题目内容
When it is Tom’s turn for a cut, Mr. Smith places a wooden board covered with a piece of red leather across the arms of the chair, so that the barber doesn’t have to bend to cut the boy’s hair.
“Hey, young man, you’re , you won’t need this soon, you’ll be able to sit in the chair.” the barber says.
“Wow,” says Tom, turning round to look at his dad. “Dad, Mr. Smith said I could be sitting in the chair soon, not just on the !”
“So I hear,” his father replies. “I expect Mr. Smith will start me more for your hair then.”
In the Tom sees a little head sticking out of a long nylon cape. Occasionally he glances at the barber as he works. He smells a(n) of smelly sweat and aftershave as the barber moves around him, combing and cutting.
Tom feels like he is in another world, except for the sound of the barber’s shoes rubbing on the plastic carpet and the of his scissors. In the from the window he could see through the window, a few small clouds moved slowly through the frame, moving to the of the scissors’ click.
Sleepily, his eyes dropping to the front of the cape where his hair softly as snow and he sitting in the chair just like the men and older boys, the special left leaning against the wall in the corner.
When Mr. Smith has , Tom hops down from the seat. , he sees his own thick, hair mixed among the browns, greys and blacks of the men who have sat in the chair before him. For a moment he wants to reach down and the broken blonde hair, to them from the others, but he does not have time.
They reach the pavement outside the shop. “I tell you what, boy, let’s get some fish and chips to take home, your mum from cooking tea,” says Tom’s dad.
Tom is excited and catches his dad’s hand. He is surprised to find, warming in his father’s palm, a handful of his own .
1.A. building up B. sending up C. bringing up D. shooting up
2.A. desk B. board C. couch D. sofa
3.A. paying B. blaming C. charging D. accusing
4.A. mirror B. book C. shelf D. catalogue
5.A. steals B. discovers C. returns D. transforms
6.A. lack B. memory C. mixture D. expression
7.A. helpless B. noiseless C. fearless D. thoughtless
8.A. control B. direction C. effect D. click
9.A. immigration B. opposition C. reflection D. assumption
10.A. rhyme B. trail C. pattern D. sound
11.A. falls B. covers C. melts D. explodes
12.A. considers B. succeeds C. approves D. imagines
13.A. package B. bench C. scissors D. carpet
14.A. treated B. compromised C. finished D. entertained
15.A. Looking into B. Looking forward C. Looking up D. Looking down
16.A. blonde B. red C. black D. white
17.A. send for B. find out C. gather up D. show off
18.A. punish B. separate C. deliver D. confirm
19.A. persuade B. save C. excuse D. relax
20.A. money B. tip C. fish D. hair
1.D
2.B
3.C
4.A
5.A
6.C
7.B
8.D
9.C
10.D
11.A
12.D
13.B
14.C
15.D
16.A
17.C
18.B
19.B
20.D
【解析】
试题分析：父亲带儿子去理发，理完，然后回来，就这样一个如此简单的故事，作者却把父子之间的爱与温情描写得那么动人，如此自然，宛若天成。文章向我们展现的是一个无比真实的生活世界，小孩渴望着长大，大人却想留住他们童真的时光。一种淡淡的希望，一种淡淡的喜悦，又是淡淡的忧伤。在那样一个阳光明媚的日子，父与子走在大街上，在爱中沉醉着，在爱中期望着……
