单选题 My daughter and I had been searching for the origins of my grandfather, Alfred Denny, for several years. We had nothing definite except that he married Minerva Ann Hamilton in Michigan in 1860. When I was a small child, my father had given me the address of his "Aunt Maggie," Mrs. William Rarick of Everson, Washington. She and I exchanged letters for about three years while I was still a youngster. My father died without giving any further information about his relatives. About eighty-five years after my correspondence with Aunt Maggie, I decided to see if I could pick up the trail and find out exactly how she fit into the family puzzle. By then I was in my nineties so I knew the odds were not on my side, but I called the telephone operator for a number of anybody by the name of Rarick in the town of Everson, Washington. She told me they have a Charles Rarick and an L. Rarick. I asked her to ring Charles, but there was no answer so I asked her to try L. Rarick. A woman answered and I said, "Hello, this is Carleton Denny. I am trying to locate relatives of Margaret Rarick." The lady on the telephone took a long breath and hesitantly said, "She was my grandmother." I learned that Aunt Maggie was my grandfather''s half sister. The "L" stood for Luella, who still used her maiden name. I had found my family.

单选题 Where and when was my grandfather married?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】细节信息。题干：我的祖父何时何地结婚?用where和when提问细节信息中的地点时间信息。根据原文“…my grandfather，Alfred Denny…that he married Minerva Ann Hamilton in Michigan in 1860．”，译文为：我的祖父阿尔弗雷德1860年在密歇根与密涅瓦.安.汉密尔顿结婚。

单选题 When did I decide to find out about "Aunt Maggie"?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】细节信息。题干：我何时决定查出麦琪姑妈的消息?根据原文“About eighty-five years after my correspondence with Aunt Maggie，I decided to see if I could pick up the trail and find out exactly how she fit into the family puzzle．”，译文为：在与麦琪姑妈通信长达85年后，我决定看我是否能找到线索，查出姑妈是怎样和家族之谜连在一起的。原文明确给出了信息，是在通信85年之后。

单选题 How did I find L. Rarick?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】细节信息。题干：我是如何找到L．Rarick的?根据原文“…but I called the telephone operator for a number of anybody by the name of Rarick in the town of Everson，Washington．”，译文为：但我让话务员为我接通华盛顿Everson镇上任何一位叫Rarick的人。“She told me they have a Charles Rarick and an L．Rarick．I asked her to ring Charles，but there was no answer so I asked her to try L．Rarick．”，译文为：她告诉我有个叫Charles Rarick的，还有个叫L．Rarick的，我让她为我接通Charles，没有应答，所以我又让她试着接通L．Rarick。b选项为“我从黄页上得知她的名字和电话号码。”，C选项为“我从Charles那里得知她的号码。”，而根据原文，Charles没有接电话。d选项为“我父亲给了我她的地址。”，该选项为干扰项，虽然父亲给了我地址，但我是通过电话来查询姑妈的信息。

单选题 When I reached L. Rarick, she was____________.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】理解推断。题干：当我接通L．Rarick的电话时，她的反应如何?根据原文“The lady on the telephone took a long breath and hesitantly said…”，接电话的女士深吸一口气，然后犹豫地说道……，又根据下文，作者要找的是她的祖母，所以推断她的态度是很惊讶。a选项是“怀疑的”；c选项是“尴尬的”；d选项是“不高兴的”。

单选题 Which of the following is not true about "Aunt Maggie"?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】是非判断。题干：下列关于麦琪姑妈的表述哪句是错误的?a选项为“她名叫Margaret Rarick。”；b选项为“她是我祖父同父异母的妹妹。”；c选项为“她保留自己婚前的名字。”；d选项为“她是L．Rarick的祖母。”。根据原文“…my father had given me the address of his‘Aunt Maggie，’Mrs.．William Rarick of Everson，Washington”；“I learned that Aunt Maggie was my grandfather's half sister．”；“The lady on the telephone took a long breath and hesitantly said，‘She was my grandmother．’”， Margaret的昵称是Maggie，所以a、b、d选项是正确的；c选项是错误选项；因为保留婚前名字的是L．Rarick，而不是姑妈。