Question

【題目】C

One day after we moved to our farm, I found that two of the neighbor’s cows and a calf had wandered through the fence along our woods. The neighbor, Lorne Wright showed up with his dog to herd them back into his grassland—and with part of a roll of nine-wire fence.

＂There’s probably enough to reach from the road to the first brace post if you were of a mind to fix this spot,＂ he said. My face lit right up. I wanted to be a good neighbor, but money was tight.

The next week I was pulling the old fence out of the tall grass when Bill Risk stopped his car. He said,

＂Fixing fence, are you? Hear a story? A long time ago, two fellows farmed next to each other, so they agreed that each would start building fence on opposite ends of their farms and meet in the middle.＂

＂When they finished, one said, ‘Well, it looks good.’ But the other said, ‘My half looks good, because I started where I should have, but you started your half about 2 feet over on my farm and I want it moved right away!’＂

＂Well, these two fellows, who could have been good neighbors, began to get angry with each other, and the bitterness went on for years. Finally one man sold his farm, and no sooner had the new owner moved in than his neighbor paid him a visit. ＂

＂He said, ‘There has always been a problem with our line fence. Your half begins 2 feet over on my farm. It should have been moved a long time ago.’ The new neighbor thought for a moment, then said, ‘I always intend to be a good neighbor. If you think the fence is on your farm, you move it to wherever you think it should be, and you’ll never hear a complaint from me.’＂

＂They became good friends. And the fence was never moved. So keep that fence straight, neighbor,＂ Bill went away, leaving me with a smile on my face as I went back to work.

【題文1】 How did the writer feel after hearing his neighbor’s words?

A. Excited. B. Embarrassed. C. Puzzled. D. Satisfied.

【題文2】After finishing their fence, the two fellows _________.

A. celebrated for building a solid fence B. have become good neighbors even since

C. started right off with hard feelings D. argued about whose fence was good

【題文3】How did the new owner treat the fence?

A. By moving it to his property. B. By finding where it should be first.

C. By taking it apart immediately. D. By allowing the neighbor to deal with it.

【題文4】What lesson can we learn from the text?

A. Good fences make good neighbors. B. Two neighbors build their fences.

C. Fences have their own stories. D. Keep your fence strong and tall.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】

【語篇解讀】本文主要通過作者修籬笆，以及作者的鄰居給作者講述的兩個農(nóng)場主的故事，說明了好的籬笆可以促進鄰里之間的關系。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段的My face lit right up. I wanted to be a good neighbor, but money was tight 可知，作者聽了鄰居的話后，臉立刻紅了，雖然自己也想成為一個好鄰居。但是錢緊張，說明鄰居的 話讓作者感到尷尬。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。結合第五段的these two fellows, who could have been good neighbors, began to get angry with each other, and the bitterness went on for years.可知，這兩個鄰居本來應該成為好鄰居的，卻 因為籬笆的事在一開始就互相懷有敵意等。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的If you think the fence is on your farm, you move it to wherever you think it should be, and you’ll never hear a complaint from me.可知，此處表示這個新鄰居告訴對方可以自 由處理這個越界的籬笆。

【4】推理判斷題。本文通過作者的籬笆以及作者的鄰居講述的兩個農(nóng)場主之間修籬笆的故事，說 明了好籬笆造就好鄰居。