Question

I woke up this morning. There is an empty feeling that I have had so many times before and it seems to be coming back into my mind. What is it? I can’t figure it out.

I got ready for work. On the way I decided to stop and get a cheese from the little shop just down the road. I have never been there before but I was hungry and it would be 5 hours before I got off work.

The owner of the store took my order. He asked me what I wanted and I told him I heard he made a great cheese. He seemed pleased to hear that.

As I was sitting in the small space there was an elderly man finishing his breakfast. He paid the waitress, received his change and made a small joke. As he returned to get up, but it was quite difficult for this man, he looked over at me. I gave a small smile.

He looked again in my direction for a moment and said to me, “Has anyone told you, you have the most beautiful blue eyes?”

Seeing as I have blue eyes, I can’t say I have ever heard that before. I humored him and said, “No, I can’t say ever told me that before.”

He smiled and said, “Since they are blue, you wouldn’t have heard that, but you have beautiful blue eyes.”

I laughed and said thank you very much. He began to tell me a few one liner jokes so I smiled and laughed at his jokes.

He tried to get up to leave again and looked at me and said, “Your smile really brightens a room, do you know that? I said, “Thank you very much.”

He tried to get up, but it took him some time. As he got up he said, “Take care of that smile.”

I felt a sense of comfort wash over me and I reflected (反省）on my morning and that empty feeling I had. For a moment in time it seemed to be filled.

1. Before the writer went to work, he felt____________.

A. sleepy B. energetic C. sick D. unhappy

2.From the text, we can infer (推斷)the old man___________.

was optimistic(樂觀的) about life B. liked to play a joke on others

C. was reluctant (不情愿的）to leave D. had difficulty in hearing

3..By saying “since they are blue”, the old man meant “_____________”

A. because they feel cold. B. because they are sad

C. because they are happy D. because they are hungry

4.What lesson can we learn from the story?

A. We should find comfort from strangers

B. We should pay attention to our own business.

C. We should laugh off our worries in life.

D. We should show respect to the old people.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要敘述的是，作者早晨醒來，感到心情抑郁，但是在上班途中進一家小店吃飯的時候，遇到了一位老人，老人的那種樂觀態度，改變了作者的心態。

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3. since they are blue you wouldn’t have heard that 這句話，利用blue這個詞有憂郁的意思，指別人心情不好，所以不會夸贊作者的漂亮的眼睛。A、D沒有提及；C與原文不符。故選B。

4. he got up he said, “Take care of that smile.”以及最后一段作者在老人的玩笑和鼓勵之下，空蕩蕩的感覺消失了，對生活有了信心，可知我們應該面對生活中的煩惱，一笑了之，積極樂觀地生活。故選C。

考點：生活類短文閱讀