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 send 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 chocolate 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 destroying the world and himself with it
A boy is a mixture – he has the stomach of a horse, the digestion (消化) 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(鞭炮), but when you ask him to make something, he has five thumbs 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 destroyed pieces of your hopes and dreams, he can mend them like new with two magic words, “Hi, Dad!”
【小题1】The whole passage is in a tone (语气) of _________.

A．respect and harmony	B．humor and love
C．hope and expectation	D．confidence and imagination

【小题2】What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence?

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.

【小题3】According to the writer, boys appreciate everything in the following except _________.

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

【小题4】What does the writer feel about boys?

A．He feels curious about their noise.	B．He is tired of these creatures.
C．He is amazed by their naughtiness.	D．He feels unsafe staying with them.

Answer 1

【小题1】B
【小题2】B
【小题3】D
【小题4】C

解析试题分析：本文通过幽默诙谐的笔调描述出男孩子的特质。男孩子是什么样子的。充满着“顽皮劲”“淘气劲”的感觉。
【小题1】考查整体理解。通过快速阅读文章不难看出文章的写作方法和笔调是幽默和爱。
【小题2】考查推理判断。易错题。只要具备阅读技巧就能答对此题。答案在关键词but之后，but之前讲的是boy的长处，而but之后笔者笔锋一转，显然是说男孩的弱点。
【小题3】考查细节理解。从文章倒数第三段第二行He is not much for Sunday schools, company, schools,得知答案。
【小题4】考查主旨大意。易误选B。如果不知道be fed up with="be" tired of是“讨厌”的意思，就很难排除B选项。从文章的最后一段A boy is a magical creature及其后面的解释就能看出作者对男孩那种“顽皮劲”“淘气劲”的感觉。
考点：考查议论文。
点评：本文通过幽默诙谐的笔调描述出男孩子的特质。男孩子是什么样子的。充满着“顽皮劲”“淘气劲”的感觉。本文层次不是很鲜明，叙述男孩生活的点点滴滴，娓娓道来，爱惜之情贯穿始终。集中考查推理题，对于考生在上下文中理解字里行间的能力要求较高。