Question

【題目】THE OLD FISHERMAN

Our house was directly across a popular hospital. We rented the upstairs rooms to outpatients at the clinic. One summer evening, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful looking man, his face lopsided from swelling, red and raw. He told me he’d been hunting for a room since noon but he had no success. “I guess it’s my face. I know it looks terrible, but my doctor says with a few more treatments…”

For a moment I hesitated, but his next words convinced me: “I could sleep in this rocking chair on the porch. My bus leaves early in the morning.” I told him we would find him a bed, but to rest on the porch. It didn’t take a long time to see that this old man had an oversized heart crowded into that tiny body. He told me he fished for a living to support his daughter, her five children, and her husband, who was hopelessly crippled from a back injury. He didn’t tell it by way of complaint. He was grateful that no pain accompanied his disease.

At bedtime, we put a camp cot in the children’s room for him. When I got up in the morning, the bed linens were neatly folded and the little man was out on the porch. Before he left for his bus, haltingly, he said, “Could I please come back and stay the next time I have a treatment? I can sleep fine in a chair.” He paused a moment and then added, “Your children made me feel at home. Grownups are bothered by my face, but children don’t seem to mind.” I told him he was welcome to come again.

In the years he came to stay overnight with us. There was never a time that he did not bring us fish or oysters or vegetables from his garden. When I received these little remembrances, I often thought of a comment our next-door neighbor made after he left that first morning. “You can lose roomers by putting up such people!”

Maybe we did lose roomers once or twice. But oh! If only they could have known him, perhaps their illnesses would have been easier to bear. I know our family always will be grateful to have known him; from him we learned what it was to accept the bad without complaint and the good with gratitude.

【1】When the old fisherman stayed overnight, the author’s children ________________.

A.were botheredB.were terrified

C.felt normalD.felt at home

【2】Which of the following statement is true about the fisherman?

A.He is both tall and strong.

B.He has five grandchildren.

C.He is pessimistic about life.

D.He suffers from a back injury.

【3】The old fisherman gave the author fishes and oysters because he________.

A.wanted the author to buy them.

B.wanted to pay the rent with them.

C.had fished too many fishes and oysters.

D.wanted to show his thankfulness to the author.

【4】What can we learn from the story?

A.Never judge a book by its cover.

B.Little strokes fell great oaks.

C.Stay positive, stay grateful.

D.Honesty is the best policy.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】

本文為記敘文。本文講述了一位相貌丑陋多次遭人拒絕的求宿老人遇到熱心的作者和家人容留心存感念。

【1】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段老人的一番話…Your children made me feel at home. Grownups are bothered by my face, but children don’t seem to mind.（你的孩子們使我感到賓至如歸。大人會為我的臉煩惱，但孩子們似乎并不介意。）可推斷，作者的孩子們沒有因為其相貌丑陋而拒絕他，因此，他們抱著平常心態(tài)對待老人，故選C。

【2】

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段He told me he fished for a living to support his daughter, her five children, and her husband, who was hopelessly crippled from a back injury.（他告訴我，他以捕魚為生，以養(yǎng)活他的女兒、她的五個孩子和因背部受傷而殘廢的丈夫。）可知，老人有五個外孫，故選B。

【3】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段“Your children made me feel at home. Grownups are bothered by my face, but children don’t seem to mind.” I told him he was welcome to come again.（“你的孩子們使我感到賓至如歸。大人會為我的臉煩惱，但孩子們似乎并不介意�！蔽腋嬖V他歡迎他再來。）和第四段In the years he came to stay overnight with us. There was never a time that he did not bring us fish or oysters or vegetables from his garden.（多年來，他來我們這里過夜。他從來沒有一次不給我們送來他園子里的魚、牡蠣或蔬菜。）可知，因為作者的收留，讓他感激因而每次來都送給作者魚和牡蠣，故選D。

【4】

推理判斷題。本文講述了一位相貌丑陋多次遭人拒絕的求宿老人遇到熱心的作者和家人容留心存感念，作者在最后一段發(fā)出感慨I know our family always will be grateful to have known him; from him we learned what it was to accept the bad without complaint and the good with gratitude（我知道，我們一家人會永遠感激能認識他;從他那里，我們學(xué)會了毫無怨言地接受不好的東西，心懷感激地接受好的東西），故可知，選項A . Never judge a book by its cover.（不要以貌取人）符合題意，故選A。