Question

It was not yet eleven o’clock when a boat crossed the river with a single passenger who had obtained his transportation at that unusual hour by promising an extra fare.
While the youth stood on the landing-place searching in his pockets for money, the ferryman lifted a lantern, by the aid of which, together with the newly risen moon, he took a very accurate survey of the stranger’s figure. He was a young man of barely eighteen years, evidently country bred（長大的）, and now, as it seemed, on his first visit to town. He was wearing a rough gray coat, which was in good shape, but which had seen many winters before this one. The garments under his coat were well constructed of leather, and fitted tightly to a pair of muscular legs; his stockings of blue yarn must have been the work of a mother or sister, and on his head was a three-cornered hat, which in its better days had sheltered the grayer head of the lad’s father. In his left hand was a walking stick, and his equipment was completed by a leather bag not so abundantly stocked as to inconvenience the strong shoulders on which it hung. Brown, curly hair, well-shaped-features, bright, cheerful eyes were nature’s gifts, and worth all that art could have done for his adornment(裝飾).
The youth, whose name was Robin, paid the boatman, and then walked forward into the town with a light step, as if he had not already traveled more than thirty miles that day. As he walked, he surveyed his surroundings as eagerly as if he were entering London or Madrid, instead of the little metropolis（都市）of a New England colony.
【小題1】What time of the year was it in this story?

A．Winter.

B．Fall.

C．Summer.

D．Spring.

【小題2】The boatman was willing to take Robin across the river because ________.

A．he was going to row across the river anyway

B．he saw that Robin was young and rich

C．he would give extra money

D．he felt sorry for him because Robin looked poor

【小題3】The stockings that Robin wore were obviously _________.

A．well worn

B．very expensive

C．handmade

D．much too big

【小題4】From the text we can learn that Robin had traveled __________.

A．from London	B．from Madrid
C．from a nearby city	D．over thirty miles

【小題5】At what time of day did Robin cross the river?

A．Night.

B．Late afternoon

C．Midday.

D．Morning.

Answer 1

【小題1】A
【小題1】C
【小題1】C
【小題1】D
【小題1】A

解析【小題1】根據(jù)He was wearing a rough gray coat, which was in good shape, but which had seen many winters before this one.及下文對(duì)衣服的描寫，可知本故事發(fā)生在冬季，故選A。
【小題1】根據(jù)who had obtained his transportation at that unusual hour by promising an extra fare.許諾一個(gè)額外的小費(fèi)。可知選C
【小題1】根據(jù)his stockings of blue yarn must have been the work of a mother or sister,出自母親或者姐妹之手，可知是手工制作的，故選C。
【小題1】根據(jù)as if he had not already traveled more than thirty miles that day. 好像那天他不是已經(jīng)走了三十多千米。可知選D。
【小題1】根據(jù)It was not yet eleven o’clock（還不到十一點(diǎn)）及下文the ferryman lifted a lantern 船夫提著一個(gè)燈籠，可知指的是晚上十一點(diǎn)，故選A。