Question

I teach at a college, 17 miles away from where I live. One day a few weeks ago, I drove those 17 miles to school. I exited the highway and turned onto the College Road. I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college. But just then, my car broke down. I tried to start it again, but the engine wouldn’t turn over. So I took my books, and hurried down the road to the college.

I managed to arrive at the college on time. Another teacher was surprised to see me walk to school and asked, “What happened to your car?”

“My car broke down on the way, but I’m here on time.” I replied, smiling. “This is my lucky day.”

“Your car broke down, and today is your lucky day?” she was puzzled. “What do you mean?”

“I live 17 miles from here,” I replied. “My car could have broke down anywhere along the highway. It didn’t. Instead, it broke down in the perfect place: off the highway, within walking distance of here. So I’m still able to teach my class. If my car was meant to break down today, it couldn’t have been arranged in a more convenient way.”

That teacher’s eyes opened wide, and then she smiled and asked, “Why do you always seem to be so cheerful?”

“Every morning when you get up, you have a choice about how you want to live that day,” I said. “I choose to be cheerful.”

1.What does the writer do?

2.What was wrong with her car?

3.How far did she walk to the college?

4.Was she late for class?

5.What can you learn from the passage?

 

Answer 1

1.She is a teacher at a college./ He teaches at a college.

2.Her car broke down on the road.

3.A quarter mile

4.No, she wasn’t.

5.We should choose to be cheerful.

【解析】

試題分析：我在一所大學(xué)教書(shū)，從那里到我家有17英里遠(yuǎn)。幾周前的一天，我在通往學(xué)校四分之一英里的路上時(shí)，但就在這時(shí)，我的車(chē)拋錨了。同事問(wèn)我為什么步行到學(xué)校的，“我的車(chē)壞在路上，但是我按時(shí)到達(dá)這里�！蔽椅⑿χ�回答說(shuō)：“這是我的幸運(yùn)日�！�

1.的？聯(lián)系原文： I teach at a college, 17 miles away from where I live. 句意：我在一所大學(xué)教書(shū)，從那里到我家有17英里遠(yuǎn)。明確她在大學(xué)教書(shū)。故填：She is a teacher at a college./ He teaches at a college.

2. I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college. But just then, my car broke down.句意：我在距離學(xué)校四分之一英里的路上時(shí)，但就在這時(shí)，我的車(chē)拋錨了。明確她的車(chē)壞了。故填：Her car broke down on the road.

3. only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college. 句意： 我在距離學(xué)校四分之一英里的路上時(shí)。故填：A quarter mile

4. car broke down on the way, but I’m here on time.句意：我的車(chē)壞在路上，但是，我準(zhǔn)時(shí)到達(dá)這里。從而明確她并沒(méi)有遲到。因此用否定回答。故填：No, she wasn’t.

5. morning when you get up, you have a choice about how you want to live that day,” I said. “I choose to be cheerful.”句意：“每天早上起床時(shí)，對(duì)于這一天如何過(guò)你有一個(gè)選擇�！蔽艺f(shuō)。“我選擇快樂(lè)。”從而明確我們選擇快樂(lè)。故填：We should choose to be cheerful.

考點(diǎn)：人生哲理類(lèi)短文閱讀。