C
(2025·徐州一模改编)Miss Martha Meacham kept the little bakery on the corner. At forty, she had two false teeth and a sympathetic heart. She has two thousand dollars in the bank. Many people, who were not as good as Miss Martha, had married.
A customer came in two or three times a week, and soon Miss Martha began to take an interest in him. He was a quiet, middle - aged man, wearing glasses and a brown beard. ① His clothes were always old and patched(缝补的). But he looked tidy and had very good manners. He always bought two loaves of stale(不新鲜的) bread. Fresh bread was five cents a loaf, while stale loaves were two for five. ②
Once, while serving him, Miss Martha saw a red and brown mark on the customer's fingers. ③ She was sure then that he was an artist and very poor. No doubt he lived in an attic(阁楼), where he painted pictures, ate stale bread and thought of the good things to eat in Miss Martha's bakery. ④
Miss Martha's heart was a sympathetic one. To check if she was right about his job, she took a painting from her room and put it behind the bread counter(柜台). No artist could fail to notice it.
Two days later, the customer came in.
“Two loaves of stale bread, if you please.”
“You have here a fine picture, madam,” he said while she was packing the bread.
“Yes?” said Miss Martha, pleased with her cleverness. “Do you think it is a good picture?”
“The palace,” said the customer, “is not in good drawing. The perspective(透视画法) of it is not true. Goodbye, madam.”
He took his bread, bowed and hurried out.
Yes, he must be an artist. How gently and kindly his eyes shone behind his glasses! To be able to judge perspective at a quick look—and to live on stale bread! But talented people often have to go through difficulties before they succeed.
What a thing it would be for art and perspective if genius were supported by two thousand dollars in the bank, a bakery and a sympathetic heart—But these were daydreams.
Now, when he came, he would often chat for a while with Miss Martha. He kept on buying stale bread, never a cake, never a pie. She thought he began to look thinner and lost heart. She wanted to offer something good to him, but she was afraid of hurting him. She knew the pride of artists.
(To be continued)
()26. We can put the sentence “Never did he call for anything but stale bread.” in .
A. ①
B. ②
C. ③
D. ④
()27. Why did Miss Martha put the painting behind the bread counter?
A. To sell the painting to help the poor artist.
B. To test whether the customer was an artist.
C. To show her personal art collection and taste.
D. To decorate the shop and attract more customers.
()28. “Miss Martha's heart was a sympathetic one” means she was kind to someone .
A. who had a problem
B. who made mistakes
C. who achieved success
D. who laughed at others
()29. What might happen later according to the last sentence of the story?
A. Miss Martha would offer the man stale bread for free.
B. Miss Martha would lend some of her money to the man.
C. Miss Martha would secretly add something to the stale bread.
D. Miss Martha would give him fresh bread instead of stale one.
()30. How does the writer mainly develop the story?
A. By describing the setting in great detail.
B. By showing scenes between two locations.
C. By using long dialogues between characters.
D. By exploring Miss Martha's thoughts and feelings.

C
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了一家街角小店的老板 Miss Martha Meacham 一直认为有一位顾客是艺术家，在证实自己的猜想后想去帮助他。
26. B 补全文章题。“Never did he call for anything but stale bread.”表示“除了不新鲜的面包，他什么也不要。”，需插入描述顾客购买习惯的段落。原文第二段末尾提到顾客总买两条不新鲜的面包，且②处前文进一步说明价格差异，插入此处可强调他仅买廉价面包的习惯。故选 B。
27. B 细节理解题。根据“To check if she was right about his job, she took a painting from her room and put it behind the bread counter.”可知，Martha 挂画的目的是“验证她对他职业的猜测是否属实”。故选 B。
28. A 词义猜测题。“sympathetic”指 Martha 对处于困境者的同情。文中她因顾客的贫穷和才华产生怜悯，选项 A“对有困难的人善良”最贴切。故选 A。
29. C 推理判断题。结尾提到 Martha 想帮助他但怕伤害其自尊，结合“艺术家的骄傲”，暗示她可能通过隐蔽方式提供帮助，选项 C“玛莎小姐会偷偷地往不新鲜的面包里加些东西”符合。故选 C。
30. D 细节理解题。故事通过大量内心描写（如 Martha 对顾客身份的猜测、同情和幻想）推动情节，选项 D“通过 Martha 的想法和感受展开”符合。故选 D。

【分析】
1. 第26题：这是补全文章题，解题关键是理解待插入句子的含义“除了不新鲜的面包，他什么也不要”，再匹配原文中描述顾客购买习惯的段落。原文第2段②处前文刚对比了新鲜和不新鲜面包的价格，插入此处能进一步强调顾客只买廉价不新鲜面包的习惯，逻辑连贯。
2. 第27题：细节理解题，解题时直接定位原文相关语句，找到Miss Martha挂画的目的描述，即可得出答案。
3. 第28题：词义猜测题，需结合上下文语境理解“sympathetic heart”的含义，文中Miss Martha因顾客贫穷且她认为对方是艺术家而产生怜悯，要找对应“对有困难的人善良”的选项。
4. 第29题：推理判断题，根据结尾处Miss Martha想帮助顾客又怕伤害其自尊的心理，结合“艺术家的骄傲”，推断她会选择隐蔽的方式提供帮助，匹配符合这一逻辑的选项。
5. 第30题：细节理解题，需梳理文章的叙事方式，文中大量描写Miss Martha的内心猜测、同情和幻想，以此推动情节，据此判断答案。
【解析】
26. 补全文章题。待插入句子“Never did he call for anything but stale bread.”意为“除了不新鲜的面包，他什么也不要”。原文第2段②处前文提到“He always bought two loaves of stale bread. Fresh bread was five cents a loaf, while stale loaves were two for five.”，此处对比了新鲜和不新鲜面包的价格，插入该句能进一步强调顾客只购买廉价不新鲜面包的习惯，逻辑连贯。故选B。
27. 细节理解题。根据原文“To check if she was right about his job, she took a painting from her room and put it behind the bread counter.”可知，Miss Martha挂画是为了验证她对顾客职业（艺术家）的猜测是否正确。故选B。
28. 词义猜测题。“sympathetic heart”结合上下文来看，Miss Martha看到顾客穿着破旧、买不新鲜面包，认为他是贫穷的艺术家，从而产生怜悯之心。选项A“对有困难的人善良”最贴合“sympathetic”在此处的含义。故选A。
29. 推理判断题。原文结尾提到“She wanted to offer something good to him, but she was afraid of hurting him. She knew the pride of artists.”，说明Miss Martha想帮助顾客但不想伤害其自尊，由此可推断她会选择隐蔽的方式提供帮助，选项C“玛莎小姐会偷偷地往不新鲜的面包里加些东西”符合这一逻辑。故选C。
30. 细节理解题。文章通过大量描写Miss Martha的内心活动，比如对顾客身份的猜测、同情以及美好的幻想等内容推动情节发展，所以是通过探索Miss Martha的想法和感受展开故事的。故选D。
【答案】
26. B；27. B；28. A；29. C；30. D
【知识点】
补全文章题、细节理解、推理判断
【点评】
本文是一篇记叙文，以Miss Martha的视角展开，考查了补全文章、细节理解、词义猜测、推理判断等多种题型。解题时需紧密结合文本细节，关注人物的心理活动和上下文逻辑，对学生的文本解读能力和逻辑推理能力有一定要求。
【难度系数】
0.6