“Last week,” Dr. P said “I was invited to a doctors’ meeting at the R. Hospital. In one of the rooms a patient, an old man, got up from his bed and moved slowly towards me. I could see that he hadn’t long to live, but he came up to me and placed his right foot close to mine on the floor.”
“Frank!” I cried with surprise. He couldn’t answer as I knew, but he tried to smile, all the time keeping his foot close to mine.
My thoughts raced back more than thirty years—to the dark days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The scene was an air-raid shelter (防空洞), in which I and about a hundred other people slept every night. Among them were Mrs. West and her son Frank, who lived nearby. Sharing wartime problems, we got to know each other very well. Frank interested me because he was not normal (正常的). He had never been normal, ever since he was born. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had less of a mind than a baby has. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, able woman, as she had to be of course, because Frank depended on her pletely. He needed all the attention of a baby.
One night a policeman came into our shelter and told Mrs. West that her house had been all destroyed. That wasn’t quite true, because the West went on living there for quite some time. But they certainly lost nearly everything they owned.
When that kind of thing happened, the rest of us helped the unlucky ones. So before we separated (分别) that morning, I stood beside Frank and measured my right foot against his.
They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a spare pair of shoes to the shelter for Frank. As soon as he saw me, he came running—and placed his right foot against mine. After that, he always greeted (问候) me in the same way.
【小题1】How did Dr P know that the patient was Frank?A．He was told that Frank was in the hospital.B．He was invited to study Frank’s illness.C．Frank greeted him in a special way.D．Frank’s name was written on the door.【小题2】When and where did Dr. P first meet Frank?A．At the R Hospital about ten days before.B．In an air-raid shelter during the war.C．In Mrs. West’s house in 1941.D．In London after the West’s’ house was destroyed.【小题3】The unlucky ones mentioned by the doctor were .A．those who suffered from illness.B．those who were killed during the warC．those who slept in the air-raid shelter.D．those whose homes were destroyed in air-raids【小题4】Dr. P placed his foot against Fran’s before he left the shelter.A．to find out if Frank could put on his shoesB．to be friendly towards FrankC．to see if Frank’s feet were normalD．to teach Frank to greet people in a special way【小题5】Why did Dr P say that Mrs West had to be a strong, able woman?A．She was over 75.B．She needed all the attention of a baby.C．She had to give care and thought to her son as to a baby.D．She lost nearly everything in the war.C
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(答案→)C
解析：本文描述我在多年以后又一次遇见了以前在战争期间所遇见的一个人，以及回忆起以前的情景。
【小题1】C 细节题。根据文章第一段In one of the rooms a patient, an old man, got up from his bed and moved slowly towards me. I could see that he hadn’t long to live, but he came up to me and placed his right foot close to mine on the floor.说明他是用一个种很特别的方式来和我打招呼。故C正确。
【小题2】B 细节题。根据第三段The scene was an air-raid shelter (防空洞), in which I and about a hundred other people slept every night. Among them were Mrs. West and her son Frank, who lived nearby.说明他们是在战争期间的防空洞里初次见面的，故B正确。
【小题3】D 细节题。根据文章倒数2,3段West that her house had been all destroyed. That wasn’t quite true, because the West went on living there for quite some time. But they certainly lost nearly everything they owned.和When that kind of thing happened, the rest of us helped the unlucky ones.说明这里的unlicky ones就是指上倒数第3段里提及的那些房子被毁坏的人，故D正确。
【小题4】A 推理题。根据So before we separated (分别) that morning, I stood beside Frank and measured my right foot against his.和They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a spare pair of shoes to the shelter for Frank说明我和他比较脚的大小，是为了让他穿我的鞋子，故A正确。
【小题5】C 推理题。根据文章倒数第四段最后2行Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, able woman, as she had to be of course, because Frank depended on her pletely. He needed all the attention of a baby.说明她的儿子需要她像孩子一样地对待，而她年龄如此之大还能够照顾他，说明她是一个很有能力的人。故C正确。