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One day after lunch, Don was pulling the usual kind of envelopes from the mailbox outside his home in Orchard Lake Village, Michigan, when he noticed something out of the ordinary. A tiny doll couple were sitting on a love seat inside the mailbox. A small note was also in the box.
“We’ve decided to live here,” the message read. It was signed by Mary and Shelley.
Don found that somebody must have left the wooden dolls inside his mailbox by mistake. He and his wife, Nancy, set up the mailbox several years ago.
“We could understand why dolls would want to move into such a nice mailbox, but we were still puzzled,” Don said.
“I asked the neighbours whether anybody had left dolls in their mailboxes, and everyone told me no,” he said. “So I thought, this must just be a joke, and that whoever left them here would come back to get them. I moved them to the back of the mailbox to see what would happen.”
“A few days passed and nobody got the dolls back,” he said, adding that he and his wife soon discovered that the small couple had got a table, a throw rug and a pillow.
“I also have a sense of humour, so I left a note of my own, saying that what the home really needed was a fridge filled with food,” he said.
The fridge was never delivered. But over the next several months, more things secretly showed up: a four-poster bed, a painting and a wood-burning stove.
More than a year later, Mary and Shelley are still living in the mailbox, to the joy of neighbours who now follow Don’s updates online. Don first posted something about the tiny things in 2022, hoping that that might help solve the secret.
“Some people firstly thought that I had planted the dolls myself, but that is not true,” Don said. “All I did was provide a mailbox. Somebody else decided to make it a home for Mary and Shelley.” “It was honestly a surprise to us,” Nancy said.
A neighbour called Terry said he believed that Don had not moved the dolls into the mailbox himself.
“It’s just somebody out there who is having some fun, giving us all a little community humour,” Terry said. “Whoever is doing this is obviously somebody who is incredibly artistic and clever. Don has a lot of skill sets, but doing something this detailed with dolls isn’t his forte.”
Don now doesn’t want to know who is responsible for the mailbox story because he’s hoping it will continue.
(
A. He moved away from Orchard Lake Village.
B. He repaired the mailbox outside his home.
C. He found a doll couple in the mailbox.
D. He wrote a message about the doll couple.
(
A. He threw them away.
B. He sent them to his neighbour.
C. He gave them back to their owner.
D. He put them at the back of the mailbox.
(
A. Humorous.
B. Serious.
C. Wealthy.
D. Powerful.
(
A. Someone took the dolls away.
B. The story of dolls would still continue.
C. Don found the owner of the dolls.
D. Someone was responsible for the mailbox.
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范畴:人与社会 主题:社区生活 体裁:记叙文 难度:★★★★ 建议用时:6分钟 评价:/4
One day after lunch, Don was pulling the usual kind of envelopes from the mailbox outside his home in Orchard Lake Village, Michigan, when he noticed something out of the ordinary. A tiny doll couple were sitting on a love seat inside the mailbox. A small note was also in the box.
“We’ve decided to live here,” the message read. It was signed by Mary and Shelley.
Don found that somebody must have left the wooden dolls inside his mailbox by mistake. He and his wife, Nancy, set up the mailbox several years ago.
“We could understand why dolls would want to move into such a nice mailbox, but we were still puzzled,” Don said.
“I asked the neighbours whether anybody had left dolls in their mailboxes, and everyone told me no,” he said. “So I thought, this must just be a joke, and that whoever left them here would come back to get them. I moved them to the back of the mailbox to see what would happen.”
“A few days passed and nobody got the dolls back,” he said, adding that he and his wife soon discovered that the small couple had got a table, a throw rug and a pillow.
“I also have a sense of humour, so I left a note of my own, saying that what the home really needed was a fridge filled with food,” he said.
The fridge was never delivered. But over the next several months, more things secretly showed up: a four-poster bed, a painting and a wood-burning stove.
