I moved from Chicago to Brooklyn in July of 2010，just in time to watch my mother die. Our parents were both gone now； I took with me as many things they had left behind as I could.
I was out walking one Saturday later that summer when something caught my eye - a pale green dress. Laid out on the pavement was stuff like earrings, glass candle-holders, books. Hanging on the fence behind were a few pairs of jeans and a green cotton dress.
The woman, the host o£ the stoop (門廊）sale, looked like she was getting rid of a past she didn’t need or want. A dress that was too big for her. A chest of drawers that took up too much space, space she needed, maybe, to heal ，recover, or grow.
I wasn’t planning on buying anything really, but now I needed to show her that I appreciated her things and I would give them a safe home. Then I had my first stoop sale —I paid her 20 dollars for her green cotton dress and her blue candle-holder,
From that day on, I became interested in stoop sales. Some of my favorite things are from someone else’s life. I find no joy in shopping at regular stores any more. I love trying to sniff out a memory from a bud vase or a drawer. It is comforting to know that someone has breathed and laughed inside a sweater before me.
A few weeks ago, I carried my mother’s dresses to a friend’s stoop. These were her best items ，which were once worn by the most important person in my life. For many hours, I watched from across the path people advancing the stoop, some leaving with Mom1S dress. I used to think that her stuff was as forever sacred (神圣的）as my memory of her, I know now that once I love a scarf or shirt too dearly，it needs to find a new home. Even that green dress is long gone by now.
小題1:The author took her mother*s dresses after her death because ______
A．she valued the things used by her mom
B．she didn’t want to throw them, away
C． she could sell them later
D． they were her mom’s best items
小題2:From the passage, we know that ______.
A． the things the author bought from the woman are too big
B． the author is fond of imagining others’ life experiences
C． the author will never shop at regular stores any more
D． the author still keeps most of her mom’s things
小題3:In the last paragraph ，the author tries to tell us that ______.
A her mom is the number one person in her life
B.  she didn’t really want to sell her mom’s dresses
C. she still thinks of her mother quite often
D. love doesn’t mean holding on to something tightly
小題4:It can be inferred that the author will ______.
A． not sell her own things at stoop sales
B．keep her mom in her mind in another way
C． be sad about all the memory of her mom
D． move to another city for a new life

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:B

試題分析：本文講述了在母親去世后，作者開始愛上了逛舊貨市場。她喜歡在舊物品中探尋它們主人曾經(jīng)的故事。出售母親的就物品時，希望這些物品以前見證過的歡笑或是感動就能得以延續(xù)，這是另類對母親的懷念。
小題1:細節(jié)題：根據(jù)最后一段中“ These were her best items ，which were once worn by the most important person in my life.”這些衣服是她最好的東西，曾經(jīng)是我生命中最重要的人穿的。故選A。
小題2:推理題：根據(jù)第五段中“Some of my favorite things are from someone else’s life”我最喜歡的東西中的一些來自別人的生活中，由此可知別人用過的東西是有故事的，會引人想象的。故選B。
小題3:推理題：閱讀最后一段內(nèi)容可知作者曾經(jīng)認為還念母親最好的方法就是保存好母親的物品，現(xiàn)在她認為給母親的遺物找到新家會更有意義。故選D。
小題4:推理題：閱讀全文可知作者喜歡在舊物市場購物，喜歡想象物品背后主人的故事。出售母親的就物品時，希望這些物品以前見證過的歡笑或是感動就能得以延續(xù)，這是另類對母親的還念。故選B。
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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

The United States economy has dipped into economic recession (經(jīng)濟衰退). This caused discomfort and hardship in every level of society; but for many of the nation’s poor, discomfort and hardship turned into misery (苦難).
An increase in homelessness is probably the worst result of a nation’s financial disaster. About 3 million Americans were homeless because of a lack of affordable housing. Experts suggest that a family should spend no more than 30 percent of its income on housing. In fact, in some families housing costs make up 50 percent or more. An unexpected event, such as losing work or illness, can quickly push a family into homelessness.
An article in Time magazine tells a story of one such family. A young couple and their three children rented a two-bedroom apartment for about $350 a month. They could hardly go on with the husband’s $920-a-month take-home pay; so when their rent was raised to $500 a month, they could no longer make ends meet.
Another woman was found dead on a street in Washington D.C., the capital, and she died at a bus-stop across the street from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.
People become homeless for different reasons. Some may not be able to pay for housing, because they have lost their job and cannot find another place they can afford. Others have mental diseases, or are addicted to drugs or alcohol, many of whom do not live with their family. And what’s more, there are not enough centers for shelter as the government doesn’t pay enough attention to this social problem. 
People are making efforts to solve the problem. However, it will not be easy, because it is a personal and economical problem as well as a social problem.
小題1:The passage is mainly about __________ in the US.
A．ways of solving economic problems
B．homeless people being taken good care of
C．different reasons for economic recession
D．economic recession leading to social problems
小題2:In the passage the author supported his view by __________.
A．presenting specific figuresB．giving examples
C．explaining in detailsD．discussing different opinions
小題3: One main result that economic recession has led to is __________
A．a(chǎn)n increase of living costsB．more and more deaths
C．a(chǎn)n increase of homeless peopleD．less centers for poor people
小題4:How many reasons why people become homeless are listed in the passage?
A．2.B．3.C．4.D．5.

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