Question

The weather was terrible that night.The summer thunderstorm had knocked out the power.Luckily，there was enough candlelight flickering on the kitchen table.With the  candlelight，I could see the card I was writing to my husband’s cousins in Finland.

Dear Heli and Risto，

You are on my mind tonight because we are using the candles you gave us when you visited us two years ago.There was a horrible summer thunderstorm this evening and the power went out，and your candles were just what we needed.They have lit our dinnertime，the bedrooms and now I am sitting by one in the kitchen...

What I didn’t say to Heli and Risto is that we never burned the candles before because they，well，smell like a campfire.And so they stood in iron candlesticks until we needed them.

I’m so thankful that we had candles on hand that dark night.And I’m equally as thankful that I had a beautiful card on hand，too，or I would have let the opportunity to keep in touch with far­away family escape.It would have turned into another one of those moments when the thought of sending a card crossed my mind but never actually happened.

The candle burned slowly.After I finished my card to Finland，I enjoyed looking through the rest of my “Someone Cares” greeting cards.The air was fresh and cool，and I had cards and enough light to write.I found a birthday card for my nephew’s 10th birthday，a thinking­of­you card for my aunt，and a fun greeting card for an old friend and I began writing.Candles and cards—two things that make a thunderstorm into the perfect storm.

56．Why did the writer light the two candles that night?

A．Because she thought of her husband’s cousins.

B．Because she wanted to add some fun to her life.

C．Because she wanted to enjoy another kind of lifestyle.

D．Because there was no electricity due to the thunderstorm.

57．By saying “smell like a campfire”，the writer wants to show________.

A．she often went to a campfire alone

B．she liked the smell of a campfire very much

C．she didn’t like the smell of the burning candles

D．she didn’t need to burn the candles in the past

58．In the past，when the writer wanted to send a card，________.

A．she often didn’t put it into practice

B．she often immediately wrote one

C．she often didn’t know what to write

D．she usually hesitated for a long time

59．Lighting the candles in the stormy night made the writer________.

A．know who was the most important person to her

B．know how to make her boring life interesting

C．value her relatives and friends more

D．believe everyone could be happy

                                  

Answer 1

一個停電的暴風(fēng)雨夜里，作者點燃了兩根別人送的蠟燭，她寫了幾張“有人關(guān)心”的卡片，覺得這真是一場“完美的暴風(fēng)雨”。

56．D　細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的The summer thunderstorm had knocked out the power.可知作者那晚點燃了蠟燭，是因為那晚因暴風(fēng)雨襲擊停電了。

57．C　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段的we never burned the candles before，可知作者從來沒有用過那些蠟燭，是因為那些蠟燭聞起來像篝火，作者應(yīng)該是不喜歡這個味道才不用那些蠟燭的。   

58．A　細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段的the thought of sending a card crossed my mind but never actually happened可知作者以前有送卡片的想法，但往往沒有付諸實際行動。

59．C　推理判斷題。作者以前只是想著要給別人寄送卡片但卻沒有寄，但是在這個因為暴風(fēng)雨停電而需要點蠟燭的晚上，她想起了送她蠟燭的親戚，因此寫了好幾張“有人關(guān)心”的卡片寄給她的親戚朋友，她比以前更在意她的親戚跟朋友了，故選C。