Question

People have been burying the dead at Salem’s Hope Cemetery since 1833. The place is filled with old gravestones and gothic mausoleums(哥特式陵墓), the spirits of the dead hanging over the land like an early morning fog.

Keeping watch, a few steps from the road with her skirt over the pedestal (基座), is Goldie Belle Taylor, her face weathered but otherwise in good condition. On this day, she is holding a bunch of pink rises because Goldie Belle always holds flowers. Someone makes sure of that.

“And she has had fresh flowers in her hands for the last 150 years.” Karen Biery lives in Damascus, about five miles west of Hope Cemetery. She’s written a book based on the legend of Goldie Belle Taylor titled Believe. In 1886, at the age of two, young Goldie Belle used her hands to sop up (抹去) the left over elderberry juice from her father’s iron kettle. She died not long after from poisoning. She was the love of her dad’s life, and he was so upset that he sold the family farm to buy the Italian made statue, which today marks her grave.

At first, it was her father who brought the flowers and laid them in her hands. When he died in 1896, the flowers kept coming. Her flowers are different per season. Why do the flowers keep miraculously appearing? People have tried to find out by having camped by the statue, but not even the groundskeepers have been able to catch the criminal.

It’s said that a fairy arrives at Hope Cemetery looking for the grave of her birth mother. She comes across Goldie Belle’s statue.

1.The underlined word “that” in paragraph 2 probably refers to________.

A．her face in good condition

B．her bunch of pink roses

C．Goldie Belle Taylor is holding pink roses

D．Goldie Belle Taylor always holds flowers

2.It can be inferred from the third paragraph __________.

A．her father was poisonous                 B．the iron kettle was poisonous

C．elderberry juice was poisonous             D．it was her father that hated her

3.After her father died, the flowers in the hands of Goldie Belle Taylor_______.

A．usually change                         B．were stolen

C．are no longer fresh                      D．come from a criminal

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A．A fairy brings the flowers.                 B．The mystery of Goldie’s flowers.

C．What happens to the girl?                 D．How do the flowers get there?

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文属于记叙文，介绍了Salem’s Hope Cemetery和Goldie Belle的神奇故事。

1.D 考查推理题。根据指上文提到的事情Goldie Belle always holds flowers，这里指Goldie Belle Taylor always holds flowers而不是“正在拿着玫瑰花”。说明D正确。

2.C 推理题。根据第二段In 1886, at the age of two, young Goldie Belle used her hands to sop up (抹去) the left over elderberry juice from her father’s iron kettle.说明小女孩用手抹去父亲铁壶中残留的物质以后中毒死去，说明C正确。

3.A 细节题。根据第四段When he died in 1896, the flowers kept coming. Her flowers are different per season.说明A正确。

4.B 推理题。根据文章最后两段，说明本文是关于Goldie’s flowers.的秘密的短文，故B正确。

考点：考查历史知识类短文

点评：测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力，要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。