More than a year later, Mary and Shelley are still living in the mailbox, to the joy of neighbours who now follow Don’s updates online. Don first posted something about the tiny things in 2022, hoping that that might help solve the secret.
“Some people firstly thought that I had planted the dolls myself, but that is not true,” Don said. “All I did was provide a mailbox. Somebody else decided to make it a home for Mary and Shelley.” “It was honestly a surprise to us,” Nancy said.
A neighbour called Terry said he believed that Don had not moved the dolls into the mailbox himself.
“It’s just somebody out there who is having some fun, giving us all a little community humour,” Terry said. “Whoever is doing this is obviously somebody who is incredibly artistic and clever. Don has a lot of skill sets, but doing something this detailed with dolls isn’t his forte.”
Don now doesn’t want to know who is responsible for the mailbox story because he’s hoping it will continue.
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C
)1. What is TRUE about Don according to Paragraph 1?A. He moved away from Orchard Lake Village.
B. He repaired the mailbox outside his home.
C. He found a doll couple in the mailbox.
D. He wrote a message about the doll couple.
(
D
)2. What did Don do with the dolls?A. He threw them away.
B. He sent them to his neighbour.
C. He gave them back to their owner.
D. He put them at the back of the mailbox.
(
A
)3. Which is the best word to describe Don and the community?A. Humorous.
B. Serious.
C. Wealthy.
D. Powerful.
(
B
)4. What is the ending of the story?A. Someone took the dolls away.
B. The story of dolls would still continue.
C. Don found the owner of the dolls.
D. Someone was responsible for the mailbox.
答案
唐发现有人把一对玩偶放进了他家的信箱，但他找不到玩偶的主人。唐留下便条，说玩偶缺少冰箱，接下来几个月，不少物件出现在玩偶旁边，这些幽默的行为让小区充满温暖。
1. C 细节理解题。由第一段中“One day after lunch, Don was pulling ... when he noticed something out of the ordinary. A tiny doll couple were sitting on a love seat inside the mailbox.”可知，唐在信箱里发现了一对玩偶。
2. D 细节理解题。由第五段中“I moved them to the back of the mailbox to see what would happen.”可知答案。
3. A 推理判断题。通读全文可知，唐让这对玩偶一直“住”在信箱里，而小区居民一直在关注唐在网络上发布的关于这对玩偶的最新消息，由此可推知，humorous 最适合用来描述他们的品质。倒数第二段中的 giving us all a little community humour 也提示本题答案。
4. B 推理判断题。由最后一段“Don now doesn’t want to know who is responsible for the mailbox story because he’s hoping it will continue.”可知，关于玩偶的故事还在继续。
1. C 细节理解题。由第一段中“One day after lunch, Don was pulling ... when he noticed something out of the ordinary. A tiny doll couple were sitting on a love seat inside the mailbox.”可知，唐在信箱里发现了一对玩偶。
2. D 细节理解题。由第五段中“I moved them to the back of the mailbox to see what would happen.”可知答案。
