I'm from the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma，but I've lived in Denver for quite a few years．I have a friend that also lives in Denver who is originally from Oklahoma．We got talking about how homesick we were，and he suggested that we go spend a couple of weeks with his grandma but informed me of two things．
The first was that his grandmother might not be particularly fond of Shawnee people．This was because of a thing that had happened between our tribes in the late 1800s．The second thing was that she could be a little bit persistent about inviting people to go to church with her on Sunday．
I grew up with an Irish Catholic mother and a Shawnee father，and so I was very open to all kinds of different spiritual beliefs．Thus I promised my friend that I could be diplomatic with his grandmother if she was persistent with her invitations，and I even thought that maybe I could win her over to liking Shawnee people．
When we got inside，he introduced us．I addressed her as Miss Myrtle to show extra respect．Her greeting was polite but not particularly warm．But over the next week I took her to Tulsa to run errands（做瑣碎的事情），I fixed her chicken coop，and I used all my best manners to win her over．At dinner that night she said to me， "You know，Alistair，it's been nice having you here．Now，you know this Sunday is Mother's Day．Of course，at my age I never know if this could be my last Mother's Day．There's just one thing I want．I would like you to be my special guest at church on Sunday．"
We got to the church．People walked up the center aisle and put some money into this little wooden collection box，and that bought them the privilege of inviting somebody from the congregation（集會(huì)） up to sing a "Special．" A Special，it turned out，is a solo hymn （贊美詩(shī)；圣歌）．And then Miss Myrtle started up the aisle．When she reached the front，she scanned the congregation，found me，and said， "My grandson brought a friend with him from Denver．His name is Alistair，and he is from the Eastern Shawnee Tribe．But he is a very nice person．Alistair，I would like you to come up here and sing us a Special．"
I immediately began making "no" gestures and grinning．But my friend had grabbed me by the arm and was guiding me over his knees in the narrow pew．He said， "Grandma's going to be so happy．"
And the next thing I knew，I was out in the center aisle，and it almost felt like there was some invisible force pushing me toward the front of the church．It could have been God．And I was hoping that，if it was God，when I reached the microphone，God would choose that moment to work a super-big miracle and make it so that I could sing．
The music started，and I started to sing． "Michael，row your boat ashore，alleluia．Michael，row your boat ashore …" It was about the time I reached the second alleluia （哈利路亞的歡呼聲） that I realized that was in fact the only line I remembered．
And then，finally，I stopped．The organist，who was not quite sure what was happening，continued to play，but when she realized it was finally over，she stopped in kind of an abrupt way，and then there was silence，and in that silence I walked back down the aisle．Suddenly an applause broke out and then more and more joined in．I sat back down．Miss Myrtle was on the other side of me．But once I was settled in my seat，she leaned toward me slightly and said， "I don't believe I've ever met someone that didn't know at least one hymn．" There wasn't a whole lot I could say about that，so I was just like， "Happy Mother's Day．"
（1）From the first two paragraphs，we can know that the writer CC．
A．has a friend whose home origin is Denver
B．lives in a distant tribe of Shawnee
C．is suffering periods of homesickness
D．won't be warmly received by the grandma
（2）Miss Myrtle was a little cold when seeing the writer probably because AA．
A．she had been told he was Shawnee
B．she was too old to be so warm
C．her last Mother's Day was coming
D．he had declined her invitation
（3）The process of the author winning Miss Myrtle over can be best described by " AA"．
A．Faith can move mountains
B．Nurture passes nature
C．Fact is stranger than fiction
D．Custom makes all things easy
（4）Why did the writer made "no" gesture when invited to sing a hymn？ DD
A．He was too shy to do it．
B．He had different spiritual belief．
C．Some invisible force pushed him．
D．He did not know any hymn at all．
（5）From the last paragraph we can know that DD．
A．the writer sang so well that he was warmly applauded
B．the writer was really pride of the unexpected result
C．Miss Myrtle was quite unsatisfied with the writer
D．Miss Myrtle was grateful for the writer's special hymn
（6）Which of the following could be the best title？ AA
A．A Hymn to End All Hymns
B．A Hymn to Embarrass Grandma
C．An Experience to Turn Around
D．An Experience to Learn To Sing
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【答案】C；A；A；D；D；A
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