馬春蕾

Leading：

隔壁不優(yōu)美的歌聲總是干擾我的寫作思路，但是當(dāng)?shù)弥@個(gè)女孩是通過唱歌來減輕癌癥帶來的痛苦后，我開始慢慢喜歡并欣賞她的歌聲。然而好景不長，當(dāng)出差一段時(shí)間回來后，我再也聽不到這“美妙”的歌聲了……

I had been in a bad mood since my new neighbor moved in. I often typed articles by computer as a holiday. But no sooner had I become inspired to write than I could hear a girl singing next door. She didnt sing well，and even out of tune. So it is a sheer noise pollution for me. Sometimes when I was about to write，she started singing. Such a thing happened over and over. So how could I keep my spirits up and go on writing？

One day，soon after I sat down behind the computer，I heard the girl singing once again. I felt it was too noisy and disturbed my thoughts. Beyond my endurance，I had my husband go next door to complain about the noise.

Ten minutes later，my husband came back with a sad look，saying，“That girl is only 17 but she had bone cancer.”

Immediately I was taken aback by his words. On many occasions，if something didnt arise around me，I felt it is a drama on TV. However，when I knew it is a real occurrence，I found it incredible.

“Her mother said that the more painful it is，the louder her daughter sings. The singing helped reduce her pains. The poor mother begged our pardon again and again for her daughter interrupting us，”my husband continued.“Heaven treats her with awful cruelty！”

I said to my husband，“Please tell her mother that the girl can sing as she likes. We dont mind it at all.”

From that day on，I no longer thought the girl did anything wrong，and even got used to her singing. I felt as if it were like sniffing the smell of sunbeams and watching the dew flowers and plants.

Afterwards I left home on business. My husband phoned me that the girl became bald after receiving chemotherapy treatment① and had been hospitalized. I returned home in late summer or early autumn. Sitting at home，I couldnt help feeling something wanting. Suddenly I understood that I could no longer hear the next-door girl sing.

She always sang like this，“However hard the winds blow，you will stray no more with my company. We watch the meteor shower② pouring down together. Your tears drop onto my shoulder. You shall believe that I am brave only for you，my dear. You will see a time of good cheer...”

The girls singing rose in my mind. I hope the voice is everlasting for you，me and everyone.

Notes：

①chemotherapy treatment 化療

②meteor shower 流星雨

1. Why did the writer think the girls singing completely different？

A. Because the girl improved her skill of singing.

B. Because the writer got used to the girls singing.

C. Because the writer knew the singing could relieve the girls pain.

D. Because the girls mother made an apology to them.

2. When the writer returned home from business，_________.

A. the girl had died

B. the girl was still singing loudly

C. the girl was in hospital

D. the girl gave up singing and took up reciting poems

3. The writer and her husband _________ when knowing the girls illness.

A. were proud of her

B. showed sympathy for her

C. were optimistic about her

D. showed respect for her

4. The underlined word“stray” in the ninth paragraph most probably means “_________”.

A. disappear B. get lost

C. imagine D. get away

參考答案與解析

1. 答案為C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五、六段的描述，可見這位女孩是通過唱歌來減輕癌癥的痛苦和鼓勵(lì)自己，因此答案為C。

2. 答案為A。推理判斷題。根據(jù)第八段的最后一句，可知這個(gè)女孩已經(jīng)不在人世。

3. 答案為B。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五、六段的描述，可見這對(duì)夫婦對(duì)女孩深表同情。

4. 答案為B。詞義猜測題。該詞所在句是這個(gè)女孩歌中的歌詞，歌詞意為：風(fēng)再大又怎樣，你有了我，再也不會(huì)“______”。根據(jù)這段話的意思，結(jié)合四個(gè)選項(xiàng)，get lost最恰當(dāng)。

【語法點(diǎn)撥】

1. But no sooner had I become inspired to write than I could hear a girl singing next door.

句意：可是在我剛好有點(diǎn)靈感的時(shí)候，一個(gè)女孩的歌聲就從隔壁傳過來。

分析：no sooner... than... 表示“一……就……”，相當(dāng)于hardly...when...。如果時(shí)間為過去，那么no sooner所在句用過去完成時(shí)，than所在句用一般過去時(shí)。同時(shí)，由于否定詞no sooner前置，句子要部分倒裝。

2. Beyond my endurance，I had my husband go next door to complain about the noise.

句意：忍無可忍之下，我讓丈夫過去提意見。

分析：have作為使役動(dòng)詞，構(gòu)成“have+賓語+do/doing/done”結(jié)構(gòu)。

3. Her mother said that the more painful it is，the louder her daughter sings.

句意：她的母親說女兒越是痛，就越要大聲唱歌。

分析：這是“the more... the more...”句型，表示“越是……就越……”。該句型常常把狀語、表語和賓語前置。

4. I felt as if it were like sniffing the smell of sunbeams and watching the dew flowers and plants.

句意：我覺得我好像從歌聲里聞到了陽光的氣息，看到了花草的雨露。

分析：as if引導(dǎo)表語從句時(shí)，如果句子所述的情況與事實(shí)不符，常用虛擬語氣表達(dá)，即時(shí)態(tài)在原來的基礎(chǔ)上退后一步。如果是be，常用were表達(dá)。

（責(zé)任編校/彭益）