3. A 推理判断题。通读全文可知，唐让这对玩偶一直“住”在信箱里，而小区居民一直在关注唐在网络上发布的关于这对玩偶的最新消息，由此可推知，humorous 最适合用来描述他们的品质。倒数第二段中的 giving us all a little community humour 也提示本题答案。
4. B 推理判断题。由最后一段“Don now doesn’t want to know who is responsible for the mailbox story because he’s hoping it will continue.”可知，关于玩偶的故事还在继续。
解析
【分析】
这是一篇社区生活主题的英语阅读理解题，共4道选择题，主要考查细节查找和推理判断能力。解题思路为：先通读原文把握大意，再针对每个问题定位原文对应段落，提取关键信息，逐一比对选项，排除与原文不符的错误选项，选出正确答案。具体来看：第1题定位第一段找Don的发现；第2题定位第五段找Don对玩偶的处理方式；第3题结合全文线索和邻居评价推理Don与社区的特点；第4题定位最后一段找故事结局相关内容。
【解析】
1. 细节理解题：根据第一段“One day after lunch, Don was pulling the usual kind of envelopes from the mailbox outside his home... A tiny doll couple were sitting on a love seat inside the mailbox.”可知，Don在信箱里发现了一对玩偶，对应选项C。A选项“搬走”、B选项“修信箱”、D选项“写关于玩偶的消息”均与原文不符，故选C。
2. 细节理解题：根据第五段“I moved them to the back of the mailbox to see what would happen.”可知，Don把玩偶放在了信箱后面，对应选项D。A选项“扔掉”、B选项“送给邻居”、C选项“还给主人”均与原文不符，故选D。
3. 推理判断题：全文围绕玩偶的幽默故事展开，邻居Terry提到“giving us all a little community humour”，结合Don的幽默行为，可知“humorous（幽默的）”最适合描述Don和社区，故选A。B选项“严肃的”、C选项“富有的”、D选项“强大的”均不符合文意，故选A。
4. 推理判断题：根据最后一段“Don now doesn’t want to know who is responsible for the mailbox story because he’s hoping it will continue.”可知，关于玩偶的故事还会继续，对应选项B。A选项“有人拿走玩偶”、C选项“找到玩偶主人”、D选项“有人负责信箱的事”均与原文不符，故选B。
【答案】
1.C 2.D 3.A 4.B
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解题、推理判断题
【点评】
本文是一篇社区生活主题的记叙文，通过Don与信箱里玩偶的趣味故事，展现了社区生活的温暖与幽默。题目侧重考查学生对原文细节的定位能力和基于文本的推理判断能力，贴近学生生活，易于理解，能引导学生关注身边的社区趣事。
【难度系数】
0.4
这是一篇社区生活主题的英语阅读理解题，共4道选择题，主要考查细节查找和推理判断能力。解题思路为：先通读原文把握大意，再针对每个问题定位原文对应段落，提取关键信息，逐一比对选项，排除与原文不符的错误选项，选出正确答案。具体来看：第1题定位第一段找Don的发现；第2题定位第五段找Don对玩偶的处理方式；第3题结合全文线索和邻居评价推理Don与社区的特点；第4题定位最后一段找故事结局相关内容。
【解析】
1. 细节理解题：根据第一段“One day after lunch, Don was pulling the usual kind of envelopes from the mailbox outside his home... A tiny doll couple were sitting on a love seat inside the mailbox.”可知，Don在信箱里发现了一对玩偶，对应选项C。A选项“搬走”、B选项“修信箱”、D选项“写关于玩偶的消息”均与原文不符，故选C。
2. 细节理解题：根据第五段“I moved them to the back of the mailbox to see what would happen.”可知，Don把玩偶放在了信箱后面，对应选项D。A选项“扔掉”、B选项“送给邻居”、C选项“还给主人”均与原文不符，故选D。
3. 推理判断题：全文围绕玩偶的幽默故事展开，邻居Terry提到“giving us all a little community humour”，结合Don的幽默行为，可知“humorous（幽默的）”最适合描述Don和社区，故选A。B选项“严肃的”、C选项“富有的”、D选项“强大的”均不符合文意，故选A。
4. 推理判断题：根据最后一段“Don now doesn’t want to know who is responsible for the mailbox story because he’s hoping it will continue.”可知，关于玩偶的故事还会继续，对应选项B。A选项“有人拿走玩偶”、C选项“找到玩偶主人”、D选项“有人负责信箱的事”均与原文不符，故选B。
【答案】
1.C 2.D 3.A 4.B
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解题、推理判断题
【点评】
本文是一篇社区生活主题的记叙文，通过Don与信箱里玩偶的趣味故事，展现了社区生活的温暖与幽默。题目侧重考查学生对原文细节的定位能力和基于文本的推理判断能力，贴近学生生活，易于理解，能引导学生关注身边的社区趣事。
【难度系数】
0.4
