10.On February 3rd,1949,New York Harbor(港) was an exciting place.Many people were there to greet a ship from France.On the ship were 49French railroad boxcars(火車車廂) filled with gifts from the people of France to the people of America.These boxcars were from the famous Merci Train (Merci,a French word meaning"thank you").
After world WarⅡ(二戰(zhàn)),a lot of factories,roads and farms in France had been destroyed.Many French people had no jobs or money and had little to wear and little to eat.In the winter of 1947,a train was sent across the United States,stopping in cities and towns along the way.At every stop,people gave whatever they could.Factories gave clothing and medicine.Farmers gave food.Families gave money.Even school children gave away their pocket money(零用錢).All the things were then taken to France by ship.
By 1949,the French had begun to recover(恢復(fù)) from the war.The Merci Train was their way of saying"thank you"to America.French people had filled the boxcars with gifts.Most of them were personal,like hand-made toys,children's drawings,or postcards.But the boxcars themselves were perhaps the most meaningful of the gifts.On each car,the French people had painted the pictures of all their 40provinces,with an American eagle on the front.The boxcars were taken to each state of America,where they were warmly greeted.
Now many of the states still keep their boxcars.Gifts sent by the French people can still be seen in some museums.The Merci Train came out of the war,but it now reminds the world that countries can also work together in peace(和平).
49.Many people crowded at New York Harbor on February 3rd,1949toA.
A.welcome the Merci Train
B.meet their families
C.have a big party
D.start a trip by ship
50.The underlined word"them"in Paragraph 3refers to(指)D.
A.the American people
B.the French people
C.the boxcars
D.the gifts
51.The passage is mainly aboutA.
A.the story of the Merci Train
B.American museums where the boxcars are kept
C.gifts that American people liked
D.World WarⅡ
分析 這篇短文主要講述了1947年冬,一輛火車在美國穿越,沿途停靠在城市和鄉(xiāng)村.在每一站,人們捐贈其有的東西,而后所有這些東西都用船運到了法國.至1949年,法國開始從戰(zhàn)爭上恢復(fù)過來.默;疖嚨49節(jié)火車車廂裝滿法國人民給美國人的禮物,向美國表達(dá)感謝.現(xiàn)在,美國許多州還保存著他們的車廂,它提醒著世界國與國也能和平共處.
解答 49.A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段Many people were there to greet a ship from France.On the ship were 49French railroad boxcars(火車車廂) filled with gifts from the people of France to the people of America可知這一天這么多人聚集在這里是為了歡迎一輛火車的到來;故選A.
50.D.詞義猜測題.根據(jù)第三段French people had filled the boxcars with gifts.Most of them were personal,like hand-made toys,children's drawings,or postcards.But the boxcars themselves were perhaps the most meaningful of the gifts可知國人民在車廂里充滿了禮物.它們中的大多數(shù)都是個人物品,象手工制作的玩具,孩子們的畫;指的是禮物;故選D.
51.A.主旨大意題.根據(jù)第一段New York Harbor(港) was an exciting place.Many people were there to greet a ship from France.On the ship were 49French railroad boxcars(火車車廂) filled with gifts from the people of France to the people of America可知文章主要是關(guān)于這輛火車的故事;故選A.
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