Moving to a new city and state was difficult for me, especially in winter. Little did I know that a Colorado snowstorm would greet me after I had been in my new home for only a week.
I just missed home. But more than the old house and the beach, I missed Stacey, my best friend. And I missed our lovely tea. Going to a sweet little tearoom, we had discovered was a special treat for us. The place was a Victorian dream, with delicate teacups and tablecloths with flower prints. The hat shelf near the front door swept us back to childhood. Stacey and I became little girls, trying on different hats until we found the perfect one for our dress-up tea party. We would then choose a lovely table and order our tea. That was a precious time, filled with laughter between scones（煎餅） and sharing our lives between tiny cucumber sandwiches.
Springtime descended upon Denver, and the sun lightened my heart. But I still fought loneliness almost every day. I decided to explore the Denver area. While my husband went to the office, I took time to see what our new area had to offer.
One day, I was walking along the street when suddenly the words "Tea Leaves" caught my eye. A tea room? Here, in the land of loneliness and pain?
I walked through the doors, and tears came to my eyes. It was a beautiful room, not Victorian, but simple and lovely.
I sat down and ordered a pot of tea, a cucumber sandwich, and some scones.It felt silly and wonderful --- and it felt like home. For the first time since moving, I felt as if this new city and state could be, would eventually be, my home. I would come back here and bring new friends. When Stacey visited, we would come here.
I lifted my cup and made a silent toast. I toasted Stacey, whom I missed  ly, and I toasted the sweet little tearoom that lessened my pain.
小題1: The author's hometown ______________.
A．never snows
B．is still warm in winter
C．has a long history
D．is in an area by the sea
小題2:  The underlined word "treat" in Paragraph 2 probable means ____________.
A．delicious foodB．something pleasant
C．serviceD．a(chǎn) kind of tea party
小題3: We can know from Paragraph 3 that the author ______________.
A．didn't adapt to the new life
B．felt comfortable in the new environment in spring
C．didn't feel lonely any more in spring
D．wanted to actively adapt to the new environment
小題4:Which of the following about "Tea Leaves" is true?
A．It made the author recall her childhood.
B．It looks silly and wonderful.
C．Cucumber sandwiches and scones are its specialties.
D．It touched the author.
小題5:We can infer from the text that the author would probably ____________.
A．open her own teahouse
B．a(chǎn)sk the owner of the teahouse to decorate it like a home
C．make new friends in Denver
D．go back to her hometown to visit Stacey

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:D
小題5:C

試題分析：本文講述了作者因?yàn)閺暮＿呉粋�(gè)城市搬到一個(gè)新的城市Denver，開(kāi)始極其不適應(yīng)，想念家鄉(xiāng)的一切，但作者還是努力的去適應(yīng)新的環(huán)境，終于有一天，當(dāng)他發(fā)現(xiàn)發(fā)現(xiàn)一個(gè) "Tea Leaves" 的地方，為之深受觸動(dòng)，從而開(kāi)始融入這個(gè)新的城市的故事。
小題1:從第二段I just missed home. But more than the old house and the beach,說(shuō)明作者的家鄉(xiāng)在海邊。
小題2:通過(guò)分析第二段的句子Going to a sweet little tearoom, we had discovered was a special treat for us 可得知treat是指愉悅的，愉快的事情，故選B。
小題3:從第三段I decided to explore the Denver area....I took time to see what our new area had to offer說(shuō)明作者在積極努力的適應(yīng)新的環(huán)境。
小題4:從第六段For the first time since moving, I felt as if this new city and state could be, would eventually be, my home可知作者被感動(dòng)了。
小題5:從最后一段I would come back here and bring new friends. When Stacey visited, we would come here可推斷出作者準(zhǔn)備在Denver結(jié)交新的朋友了。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文講述了作者搬家后不適應(yīng)新的環(huán)境，后來(lái)一個(gè)叫"Tea Leaves" ，感動(dòng)了作者，從而讓作者開(kāi)始融入新生活的故事。作者采取對(duì)比，倒序的寫(xiě)作手法，烘托出對(duì)新環(huán)境的不適應(yīng)和對(duì)家鄉(xiāng)的想念，閱讀時(shí)注意體會(huì)情感這一線索貫穿文章始終。
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