Question

5．I didn't always appreciate rural America，because I was raised in town and could be called a city girl．But my country husband Tom helped change my opinion of the country．
When Tom was young，he would play around a wooden house deserted in the 1880s not far from his home．He spent so many days there that it became very special to him．Later he found that the house was used as a historical museum for school students on field trips．As Tom grew older，he watched the house age．After his retirement，he heard it was going to be destroyed．He paid a visit to the owner and offered to buy the place in order to save it．The owner agreed，but Tom had to have it moved within a month．
For three straight weeks，he took the building down and moved every piece of it to our farm．He insisted on doing everything the old-fashioned way to keep t his building as original as possible．He did make a few small changes to the house's design，such as adding a beautiful fieldstone fireplace．Even those stones had a history with---some were the same ones he had thrown out of his father's field as a boy．
With the help of his family and friends，Tom restored （修復(fù)） this house beautifully．Neighbors stop by to see his progress and admire his skills not only has he learned a great deal about construction，he has also built some friendships in the process．

39．From Paragraph 2 we learn thatC．
A．Tom's family was the owner of the old wooden house
B．Tom once went to the old wooden house for field trips
C．Tom was concerned about the changes of the wooden house
D．Tom used to live in the old wooden house in his childhood．
40．Tom restored the wooden house becauseA．
A．the old house carried his childhood memories
B．he wanted to build a new museum for the kids
C．he was interested in construction after retirement
D．the house was destroyed by time and needed rebuilding．
41．In the process of restoring the house，TomC．
A．did the job all by himself                     
B．kept the house exactly the same
C．learnt some construction skills                 
D．threw some stones out of his farm
42．According to the author，Tom's restoring work isC．
A．old-fashioned         
B．time-wasting       
C．a(chǎn)dmirable       
D．crazy．

Answer 1

分析 本文講述了作者的丈夫為了保全自己對童年的回憶，買下留有回憶的老木房子，并學(xué)習(xí)一些建筑技巧，盡力保持房子的原狀的故事．通過這件事，作者也改變了對美國農(nóng)村的看法．

解答 39．C．推理預(yù)測題．根據(jù)文章第二段"He spent so many days there that it became very special to him．"和"he heard it was going to be destroyed．He paid a visit to the owner and offered to buy the place in order to save it"可知，木房子對湯姆很特別，在聽說房子要摧毀時，他聯(lián)系到了業(yè)主要購買木房子保護它，可見湯姆對木房子很關(guān)心也很擔憂．故選C．
40．A．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第二段"When Tom was young，he would play around a wooden house deserted in the 1880s not far from his home．He spent so many days there that it became very special to him．"可知，湯姆年輕時在木房子住過一段時間，在那里他有特別的記憶．第三段"He insisted on doing everything the old-fashioned way to keep t his building as original as possible"也可知，湯姆盡力讓木房子保持原始狀態(tài)．可見湯姆對童年記憶的重視．故選A．
41．C．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章最后一段"not only has he learned a great deal about construction"可知，湯姆在這次修房子過程中學(xué)到一些建筑技巧，可見他專門去學(xué)了修房子的一些方法．C項正確．AB項與文章不符，D項文中未提及．故選C．
42．C．推理預(yù)測題．根據(jù)文章第一段"I didn't always appreciate rural America，because I was raised in town and could be called a city girl．But my country husband Tom helped change my opinion of the country"可知，作者本不喜歡美國的農(nóng)村，但是湯姆的這次經(jīng)歷改變了作者的看法，可見作者對美國農(nóng)村的態(tài)度進行了好的轉(zhuǎn)變，也可看出作者對湯姆的做法是贊同的．故選C．

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