题目内容
It was Saturday when the entire summer world was bright and fresh. Tom looked at the fence, which was long and high, feeling all enthusiasm leaving him. He dipped his brush into the whitewash before moving it along the top board of the fence. He knew other boys would arrive soon with all minds of interesting plans for this day. As walking past him, they would tease him for having to work on a beautiful Saturday—which burnt him like fire.
He, putting his hands into his pockets and taking out all he owned with the expectation of letting someone paint, found nothing that could buy half an hour of freedom. At this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea occurred to him, pouring a great bright light into his mind. He took up his brush and continued to work pleasantly with calm and quietness.
Presently, Ben Rogers came in sight—munching an apple and making joyful noises like the sound of a riverboat as he walked along. Tom went on whitewashing, paying no attention to the steamboat.
“Hello!” Ben said, “I’m going swimming, but you can’t go, can you?”
No answer. Tom moved his brush gently along the fence and surveyed the result. Ben came nearer. Tom’s mouth watered for Ben’s apple while he kept painting the fence.
Ben said, “That’s a lot of work, isn’t it?”
Tom turned suddenly saying “Here you are! Ben! I didn’t notice you.”
“I’m going swimming,” Ben said. “Don’t you wish you could go? Or would you rather work?”
Tom said, “Work? What do you mean ‘work’?”
“Isn’t that work?”
Tom continued painting and answered carelessly, “Maybe it is, and maybe it isn’t. All I know is it suits Tom Sawyer.”
“Do you mean that you enjoy it?”
“I don’t see why I oughtn’t to enjoy it.”
“Does a boy have a chance to paint a fence frequently” said Tom.
Ben stopped munching his apple.
Tom moved his brush back and forth—stepped back to note the effect—added a little paint here and there. Ben watched every move, getting more and more interested, more and more absorbed1. After a short time, he said, “Tom, let me whitewash a little.”
Tom seemed to be thinking for a moment before he said, “No, Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect. If it was the back fence, maybe you could do it. But this fence beside the street is where everybody can see it. It has to be done right.”
“Oh, come on, let me try. I’ll be careful. Listen, Tom. I’ll give you part of my apple if you let me paint.”
“No, Ben, I’m afraid—”
“I’ll give you all the apple!”
Tom handed the brush to Ben with unwillingness on his face but alacrity in his heart. While the riverboat worked and sweated in the hot sun, Tom, an artist sat in the shade close by, munching his apple, and planning how he could trick more of the boys.
Before long there were enough boys each of whom came along the street; stopped to laugh but soon begged to be allowed to paint. By the middle of the afternoon, Tom had got many treasures while the fence had had three layers of whitewash on it. If he hadn’t run out of whitewash, he would have owned everything belonging to the boys in the village.
Tom said to himself that the world was not so depressing after all. He had discovered a great law of human action: in order to make a man cover a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.
1.By using “Tom continued painting and answered carelessly”, the author shows Tom ______ when he was talking to Ben.
A.made mistakes |
B.damaged things |
C.was natural |
D.wasn’t concentrating |
2.The underlined word “alacrity” in the last but two paragraph most probable means “______”.
A.kindness |
B.discouragement |
C.sympathy |
D.eagerness |
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? ________
A.Tom did not want to go swimming at all |
B.Tom was asked to help Aunt Polly paint the fence |
C.Tom did not get along well with his friends |
D.Tom was very busy that Saturday afternoon. |
4.We can draw a conclusion from the last paragraph that _______.
A.forbidden fruit is sweet. |
B.a friend in need is a friend indeed. |
C.all good things must come to an end. |
D.a bad excuse is better than none. |
1.C
2.D
3.B
4.A
【解析】文章介绍了Tom如何诱骗其他的孩子帮他干活的故事。
1.C 推理题。Tom这样做是想表现的很自然,以引起Ben的好奇心,最后引诱Ben上钩。故C正确。
2.D 猜测词义题。Tom handed the brush to Ben with unwillingness on his face but alacrity in his heart。实际上Tom成功的诱骗了Ben帮他干活,表面上很不情愿,实际上心里很急切,说明Tom很狡猾,故eagerness正确。
3.B 细节题。根据文章Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect. If it was the back fence, maybe you could do it.是,Aunt Polly要求Tom帮助他粉刷篱笆,故B正确。
4.A 总结归纳题。根据最后一段in order to make a man cover a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.说明在人们看来难以得到的东西都是好的。选项中的A项禁果很甜。意思和这句相符。故A符合要求。
On Sunday while I was having my own Father’s Day celebration, I thought about my dad a lot. By the time I called to tell him that I loved him, he had already gone to bed. So I wrote the following to show what my dad means to me.
About 28 years ago, my dad was a used car salesman. Every Thursday night, he would head off to Shreveport, LA for the auction(拍卖会). Most of the time, I drove a car over there for him so he could sell it there.
One day, I was riding with my dad to Shreveport for the auction when he found a hitchhiker(搭车者)with a backpack. As soon as dad saw him, he pulled the car over and offered him a ride. Dad asked him his name and continued to talk to him about all sorts of things. I can’t recall why but he told dad a lot of terrible things that had occurred to him. I sat in the back seat and watched the scene with amazement. I could see that the hitchhiker changed his attitude as he could tell someone who was really listening to him.
We drove another forty-five minutes before we had to exit the interstate(州际公路). We pulled over and dad told him to keep his head up and things would start looking up for him soon. He reached into his pocket and handed the hitchhiker a twenty-dollar bill and then a the-dollar bill.
We drove on and my dad did not say a single thing. I was still completely amazed by what I just witnessed. I was always told everyone to never pick up a hitchhiker and yet my dad did it every single time he saw one. I’m sure that it made that poor man’s day, probably a month to follow.
While reflecting upon that story, I learned a lot about my dad and life. I learned that if you come from a place of service or compassion, you can change people’s lives. Just one single kind act can change someone’s life. It never occurred to my dad about not stopping to help him.
This is the type of person my dad is. Thank you for setting such high standards for me to follow.
Dad, I love you. Happy Father’s Day!
1.The author and his dad met a hitchhiker(搭车者)_______.
A.when they were just warned not to pick up a stranger |
B.on their way to Shreveport to sell a car |
C.on their way to the west for a trip |
D.when their car was running out of gas |
2.What do we learn about the hitchhiker from the passage?
A.Something unpleasant occurred to him. |
B.He was going to the auction. |
C.At first he didn’t believe in the author. |
D.It was he who bought the author’s car. |
3.How did the author feel about his dad’s behavior at that time?
A.Angry |
B.Appreciated |
C.Surprised |
D.Ashamed |
4.What did the author learn from his father?
A.Just a single kind act can make a difference. |
B.Try learning to be a good listener. |
C.Set high standards for yourself in life. |
D.Offering a ride to a stranger is dangerous. |