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 pack 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 chocalate 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 bent on destroying the world and himself with it.
A boy is a mixture – he has the stomach of a horse, the digestion (消化力) 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, but when you ask him to make something, he has five thumbs (拇指) 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 shattered 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(调子) of  _________.     

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

【小题2】The underlined sentence “he has five thumbs on each hand” probably means______.

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 fed up with these creatures.
C．He is amazed by their naughtiness.	D．He feels unsafe staying with them.

Answer 1

【小题1】A
【小题2】B
【小题3】D
【小题4】C

解析试题分析：本文叙述了作者对男孩的一些看法，运用了幽默的语言在文章中表达出的是对男孩的爱和喜欢。
【小题1】A 推理题。根据本文中的词汇如第一段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说明本文使用的是幽默风趣的语言，从字里行间说明对男孩充满了爱，故A正确。
【小题2】B 推理题。根据when you ask him to make something, he has five thumbs (拇指) on each hand.和之前的句子课当我们让孩子制作东西的时候，他就什么就很笨了。因为在英语中thumb指笨的意思。故B正确。
【小题3】D 推理题。根据倒数第二段He is not much for Sunday schools, company, schools, books without pictures, music lessons, neckties, barbers, girls, overcoats, adults, or bedtime.和之前的内容He likes ice cream, knives, saws, Christmas, comic books, woods, water说明男孩不喜欢周日上课等等，故D正确。
【小题4】C 推理题。根据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.和He likes ice cream, knives, saws, Christmas, comic books, woods, water (in its natural habitat), large animals, Dad, trains, Saturday mornings, and fire engines.说明男孩特别的调皮，故C项正确。
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点评：本文语言幽默风趣，集中考查推理题，推理判断题不仅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，考生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。