题目内容
1.Kino,a poor fisherman,has just found a very large and valuable pearl and is going to the nearest town to sell it.He needs money urgently to get medical help for his baby who has just been stung(蜇刺)by a scorpion.Before Kino found the pearl,the only doctor available had refused to treat the baby because Kino could not afford to pay for the treatment.A town is a thing like a colonial animal.A town has a nervous system and a head and shoulders and feet.A town is a thing separate from all other towns,so that there are no two towns alike.And a town has a whole emotion.How news travels through a town is a mystery not easily to be solved.News seems to move faster than small boys can dart to tell it,faster than women can call it over the fences.
Before Kino and Juana and the other fishers had come to Kino's brush house,the nerves of the town were pulsing and vibrating with the news-Kino had found the Pearl of the World.Before panting(气喘吁吁) little boys could strangle out the words,their mothers knew it.The news swept on past the brush houses,and it washed in a breaking wave into the town of stone and plaster.It came to the priest walking in his garden,and it put a thoughtful look in his eyes and a memory of certain repairs necessary to the church.He wondered what the pearl would be worth.And he wondered whether he had baptized (施洗礼) Kino's baby,or married him for that matter.The news came to the shopkeepers and they looked at men's clothes that had not sold so well.
The news came to the doctor where he sat with a woman whose illness was age,though neither she nor the doctor would admit it.And when it was made plain who Kino was,the doctor grew serious and judicious (明智的) at the same time."He is a client of mine,the doctor said."I am treating his child for a scorpion sting."And the doctor's eyes rolled up a little in their fat hammocks and he thought of Paris.He remembered the room he had lived in there as a great and luxurious place.The doctor looked past his aged patient and saw himself sitting in a restaurant in Paris and a waiter was just opening a bottle of wine.
The news came early to the beggars in front of the church,and it made them giggle a little with pleasure,for they knew that there is no alms (救济品) giver in the world like a poor man who is suddenly lucky.
Kino has found the Pearl of the World.In the town,in little offices,sat the men who bought pearls from the fishers.They waited in their chairs until the pearls came in,and then they cackled and fought and shouted and threatened until they reached the lowest price the fisherman would stand.But there was a price below which they dared not go,for it had happened that a fisherman in despair had given his pearls to the church.And when the buying was over,these buyers sat alone and their fingers played restlessly with the pearls,and they wished they owned the pearls.For there were not many buyers really-there was only one,and he kept these agents in separate offices to give a semblance of competition.The news came to these men,and their eyes squinted and their finger-tips burned a little,and each one thought how the patron(赞助人)could not live forever and someone had to take his place.And each one thought how with some capital he could get a new start.
All manner of people grew interested in Kino-people with things to sell and people with favors to ask.Kino had found the Pearl of the World.The essence of pearl mixed with essence of men.Every man suddenly became related to Kino's pearl,and Kino's pearl went into the dreams,the speculations,the schemes,the plans,the futures,the wishes,the needs,the lusts,the hungers,of everyone,and only one person stood in the way and that was Kino,so that he became curiously every man's enemy.The news stirred up something infinitely black and evil in the town.
46.Why did the shopkeepers look at the men's clothes?D
A.The men's clothes didn't sell well.
B.There were lots of men's clothes in store.
C.They were very concerned about their business.
D.They regarded Kino as a potential buyer of the clothes.
47.The doctor wouldn't admit the woman's illness was age becauseC.
A.the women pretended to be ill.
B.the women had been ill for ages.
C.the doctor was interested in his fees.
D.the doctor was certain to cure her of her disease.
48.Who do the people"with favors to ask"include?C
A.The priest and the doctor.
B.The shopkeepers and the doctor.
C.The beggars in front of the church.
D.The agents of the buyers of pearls.
49.Why did the doctor think of Paris?B
A.The news reminded him of his past experience in Paris.
B.He was aware of what treating Kino's baby meant for him.
C.The woman patient could be sent to Paris for better treatment.
D.He imagined what life would have been had he found the pearl.
50.What would be the best title for the passage?A
A.The pearl
B.A lucky fisherman
C.A greedy town
D.Breaking news.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了Kino在捡到昂贵的珍珠后发生的一系列的事情,表现了人类贪婪的 欲望.
解答 46.D.推理判断题.根据文章The news came to the shopkeepers and they looked at men's clothes that had not sold so well可知店主看男人的衣服是因为他们认为Kino作为一个潜在衣服的买家;故选D.
47.C.推理判断题.根据文章The news came to the doctor where he sat with a woman whose illness was age,though neither she nor the doctor would admit it.And when it was made plain who Kino was,the doctor grew serious and judicious (明智的) at the same time可知医生不承认这个女人的病是因为年龄是因为他对看病的费用感兴趣;故选C.
48.C.细节理解题.根据文章The news came early to the beggars in front of the church,and it made them giggle a little with pleasure,for they knew that there is no alms (救济品) giver in the world like a poor man who is suddenly lucky可知带着好感去询问的人中包括了教堂前的乞丐;故选C.
49.B.推理判断题.根据文章.He remembered the room he had lived in there as a great and luxurious place.The doctor looked past his aged patient and saw himself sitting in a restaurant in Paris and a waiter was just opening a bottle of wine可知医生会想到巴黎是因为他是知道治疗Kino的孩子对于自己的意义的;故选B.
50.A.推理判断题.根据文章Kino,a poor fisherman,has just found a very large and valuable pearl and is going to the nearest town to sell it可知文章的最佳标题我珍珠;故选A.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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