The moving truck with furniture was parked in front of our Southern California home. My husband and I were sweeping out the open garage when a woman from a house across the street came up to us with an apple pie.
“Welcome to the neighbourhood,” she said. “I made it myself and I want you to have it.”
“Really, we can’t, ” my husband replied.
“Of course you can,” she ran on. “When I moved in two years ago no one welcomed me, and I want you to feel at home.” She thrust(塞) the pie into my husband’s hands.
“Uh, well, you see,” he said, with a disappointed laugh, “we have been here four years and we’re moving.”
The woman stared at him, dumbfounded(目瞪口呆), with her mouth open.
“Well,” she said, shrugging(耸肩) her shoulders with an air of resignation(顺从), “Enjoy it anyway!”
My husband and I laughed heartily, determining in the future to be better neighbours ourselves.
1. The woman came up to us because _______.
A. she wanted to see us off B. she wanted to see our furniture
C. she wanted to sell her pie to us D. she thought we had just arrived here
2. The sentence “Really, we can’t” exactly means _______.
A. neither the writer nor her husband could accept the apple pie
B. we didn’t like eating the apple pie
C. we were so busy that we had no time to eat it
D. we are full. We needn’t eat it
3. The phrase “feel at home” in the passage probably means _______.
A. live at home B. feel comfortable
C. help oneself to it D. be brave
4. From the passage, we know personal relationship in Western countries is _______.
A. important B. valuable C. necessary D. hardly thinkable
【答案与解析】本文通过讲述一个发生在我们搬家离开时的小故事反映了西方国家日益淡薄的人际关系。
1. D。细节题。根据 Welcome to the neighbourhood 可推知这邻居还因为我们是新来的，故此题答案为D。
2. A。推断题。根据上下文的意思可以推断出来作者夫妇都不会接受the apple pie。
3. B。词义猜测题。“feel at home”本意是“感觉像在家里一样”，引申为“宾至如归，无拘无束，感觉舒服”等意思。故答案为B。
4. D。推断题。作者在这里住了四年，现在要搬走了，而邻居却以为他们是新搬来的，可见西方国家的人际关系非常淡薄，难以置信。
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