Question

What Is a Boy?

Between the innocence of babyhood and the seriousness of manhood we find a delightful creature called a “boy”. Boys come in different sizes, weights, and colors, but all boys have the same belief: to enjoy every second of every minute of every hour of every day and to fill the air with noise until the adult males pack them off to bed at night.

Boys are found everywhere –on top of, under, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around, or jumping to. Mothers spoil them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers love them, and God protects them. A boy is TRUTH with dirt on its face, BEAUTY with a cut on its finger, WISDOM with chocalate in its hair, and the HOPE of the future with a snake in its pocket.

When you are busy, a boy is a trouble maker and a noise. When you want him to make a good impression, his brain turns to jelly or else he becomes a wild creature bent on destroying the world and himself with it.

A boy is a mixture – he has the stomach of a horse, the digestion (消化力) of stones and sand, the energy of an atomic bomb, the curiosity of a cat, the imagination of a superman, the shyness of a sweet girl, the brave nature of a bull, the violence of a firecracker, but when you ask him to make something, he has five thumbs (拇指) on each hand.

He likes ice cream, knives, saws, Christmas, comic books, woods, water (in its natural habitat), large animals, Dad, trains, Saturday mornings, and fire engines. He is not much for Sunday schools, company, schools, books without pictures, music lessons, neckties, barbers, girls, overcoats, adults, or bedtime.

Nobody else is so early to rise, or so late to supper. Nobody else gets so much fun out of trees, dogs, and breezes. Nobody else can put into one pocket a rusty knife, a half eaten apple, a three-feet rope, six cents and some unknown things.

A boy is a magical creature – he is your headache but when you come home at night with only shattered pieces of your hopes and dreams, he can mend them like new with two magic words, “Hi, Dad!”

1.The whole passage is in a tone(調(diào)子) of  _________.     

A．humor and love                        B．respect and harmony

C．a(chǎn)mbition and expectation                 D．confidence and imagination

2.The underlined sentence “he has five thumbs on each hand” probably means______.

A．he has altogether five fingers              B．he is slow, foolish and clumsy

C．he becomes clever and smart              D．he cuts his hand with a knife

3.According to the writer, boys appreciate everything in the following except   ________.

A．ice cream         B．comic books       C．Saturday mornings   D．Sunday schools

4.What does the writer feel about boys?

A．He feels curious about their noise.          B．He is fed up with these creatures.

C．He is amazed by their naughtiness.          D．He feels unsafe staying with them.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了作者對男孩的一些看法，運用了幽默的語言在文章中表達出的是對男孩的愛和喜歡。

1.A 推理題。根據(jù)本文中的詞匯如第一段Between the innocence of babyhood and the seriousness of manhood we find a delightful creature called a “boy”. Boys come in different sizes, weights, and colors說明本文使用的是幽默風趣的語言，從字里行間說明對男孩充滿了愛，故A正確。

2.B 推理題。根據(jù)when you ask him to make something, he has five thumbs (拇指) on each hand.和之前的句子課當我們讓孩子制作東西的時候，他就什么就很笨了。因為在英語中thumb指笨的意思。故B正確。

3.D 推理題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段He is not much for Sunday schools, company, schools, books without pictures, music lessons, neckties, barbers, girls, overcoats, adults, or bedtime.和之前的內(nèi)容He likes ice cream, knives, saws, Christmas, comic books, woods, water說明男孩不喜歡周日上課等等，故D正確。

4.C 推理題。根據(jù)Boys are found everywhere –on top of, under, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around, or jumping to. Mothers spoil them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers love them, and God protects them.和He likes ice cream, knives, saws, Christmas, comic books, woods, water (in its natural habitat), large animals, Dad, trains, Saturday mornings, and fire engines.說明男孩特別的調(diào)皮，故C項正確。

考點：考查人生百態(tài)了短文閱讀

點評：本文語言幽默風趣，集中考查推理題，推理判斷題不僅要求考生讀懂文章中的每個句子的意思還要推理它們之間的關(guān)系，結(jié)合自己的生活常識和經(jīng)驗，再通過邏輯推理和判斷，理解文章的言外之意，從而揭示文章的深層涵義。任何一篇文章都有其特定的寫作目的，考生應(yīng)當知道如何去做或按照某種方式傳遞思考問題。推理判斷題的答案不可能在文章中直接找到，因此推理時我們務(wù)必要忠于原文，在文章中尋找并確定可推論的依據(jù)，即：已知部分－推論的前提，從中推測出未知部分－推理的結(jié)論，切忌妄加評論，把自己的觀點當成作者的觀點。