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：本文作者运用幽默的语气详细叙说了男孩的行为表现以及人们对于男孩的不同的态度。
【小题1】B 推理题。根据文章第二段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.描述男孩的行为，说明作者使用的是一种很幽默的语气。故B正确。
【小题2】B 推理题。根据本句when you ask him to make something, he has five thumbs on each hand.可知当我们要他们做事情的时候，他就显得很笨了。什么也做不好。因为thumb在英语中指笨拙。故B正确。
【小题3】D 细节题。根据文章倒数第三段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,可知ABC三项都是他们喜欢的内容，只有D项是他们所不喜欢的。故D正确。
【小题4】C 推理题。根据文章最后一段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!”可知作者对于他们的调皮感到很惊讶。有时候他们会让人很头疼。故C正确。
考点：考察人生百态类短文阅读
点评：本文作者运用幽默的语气详细叙说了男孩的行为表现以及人们对于男孩的不同的态度。本文要求考生读懂文章中的每个句子的意思还要推理它们之间的关系，结合自己的生活常识和经验，再通过逻辑推理和判断，理解文章的言外之意，从而揭示文章的深层涵义。任何一篇文章都有其特定的写作目的，读者应当知道如何去做或按照某种方式传递思考问题。推理判断题的答案不可能在文章中直接找到，因此推理时我们务必要忠于原文，在文章中寻找并确定可推论的依据，即：已知部分－推论的前提，从中推测出未知部分－推理的结论，切忌妄加评论，把自己的观点当成作者的观点。