Question

When I was a foreign teacher in China, every day I taught English to my students and they taught me about China. One day the topic turned to saying “I love you”. I was shocked to learn that not one of my students had said this to their mothers, nor had their mothers said it to them. “Does your mom love you?” “Of course ,”they answered.

“How do you know ?”was my logical question. They responded that their moms cooked and always told them what they were doing wrong to show their caring. I was stunned .So mom’s cooking and criticzing read out as “I love you ”. “Then how do you say ‘I love you ’to her?” They agreed that getting good grades, followed by good jobs would be how they showed their love.

I come from a culture where most people are expressive enough, so I repeated these queries in classes over time. Gradually, I began to get different response. Some of them had exchanged those sentiments with their moms.

One of my favorite stories of change came from a girl. When she came home from university, her mother met her at the door and hugged her. This had never happened before, but her mom said, “Now that you have gone I have more time to myself. I noticed that in some places mothers and children hug each other and I decided it was a good idea and that I would begin hugging you.”

In my family we all say “I love you” a lot .While it is true that we often say the words without having great depth of feelings at that moment, it is almost like a blessing we give each other. Those three little words carry a world of meaning ,even when said as a greeting, but most especially if they are the last words we say to or hear from those we love.

1.The foreign teacher_______.

A. comes from America B. is a young woman

C. is expressive enough D. knows much about China

2.Chinese people prefer to show love by________.

A. saying “I love you” B. cooking

C. getting good grades D. doing something helpful

3.In paragraph 4, what’s the real meaning of the mom’s hugging?

A. She is meeting her daughter at the door.

B. She loves her daughter and misses her.

C. She is glad that she has more time to herself

D. She finds it interesting to hug her daughter.

4.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Say “I love you” more to your family.

B. Say “I love you ”a lot to Chinese people.

C. Say “I love you ”as a greeting to others.

D. Say “I love you ”without great depth of feelings.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要描述了“I love you.”的日常含義，通過作者——一位外教老師的介紹我們知道了這句話現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)接近于依據(jù)普通的親人間交際用語。并鼓勵人們多表達(dá)對親人的愛護(hù)之情。

1. come from a culture where most people are expressive enough”的描述可知，作者來自于一個善于表達(dá)的文化國度。故選C。

2. agreed that getting good grades, followed by good jobs would be how they showed their love.”的描述可知，中國人喜歡做一些有益的事情表達(dá)嗎的愛意。故選D。

3.根據(jù)短文“When she came home from university”及下文的描述可以推知，這位母親很愛、很想念她的女兒。這只是一種表達(dá)感情的方式，故選B。

4.主旨大意題。這篇短文主要描述了“I love you.”的日常含義，并鼓勵人們多表達(dá)對親人的愛護(hù)之情。故選A。

考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。