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10.The Corn PlantingHatch is nearly seventy.He and his wife had a son,Will,who was a fellow always cheerful,bright,alert and a great favorite with all of us.
After high school,Will went to Chicago,where he became a student in the Art Institute.Another young fellow,Hal,from our town,was also a student at the University in Chicago.They got together and had a good many long talks.I got it from Hal that in Chicago,Will's straightforwardness made him popular with all the young fellows.
After Hal graduated,he came home and got a job.He used to go quite often to see Will's father and mother.The talk was always of Will.Hal said Will's parents were like two children wanting to know every little detail Hal could remember about their son's life in the big city.
It was a spring night when Hal got a wire.Will had been killed in a car accident.We went along to take the message to Hatch and his wife.Hal did knock and old Hatch came to the door.He blurt everything right into old Hatch's face.Old Hatch didn't say a word and stood there.The door went shut again with a bang.Suddenly,after a long time,the old man got a hand corn-planter and his wife got a bag of seed corn,and in the moonlight,that night,after they got that news,they were planting corn.They did a row across the field,and then at the end of each row they knelt side by side by the fence.The whole thing went on in silence.
It was the first time in my life I ever understand something about the connection between certain people and the earth-a kind of silent cry,down into the earth,of those two old people,putting corn down into the earth.It was as though they were putting death down into the ground that life might grow again.
21.What made Will popular in the Art Institute?B
A.His artistic talent.
B.His good character.
C.His family background.
D.His friendship with Hal.
22.According to paragraph 3,Will's parentsC.
A.were very kind
B.were very talkative
C.were eager to know about their son's life
D.were fond of the life in the big city
23.On hearing the news of his son's death,HatchA.
A.planted corn
B.pushed Hal out
C.burst into tears
D.fell on the floor
24.According to the last paragraph,the old couple's behavior was toD.
A.reduce their pain
B.have a better harvest
C.memorize their son
D.pray for their son's rebirth.
分析 本文写了一对老夫妇得知儿子去世的消息后,默默地去种玉米来纪念儿子的故事.
解答 21.B 细节理解题.根据文中句子Will's straightforwardness made him popular with all the young fellows.Will 的直率使得他受所有年轻人的欢迎,可以看出是Will 的性格受年轻人的喜欢,所以答案选B.
22.C 细节理解题.根据句子 Hal said Will's parents were like two children wanting to know every little detail Hal could remember about their son's life in the big city.Will的父母就像两个孩子想知道没一点Hal所能记起的关于他们儿子在大城市里生活的细节,所以答案选C.
23.A 根据文章倒数第二段可以看出,这对老夫妇听到这个消息后,在晚上就去种玉米了,所以答案选A.
24.D根据文中最后一段 It was as though they were putting death down into the ground that life might grow again仿佛他们把死亡放在地上,让生命重新生长,所以D选项符合,故答案选D.
点评 在阅读时要抓住文章的主题和细节,分析文章结构,根据上下文内在联系,挖掘文章的深层含义,对于暗含在文章中的人物的行为动机,事件中的因果关系及作者未言明的倾向、意图、态度、观点等要进行合乎逻辑的判断、推理、分析,进一步增强理解能力,抓住材料实质性的东西.

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