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　　江南古镇。普通的有一口古井的小杂院。院里住了八九户普通人家。一式古老的平屋，格局多年未变，尽管人们房内的现代化摆设是愈来愈多了。　　

　　这八九户人家中，有两户是一人独居——单身汉郑若奎和老姑娘潘雪娥。

　　郑若奎就在住在潘雪娥隔壁。“你早。”他向她致意。“出去啊？”她回话，随即擦身而过。

　　多少次了，只要有人幸运地看到他和她在院子里相遇，听到的总是这么几句。这种简单的缺乏温情的重复，真使邻居们泄气。

　　潘雪娥大概过了四十吧。苗条得有点单薄，瓜子脸，肤色白皙，五官端庄。衣饰虽时髦又很素雅。她在西街那家花店工作。邻居们很不理解，这位端丽的女人为什么要独居，只知道她有权利得到爱情却确确实实没有结过婚。

　　郑若奎在五年前步潘雪娥之手，迁居于此。他是一家电影院的美工，据说是一个缺乏天才的工作负责而又拘谨的画师。四十五六的人，倒像个老头儿了。头发黄焦焦、乱蓬蓬的，背有点驼。瘦削的脸庞，瘦削 的身躯，只有那双眼睛大大的，烁阒年轻的光，烁着他的渴望。

　　回家的时候，他常常带回来一束鲜花，玫瑰、蔷薇、海棠、腊梅，应有尽有，四季不断。

　　他总是把鲜花插在一只蓝得透明的高脚步花瓶里。

　　他没有串门的习惯，经常久久地呆在屋内。有时他也到井边，洗衣服，洗碗，洗那只透明的蓝色高脚花瓶。洗罢花瓶，他总是斟上明净的井水，噘着嘴，极小心地捧回屋子里。

　　一道厚厚的墙把他和潘雪娥的卧室隔开了。

　　一只陈旧的一人高的花竹书架贴紧墙壁置在床旁。这只书架的右上端，便是那只花瓶永久性的所在。

　　除此之外，室内或是悬挂，或是旁靠着一些中国的、外国的，别人的和他自己的画作。

　　从家具的布局和蒙受灰尘的程度可以看得出，这屋里缺少女人，缺少只有女人才能制造得出的那种温馨的气息。可是，那只花瓶总是被主人擦拭得一尘不染，瓶里的水总是清清洌洌，瓶上的花总是鲜艳的、盛开着的。

　　同院的邻居们，曾经那么热切地盼望着，他捧回来的鲜花，能够有一天在他的隔壁——潘雪娥的房里出现。当然，这个奇迹就从来没有出现过。

　　于是，人们自然对郑若奎产生深深的遗憾和绵绵的同情。

　　秋季的一个微雨的清晨。

　　郑若奎撑着伞依旧向她致意：“你早。”潘 雪娥撑着伞依旧回答他：“出去啊？”

　　傍晚，雨止了，她下班回来了。却不见他回家来。

　　即刻有消息传来：郑若奎在单位的工作室作画时，心脏跳搏异常，猝然倒地，刚送进医院，就永远地睡去了。

　　这普通的院子里就了哭泣。那位潘雪娥没有哭，眼睛委实是红红的。花圈。一只又一只。

　　那只大大的缀满各式鲜花的没有挽联的花圈，是她献给他的。

　　这个普通的院子里，一下子少了一个普通的生活里没有爱情的单身汉，真是莫大的缺憾。

　　没几天，潘雪娥搬走了，走得匆忙又唐突。

　　人们在整理画师遗物的时候，不得不表示惊讶了。打开锁着的房门，他的屋子里尽管到处灰蒙蒙的，但那只花瓶却像不久前被人擦拭地空心似的，明晃晃，蓝晶晶，并且，那瓶里的一束白菊花，没有枯萎。

　　当搬开那只老式花竹书架的时候，在场者的眼睛都瞪圆了。

　　门！墙上分明有一扇紫红色的精巧的门，门拉手是黄铜的。

　　人们的心悬了起来又沉了下去。原来如此！

　　邻居们闹闹嚷嚷起来。几天前对这位单身汉的哀情和敬意，顿时化为乌有，变成了一种不能言状的甚至不能言明的愤懑。

　　不过，当有人伸手想去拉开这扇门的时候，“哇”地喊出声来——黄铜位手是平面的，门和门框平滑如壁。

　　一扇画在墙上的门！             

（选自《微型小说选刊》，有改动。）

（1）结合全文，简要分析小说开篇的环境描写有何作用。

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（2）纵观全文，推动这篇小说情节发展的线索是什么？请结合作品对这条贯穿全文的线索作简要说明。

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（3）怎样理解小说的标题“永远的门”？这篇作品有什么现实意义？

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（4）小说中的人物郑若奎去世后，作品写道：“这个普通的院子里，一下子少了一个普通的生活里没有爱情的单身汉，真是莫大的缺憾。”这里的“莫大的缺憾”是针对什么而言的？

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     Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock in London. The name was given in honor of Sir

Benjamin Hall, who was in charge of the works when the bell was installed in 1856.

The clock has become a symbol of the United Kingdom and London. When a television or film-maker

wishes to quickly show a non-UK audience a certain location in Britain, a popular way to do so is to

show an image of the Clock Tower. The Clock Tower is also often voted as the Most Iconic London

Film Location.

     The Clock Tower is a focus of New Year celebrations in the United Kingdom, with radio and TV

stations tuning to its chimes (报时钟声) to welcome the start of the year.

     Londoners who live an appropriate (适当的) distance from the Clock Tower and Big Ben can, by

means of listening to the chimes both live and on the radio or television, hear the bell strike thirteen times

on New Year’s Eve. This is possible due to what amounts to an offset between live and electronically

transmitted chimes since the speed of sound is much slower than the speed of radio waves. Guests are

invited to count the chimes aloud as the radio is gradually turned down.

     The Clock Tower has appeared in many films, most notably in the 1978 version of The Thirty-Nine

Steps, in which the hero attempted to halt the clock’s progress (to prevent a linked bomb blowing up)

by hanging from the minute hand of its western face. It was also used in the film, Shanghai Knights,

starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, and was depicted (描述) as being destroyed in Aliens of

London. In the Walt Disney film The Great Mouse Detective, it is even shown being destroyed by a

UFO!

1. From Paragraph 2, we know that Big Ben is        .

A. a landmark of the UK and London

B. a most popular scene for film makers

C. a must-see sight for tourists to London

D. a popular place where to have pictures taken

2. Why do some people hear the bell strike thirteen times on New Year's Eve?

A. They are standing too far away.

B. There is something wrong with Big Ben.

C. There's some technical problems in the radio broadcasting.

D. They hear the striking live and by radio waves at the same time.

3. The underline word "halt" in Paragraph 5 means "       ".

A. look into something          

B. get something to stop

C. make something work again

D. draw people's attention to something

4. In which of the following movies is the clock destroyed?

A. The Thirty-Nine Steps and Shanghai Knights.

B. Shanghai Knights and Aliens of London.

C. Aliens of London and The Thirty-Nine Steps.

D. The Great Mouse Detective and Aliens of London.

5.What would be the best title of the text?

A. The origin and development of Big Ben

B. Sir Benjamin Hall - the founder of Big Ben

C. Big Ben - significance in popular culture

D. Big Ben and New Year’s celebrations