1.D build up树立，逐步建立，增强，增进；send up发送；bring up抚养，抚育；shoot up迅速成长。根据上文的描述“塞缪尔斯先生把一块木板架在椅子扶手上，上面垫着一块棕红色皮垫。这样他给这孩子理发时就不用弯腰了”说明孩子个子不高。根据下文“……很快你就不需要它了。到时你就能坐在椅子上了”推断“个子长高”，故选D项。“以你现在长个子的速度，很快你就不需要它了。到时你就能坐在椅子上了，”理发师说道。
2.B原词重现。上文“Mr. Smith places a wooden board”已经提示答案。desk桌子；board木板；
couch长沙发；sofa沙发。“爸爸，塞缪尔斯先生说我很快就能坐在椅子上，不用这个木板了(不用坐在木
板上了)。”
3.C要理解父亲这儿说话的幽默。孩子个儿小，理发师给垫了块木板，因此父亲想必理发师会为此“向我多收你理发的钱啊！”。pay付费给某人；charge向某人收费/索要，指控；blame责怪；accuse指控。“我估计，那时塞缪尔先生就会多要你的理发钱了。”
4.A 根据常识可以推断：这是汤姆在镜子里看到理发时时的情景。“在镜子里，他看到一个小脑袋从长长的尼龙披肩上伸出来”。mirror镜子；book书；shelf书架；catalogue目录，一览表。
5.A根据上文的“Occasionally偶尔，间或”可以推测小孩当时顽皮的情形“偷偷(steal)瞥理发师几眼”。其余的几个词“discover发现，return返回，transform改变，变化”都不能描写当时的情形。
6.C根据下文的“smelly sweat and aftershave(臭汗和剃须水)”说明是两种味道的混合起来的味道(mixture)。lack缺乏，缺少；memory记忆；expression表情。
7.B 根据下文“except for the sound of the barber’s shoes rubbing on the plastic carpet and the 38 of his scissors. 除了理发师鞋底与地毡摩擦的声音和剪刀……的声音外”说明没有其它什么杂音(noiseless)，故选B项。helpless无助的；fearless无畏的，无惧的，大胆的；thoughtless欠考虑的，轻率的，不体贴人的，没有思想的。
8.D根据常识“剪刀发出的声音”应该是“咔嚓(click)”声。control控制；direction方向；effect影响。下文“moving to the of the scissors’ click.”也有提示，原词复现。汤姆感觉自己好像来到了另一个世界，除了理发师鞋底与地毡摩擦的声音和剪刀咔嚓的声音外，一切都悄无声息。
9.C 根据下文“he could see through the window”说明是通过“窗户折射(到镜子中)”而看到的。immigration移民，移居；opposition反对，敌对；reflect折射；assumption假定，假设。
10.D 根据常识“剪刀”发出的 “咔嚓” 当然是“声音(sound)”。rhyme韵脚;韵文，节奏；trail足迹，小径；pattern 模式，花样，样品，图案，榜样，典范。从镜子里折射的窗户影子中,他能看到窗外几小块云彩随着剪刀的咔嚓声，慢慢地浮过窗框。
11.A根据下文“softly as snow”可知理发师给他理的的头发“犹如雪花般轻轻地飘落(falls)”。cover覆盖；melt融化；explode膨胀。
12.D根据下文“sitting in the chair just like the men and older boys”说明“他在想象(imagines)”。 consider考虑；succeed成功；approve赞成，批准。他感觉很困倦，目光投向了披肩的前部，他看到自己的头发犹如雪花般轻轻地飘落在上面，想象着自己像个男人或者大男孩一样坐在椅子上，这个特殊的长凳被放在角落里,斜靠在墙上的情景。
13.B这里指的是理发师在椅子上放上一块木板而形成的“特别的长凳(bench)”。package包裹，包装袋；scissors剪刀；carpet地毯。他感觉很困倦，目光投向了披肩的前部，他看到自己的头发犹如雪花般轻轻地飘落在上面，想象着自己像个男人或者大男孩一样坐在椅子上，这个特殊的长凳被放在角落里,斜靠在墙上的情景。
14.C根据下文“Tom hops down from the seat.”说明“理发已经完成了(finished)”。对待，款待，招待；compromise折中解决，妥协，退让；entertain热情款待，使有兴趣。史密斯先生给他剪完发，汤姆 从椅子上跳了下来。
15.D跟下一题联系起来考虑，答案就不难得到。从下文的描述，这儿应该是“朝下看(looking down)”。look into调查；look forward盼望；look up往上看，查找。
16.A原词复现。从下文讲“For a moment he wants to reach down and the broken blonde hair,”可以得出答案。blonde金色的；red红色的；black黑色的；white白色的。他低头看去，发现自己浓密、金黄的头发散落在不久前坐在这把椅子上的人们的褐色、灰白、浓黑的头发上。
17.C从下文“to them from the others”我们可以推断“他是想把他自己被剪下的头发聚集起来(gather up)”。 send for派人去请；find out(经调查了解后)发现；show off炫耀。
18.B从上文“他突然想把自己一绵绵被剪掉的金黄色头发放在一起”的目的就是 “想把他自己的头发与其他头发分开(separate)”。separate... from把……与……分开。punish惩罚；deliver发表，递送；confirm确认，批准，证实。他突然想把自己一绵绵被剪掉的金黄色头发放在一起，与其他头发分开,但是没有时间了。
19.B根据上文“let’s get some fish and chips to take home”可以推断“你妈妈就省得(save)做饭了”.
“我说，小伙子，我们一起去买些鱼和薯片吧，这样你妈妈就省得做饭了。”汤姆的父亲说。persuade劝服；excuse原谅；relax放松。
20.D这句话是文章的点睛之笔。根据这篇文章的描述，这儿应该是“父亲抓了一把孩子头发”，他想“留住孩子的童真时光”。money钱；tip小费，建议；fish鱼；hair头发。小伙子很兴奋，他抓住了父亲的手。父亲粗糙的手指轻轻地拢住了他的小手，汤姆惊奇地发现，父亲温暖的手掌里竟握着一把自己的头发。
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