goodwill of the Chinese people, she now understood why her husband had been so deeply attached to China."

　　"I believe there are many such touching stories between our two peoples，" said Xi.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。1992年，在福州工作的习近平偶然在报纸上看到一位在美国留学的中国学生写的一篇关于Gardner夫人寻找鼓岭的文章后，立刻通过相关部门联系了当事人Gardner夫人，帮助她实现了已故丈夫多年的心愿。

　　9．What can we infer from the passage?

　　A．Mr. and Mrs. Gardner were brought up in a southern Chinese town.

　　B．The name of the town changed shortly after Milton Gardner left.

　　C．Guling might have originally been pronounced as Kuling in English.

　　D．Mrs. Gardner knew exactly where the small town lay in south China.

　　解析：选C　推理判断题。结合第四段和第五段内容可知，Gardner先生在生命的最后时刻都一直念着"Kuling, Kuling"， Gardner夫人为了实现他的遗愿，几次到中国寻找未果，且毫无线索，直到寄宿在Gardner家的中国学生从Gardner先生晚年的旧信件的邮戳上，认出了应是鼓岭这个地方，由此可推知，在英语中，鼓岭原来的发音可能是Kuling。故答案选C。

　　10．According to the passage, Mr. Gardner ________.

　　A．lived and worked in Guling for ten years

　　B．had few memories about the small Chinese town

　　C．kept in touch with his childhood playmates until he passed away

　　D．was deeply impressed by Guling's people and environment

　　解析：选D　细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的"after seeing for herself ... deeply attached to China"可知，鼓岭淳朴善良的人们和优美的环境给Gardner先生留下了深刻的印象，所以他一直难以忘怀。故答案选D。

　　11．What played the most important part in making Milton Gardner's wish come true?

　　A．The help from newspapers.

　　B．Mrs. Gardner's hard efforts.

　　C．Mr. Xi's concern and arrangement.

　　D．The Chinese student's letter to Mr. Xi.

解析：选C　推理判断题。通读全文可知，习近平当年对这件事的关注和安排Gardne