Question

On Jan. 3, a netizen（網民）nicknamed “Programmer Humor”published a short story on his micro-blog. It said that there was an old lady who swept nearly every inch of his Internet company. When she passed by a programmer, she took a look at the codes on the programmer’s computer and kindly reminded him, “Be careful, the stack is overfilled!”

Certainly, it is a casual and fictitious（虛構的）story made up by the micro-blogger. However, no one would have guessed that the short blog would eventually cause the first great Internet meme（網絡快速爆紅現象） of 2011 in China. Suddenly, the mysterious “Sweeping Old Lady” is showing up nearly everywhere and reminding professionals of their mistakes. From 8 a. m. on Jan. 5, some netizens collected stories of the “Sweeping Old Lady” and found she had appeared to give advice in 150 kinds of careers. A netizen even said he had met with a similar situation in real life.

Actually, the “Sweeping Old Lady” is not new figure, but is based on the “sweeping monk （和尚）”in Louis Cha’s famous Kung fu novel of “Tian Long Ba Bu”. The “sweeping monk” is an old monk and does the lowest class of work in Shaolin Temple, but he is actually the No. 1 master in the noel both in Kung fu and in the study of Buddhism.

The “Sweeping Old Lady” is also a great modest master. Lots of netizens wish that they could have such a lady beside them to give them precious suggestions at a key time.

Although there may be 1,000 “Sweeping Old Ladies” in 1,000 people’s minds, it cannot prevent the “Sweeping Old Lady” from becoming the most popular figure on the Internet.

“Programmer Humor” said he is just a programmer in the real world and once he saw the story about the “Sweeping Old Lady,” he wrote it down in his micro-blog because it was funny. He never knew who the original writer of the story was and never thought the story could be so popular.

1.What quality does the “Sweeping Old Lady” have?

A．Honest and knowledgeable.               B．Modest and patient.

C．Modest and knowledgeable.               D．Honest and patient.

2.Which description about the “Sweeping Old Lady” is right?

A．She is an old lady good at sweeping the Internet.

B．She is just an imaginary figure created by a netizen.

C．She is well-know as the old “sweeping monk.”

D．She likes to give instructions everywhere.

3.What can we infer from the text?

A．The sweeping old lady is always looking down on the people around her.

B．We should ask sweeping old lady for advice when meeting with difficulties.

C．People want to have a “Sweeping Old Lady” nearby to do the cleaning.

D．We shouldn’t judge a person by his or her appearance and we’d better respect everyone.

4.What does the author think of the “Sweeping Old Lady”?

A．She should be praised and respected.

B．She shouldn’t mind others’ business.

C．She should go in for network.

D．She shouldn’t show off before professionals.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了一個網絡快速躥紅的謙卑而博學的‘掃地老太太’的故事。旨在告訴我們不應用外貌判斷一個人，我們最好尊重每一個人。

1.推理題：從第四段的句子：The “Sweeping Old Lady” is also a great modest master，判斷出正確答案為C項。“‘掃地老太太’的性格特征為謙卑和博學。”

2.本題考查細節性信息的帥選能力。由文中第二段第一句Certainly, it is a casual and fictitious（虛構的）story made up by the micro-blogger，可知答案是B。

3.本題考查領會文章主旨的能力。文章講述了一個網絡快速躥紅的謙卑而博學的‘掃地老太太’的故事。旨在告訴我們不應用外貌判斷一個人，我們最好尊重每一個人。故選D。

4.推理題：從文章的倒數第二段的內容，可知作者認為掃地的老太太應該被表揚和尊敬。選A。

考點：考查社會現象類短文

點評：做題時要求考生要認真閱讀，掌握文章的主旨，特別是第一段的內容，提問所涉及到的細節問題要認真閱讀并理解。要求考生具有一定的閱讀理解能力。考查推理題較多，不能以自己的觀點代替作者的觀點，推理的依據來自于上下文。