌,前鼻音和后鼻音。

    他每念错一次,就会沉郁片刻,细细思索,口中喃喃,慢慢自我纠正。而后,欢喜地跑来念给我听,问我是否正确。

    我心里难受极了。对于像他这样将一生都付诸土地的中国父亲来说,晚年学习知识,无疑是一种痛苦的折磨。于是,有很多次,我板着脸告诉他,从此之后,再不“逼”他认字了。我以为,他会因此而喜悦狂呼,如同厌学的孩子忽闻学校放假一般。

    岂料,他竞因此郁郁寡欢,久食无味。母亲见他这般模样,只好又将我拉到屋中,再三嘱托。她说,父亲心里一直内疚着,这些天,几乎整夜失眠。他想,一定是自己过于笨拙,才会招致我放弃教授的想法。

    我眼中瞬间泛起一片汪洋。经过小院的时候,我把新买的字典递给了父亲,并向他说明了其间种种。我之所以不愿教他,不过是想让他少受些磨难罢了。

    他听出我的良苦用心,便忽然释怀,忐忑地问我:“今天还能上课吗?”我点点头。他一个纵身从凳子上腾跃起来,跑进屋内,将他的看图识字取了出来。

    我再没打断过他的进程。我知道,我惟一能做的,就是以万分耐心来时待他的一切提问。

    教他使用字典查询所要写出的字词时,他经常因分不清平舌翘舌而找错甚至找不到需要的字。有几次,他翻得绝望了,竟撇开工具条,一页一页地翻着过去,细细寻看,一看便是一两个时辰。

    母亲担心他这样下去会把眼睛弄坏,又请求我想想解决的办法。于是,我又花了几天时间,把他常用的字词罗列开来,注上声母韵母,并且标明所在字典的页码。

他如获至宝一般,将那张写满蝇头小字的信笺纸平平整整地贴在门后,早中晚各温习一次。母亲时常笑话他,说他比大学教授们还要用功。

    四月,假期完毕,我再度回到学校。临别前,父亲要走了我的联系地址。当时,我并

    不明白他的真正用意。直到半月后,在学校的信箱里收到一封笔迹拙劣的信件,才真正懂得他为何对学习如此百般刻苦。

    信末,他写了一句玩笑式的结尾。这句原本该让我莞尔一笑的话,却让我失声痛哭起来。他说:“儿子,这是爹这辈子写的第一封信,写得不错吧?请多多指教。”他所有努力的原因,只是想亲手给我写一封简单的家书。