Today is the anniversary of that afternoon in April a year ago that I first saw the strange and appealing doll in the window of Abe Sheftel's toy shop on Third Avenue near Fifteenth Street, just around the corner from my office, where the plate on the door reads: Dr. Samuel Amory. I remember just how it was that day: the first hint of spring floated across the East River, mixing with the soft-coal smoke from the factories and the street smells of the poor neighborhood.
As I turned the corner on my way to work and came to Sheftel's, I was made once more aware of the poor collection of toys in the dusty window, and I remembered the approaching birthday of a small niece of mine in Cleveland, to whom I was in the habit of sending modest gifts. Therefore, I stopped and examined the window to see if there might be anything suitable, and looked at the confusing collection of unappealing objects — a red toy fire engine, some lead soldiers, cheap baseballs, bottles of ink, pens, yellowed envelopes, and advertisements for soft-drinks. And thus it was that my eyes eventually came to rest upon the doll stored away in one corner, a doll with the strangest, most charming expression on her face. I could not wholly make her out, due to the shadows and the film of dust through which I was looking, but I was aware that a tremendous impression had been made upon me as though I had run into a person, as one does sometimes with a stranger, with whose personality one is deeply impressed.
1.What made an impression on the author？
A.The doll's unusual face. B.The collection of toys.
C.A stranger he met at the store. D.The resemblance of the doll to his niece.
2.Why does the author mention his niece?
A.She likes dolls. B.The doll looks like her.
C.She lives near Sheftel's. D.He was looking for a gift for her.
3.Why did the author go past Sheftel's？
A.He was on his way to work. B.He was looking for a present for his niece.
C.He wanted to buy some envelopes. D.He liked to look in the shop windows.
4.The story takes place in the_______.
A.early summer B.early spring C.midsummer D.late spring
5.Most of the things in the store window were_______.
A.expensive B.appealing C.neatly arranged D.unattractive
長難例句分析
［長難例句］The first hint of spring floated across the East River, mixing with the soft-coal smoke from the factories and the street smells of the poor neighborhood.
［結構分析］本句中，主干是...hint...floated across the East River，現(xiàn)在分詞mixing with...作伴隨狀語。
［參考答案］春天里最早的一絲氣息從東河對岸飄過來，和工廠里燃燒煙煤排放出的濃煙、附近街道上貧窮的氣息混雜在一起。
［長難例句］As I turned the corner on my way to work and came to Sheftel's, I was made once more aware of the poor collection of toys in the dusty window, and I remembered the approaching birthday of a small niece of mine in Cleveland, to whom I was in the habit of sending modest gifts.
［結構分析］本句中，主干是I was made once more aware of..., and I remembered the approaching birthday。as引導的是時間狀語從句，在第二個并列主句的后面接有一個由whom引導的非限定性定語從句用來修飾of的賓語a small niece。
［參考答案］當我從上班的路上轉過拐角處來到Sheftel's玩具店時，我立刻就注意到在積滿灰塵的櫥窗里那幾個玩具，然后我想起在Cleveland我的一個小侄女就要過生日了，我習慣給她送一些不太貴的禮物。
［長難例句］It was that my eyes eventually came to rest upon the doll stored away in one corner, a doll with the strangest, most charming expression on her face.
［結構分析］本句是一個強調(diào)句型。rest upon的賓語是被強調(diào)的成分，因為這個賓語接有過去分詞作定語，而且還有一個同位語，因此沒有直接放到it was后面，
［參考答案］就這樣我的眼睛最后落到那個放在角落里的玩具娃娃身上。那個娃娃的臉上帶著一種最奇怪、最有魅力的表情。
全文參考譯文
一年前的今天，4月的一個下午，有一家Abe Sheftel's玩具店在第五大街附近的第三大街上，距離我那門上寫著“Samuel Amory醫(yī)生”的辦公室非常近，在那兒的櫥窗里我首次見到這個奇怪而又很吸引人的玩具娃娃。我還記得當時的情形：春天里最早的一絲氣息從東河對岸飄過來，和工廠里燃燒煙煤排放出的濃煙，附近街道上貧窮的氣息混雜在一起。
當我從上班的路上轉過拐角處來到Sheftel's玩具店時，我立刻就注意到在積滿灰塵的櫥窗里那幾個玩具，然后我想起在Cleveland我的一個小侄女就要過生日了，我習慣給她送一些不太貴的禮物。所以我停下來仔細瞧瞧櫥窗里是否有什么適合的東西，但看到了一堆莫名其妙并不招人喜愛的東西—— 一件紅色的玩具救火車、一些鉛制的士兵、廉價的棒球、一瓶瓶墨水、鋼筆、黃信封，還有軟飲料的廣告。就這樣我的眼睛最后落到那個放在角落里的玩具娃娃身上。那個娃娃的臉上帶著一種最奇怪、最有魅力的表情。由于是透過櫥窗上一層灰塵觀看并且光線陰暗，我無法完全把她辨認出來。但是我意識到那個娃娃給我留下了深刻的印象就像是我撞到了一個人，就像有時候一個人對一個有著鮮明個性的陌生人所產(chǎn)生的深刻印象。
題目答案與解析
1.什么給作者留下了印象？
A.娃娃奇怪的臉?！ .一堆禮物。
C.他在店里遇到的陌生人?！ .娃娃和他侄女的臉的相同之處。
【答案】A
【解析】本題的依據(jù)是文章最后一段中的兩句話a doll with the strangest, most charming expression on her face...a tremendous impression had been made upon me。因此A項為正確答案。
2.作者提及他的侄女的原因是什么？
A.她喜歡娃娃?！ .娃娃看上去像她侄女。
C.她住在Sheftel's玩具店附近?！ .他正在為她尋找禮物。
【答案】D
【解析】本題可參照文章的第二段。開始時作者就說是在上班的路上路過那家玩具店，當時碰巧想起每年要給自己的侄女買件生日禮物，而且他常送給侄女不太貴的玩具因此才停下來看看有沒有合適的。這里提到侄女應該是作者為自己下一步的舉動作出的一個鋪墊。因此D項為正確答案。
3.作者經(jīng)過Sheftel's玩具商店的門口的原因是什么？
A.他在去上班的路上。 B.他在給他侄女尋找禮物。
C.他想買點信封?！ .他喜歡看櫥窗。
【答案】A
【解析】本題可參照文章的第二段。開始時作者就說是在上班的路上路過那家玩具店，從中可知作者并非專門去玩具店買東西，只不過是路過而已。因此A項為正確答案
4.本篇故事發(fā)生在_________。
A.早夏 B.早春 C.仲夏 D.晚春
【答案】B
【解析】從文中第一行中間的in April和第四行的the first hint of spring可知，B項為正確答案。
5.在玩具店櫥窗中多數(shù)的東西_________。
A.昂貴 B.吸引人 C.安排得很整潔 D.不引人注意
【答案】D
【解析】本題的依據(jù)是文章第二段的I looked at the confusing collection of unappealing objects，其中unappealing和D項中的unattractive一樣，意思都是“不吸引人的”，因此D為正確答案。
