7．When he was small，Hill was a famous bad boy．
At the age of 9，his father married his stepmother．At that time they lived poor in the countryside while his stepmother was from a wealthy family．
His father introduced Hill to his stepmother as he said，"Dear，I hope you notice in the entire shire this is the worst boy，who has made me have no other way．Maybe before tomorrow morning he will throw a stone at you，or do a bad thing you will never imagine．"
To Hill's surprise，his stepmother went up to him with a smile，held up his head and looked at him carefully．She then turned around to tell her husband，"You're wrong．He is not the worst boy in the entire shire，but the cleverest and creative boy．Only he doesn'tfind a place to show himself．"
His stepmother's words warmed his heart，his eyes full of tears．With this，he started building friendship with his stepmother．And this became the drive of his life，making him create 28successful golden rules，which helped tens of thousands of ordinary people walk on the road to success．
Before his stepmother came，no one praised him smart，and his father and neighbors considered him as a bad boy．However，his stepmother's words changed his life．
When Hill was 14years old，his stepmother bought him a used typewriter and said to him，"I believe you will become a writer．"Hill accepted his stepmother's gift and expectation，and started writing things to a local newspaper．He understood his stepmother's strong feeling of interest in his family while he saw with his own eyes she had changed his family．Therefore，he would do as well as she expected him to．
The strength from his stepmother made him a rich man and famous writer in the United States and one of the most important persons in the 20th century．
Praise will never be unnecessary，especially for children．A sincere （真誠的＞praise may be better than 10，000bad words．
36．What did people think of Hill before the age of nine？
A．Clever．
B．Creative．
C．Unfriendly．
D．Foolish．
37．Hill started making friends with his stepmother after sheC．
A．smiled at him
B．looked at him carefully
C．said good words about him
D．said bad words about him
38．Which of the following is wrong about Hill？B．
A．He accepted his stepmother's typewriter．
B．He failed to do as he was expected．
C．He started writing to a local newspaper．
D．He understood his stepmother．
39．The writer is most probably an expert ofD．
A．house building
B．diet
C．news writing
D．education
40．The passage was written mainly to tell us thatA．
A．children should be praised
B．Hill's father married again
C．Hill's stepmother was kind to him
D．Hill'S father was cruel to him．
分析 當希爾很小時，他就是一個有名的壞男孩．9歲時，他的父親娶了他的繼母．那時他們生活在貧窮的農(nóng)村，而他的繼母是一個富裕的家庭．他父親把希爾介紹給他的繼母說，"親愛的，我希望你注意到在整個夏爾，這是最壞的男孩，他讓我沒有辦法．可能明天早上他會向你扔一塊石頭，或者做一件你永遠不會想象的壞事．
希爾人大感意外的是，他的繼母微笑著走上前，抬起他的頭，仔細的看著他，然后轉(zhuǎn)身告訴她的丈夫，"你錯了．他不是整個夏爾最壞的男孩，而是最聰明和創(chuàng)造性的孩子．他僅僅是找不到一個地方來展示自己．"他的繼母的話溫暖了他的心，他的眼睛充滿了淚水．因為這件事，他開始與他的繼母建立友誼．這成了他生活的驅(qū)動，使他創(chuàng)建28條成功的黃金法則，幫助成千上萬的普通民眾走在成功的道路．
他的繼母來之前，沒有人稱贊他聰明，他的父親和鄰居們認為他是一個糟糕的孩子．然而，他的繼母的話改變了他的生活．希爾14歲的時候，他的繼母給他買了一臺二手打字機，對他說，"我相信你會成為一個作家．"希爾接受了他的繼母的禮物和期望，并開始寫感興趣的東西給當?shù)氐膱蠹垼斫馑睦^母的對他的家人強烈的感覺，他親眼看到她改變了他的家庭．因此，他會做她希望他做的一切．
來自他的繼母的力量讓他在美國成為富人和名人作家和在20世紀最重要的一個人．贊美永遠不是不必要的，特別是對于孩子們．真誠的贊美可能比一萬句壞話更好．
解答 36．C 由文章第一句When he was small，Hill was a famous bad boy．可知，人們認為希爾不友好．故選：C
37．C 由句子His stepmother's words warmed his heart可知，繼母和他談話后，他們做了朋友．故選：D
38．B 由句子 made him a rich man and famous writer in the United States and one of the most important persons in the 20th century．可知，希爾成功了．故選：B
39．D 由句子making him create 28successful golden rules，which helped tens of thousands of ordinary people walk on the road to success．可知，希爾成為一名教育家．故選：D
40．A 由句子Praise will never be unnecessary，especially for children．可知，文章告訴我們應(yīng)該對孩子表揚．故選：D
點評 文章很長時，對整篇短文內(nèi)容先略讀，再馬上看短文后的問題，帶著問題去選擇答案會節(jié)省時間．
