On a hill 600 feet above the surrounding land, we watch the lines of rain move across the scene, the moon rise over the hills, and the stars appear in the sky. The views invite a long look from a comfortable chair in front of the wooden house.
Every window in our wooden house has a view, and the forest and lakes seldom look the same as the hour before. Each look reminds us where we are.
There is space for our three boys to play outside, to shoot arrows, collect tree seeds, build earth houses and climb trees.
Our kids have learned the names of the trees, and with the names have come familiarity and appreciation. As they tell all who show even a passing interest, maple（楓樹）makes the best fighting sticks and white pines are the best climbing trees.
The air is clean and fresh. The water from the well has a pleasant taste, and it is perhaps the healthiest water our kids will ever drink. Though they have one glass a day of juice and the rest is water, they never say anything against that.
The seasons change just outside the door. We watch the maples turn every shade of yellow and red in the fall and note the poplars（楊樹）putting out the first green leaves of spring. The rainbow smelt fills the local steam as the ice gradually disappears, and the wood frogs start to sing in pools after being frozen for the winter. A family of birds rules our skies and flies over the lake.
【小題1】 What can be learned from Paragraph 2?

A．The scenes are colorful and changeable.
B．There are many windows in the wooden house.
C．The views remind us that we are in a wooden house.
D．The lakes outside the windows are quite different in color.
【小題2】 By mentioning the names of the trees, the author aims to show that ______ .
A．the kids like playing in trees
B．the kids are very familiar with trees
C．the kids have learned much knowledge
D．the kids find trees useful learning tools
【小題3】 What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?
A．The change of seasons is easily felt.
B．The seasons make the scenes change.
C．The weather often changes in the forest.
D．The door is a good position to enjoy changing seasons.
【小題4】 What is the main purpose of the author writing the text?
A．To describe the beauty of the scene around the house.
B．To introduce her children’s happy life in the forest.
C．To show that living in the forest is healthful.
D．To share the joy of living in the nature.


【小題1】A
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】D

解析試題分析：本文描述了作者與家人身居大自然懷抱中切身的美麗感受。文章主要展示了作者居住環(huán)境的大自然的美景和在此美景懷抱中生活的愜意之情。
【小題1】 A 推理判斷題。本段中提到，每個(gè)窗戶都會(huì)有一個(gè)不同的風(fēng)景，森林和湖泊與一小時(shí)之前所見到的都不一樣。據(jù)此可知，作者身居的環(huán)境是多彩和變換的。故選A。
【小題2】 C 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段話中“Our kids have learned the names of the trees…”“As they tell all…white pines are the best climbing trees”可知孩子們已經(jīng)了解了關(guān)于周圍環(huán)境包括樹在內(nèi)的很多知識(shí)。故答案選C。
【小題3】 A 推理判斷題。劃線部分的字面意思為：季節(jié)就在門外變化著。再根據(jù)本段對于周圍大自然的變化的描述可知，作者身處此地，能夠很容易地感覺到季節(jié)的變換。故答案為A。
【小題4】 D 推理判斷題。此題推測文章寫作目的。通讀全文，不難了解，作者是與我們讀者分享他身居大自然的快樂生活。故答案為D。 
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