Question

   In a small village,a little boy lived with his father and mother. The boy used to get angry very soon. His bad temper made him fall for angry words.

   One day,his father gave him a huge bag of nails. He asked his son to hammer one nail to the fence every time he became angry. The little boy agreed to do what his father said.

   The first day the boy hammered 38 nails into the fence. Then it began to become less. He found it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

   Gradually,the number of nails hammered to the fence was reduced and the day arrived when no nail was hammered!Yet,the boy did not lose his temper.

   The father suggested that the boy should now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the boy was able to pull out most of the nails from the fence.

   The father asked him,pointing to the hole, “What do you see there?”

   The boy replied, “The holes in the fence!”

   Finally,the father told the boy, “The nails were your bad temper and they were hammered on people. You can remove the nails but still see the holes in the fence. Again,you cannot pull out a few nails. The fence never looks the same!It has scars all over!Give up your anger,use words for good and develop kindness! ”

1. The word “it” in “it began to become less” refers to (指) .

   A. the first day   B. the fence

   C. the nail   D. the boy's temper

2. The boy would pull out one nail for each day if.

   A. he got angry

   B. he held his temper

   C. he did something good

   D. he hurt someone

3. The boy thought that .

   A. it was easy for him to drive the nails into the fence

   B. driving nails into the fence is easier than holding his temper

   C. holding his temper is easier than driving nails into the fence

   D. it was easy for him to lose his temper after driving nails

4. We learn from the reading that .

   A. the father is a man with a bad temper

   B. it took a long time for the boy's temper to become less

   C. the father had a good idea of helping his son

   D. the boy is good at driving nails into the fence

5. The best title for this reading is “”.

   A. Father And Son

   B. The Holes in the Fence

   C. How to Hold One's Temper

   D. A Little Boy's Life

Answer 1

1. D 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. B

  有个小男孩过去容易生气、发脾气，他的爸爸为了帮他改掉坏脾气，想出了一个好主意。那就是让小男孩往栅栏上钉钉子，然后再拔出来，在这个过程中爸爸让小男孩明白了 一个道理:生气时说出的话会像钉子给栅栏留下“洞” 一样， 给别人的心灵留下“伤疤”。

详析

1. D 词义猜测题。由下文的“He found it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. ” 可猜测，it此处指代的是男孩的坏脾气，故正确答案为D项。

2. B细节理解题。由第五段第一句“…pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. ” 可知，如果男孩能控制住自己的脾气，那么他就可以每天拔出一颗钉子。

3. C细节理解题。第三段最后一句提到了“He found it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. ”，由此可知男孩认为控制脾气要比把钉子钉到栅栏里更容易。

4. C推理判断题。通读全文可知，男孩的爸爸想出的主意成功地帮他改掉了坏脾气。由此可推断C项“爸爸有 一个帮助儿子的好主意”为正确答案。

5. B主旨大意题。通读全文可知，小男孩的爸爸为了让他改掉坏脾气，就让他往栅栏上钉钉子和拔钉子，以此来 教育他:钉上去的钉子虽然拔下来了，但是洞却永远留 在了上面。由此可知B项“栅栏上的洞”为本文的最佳 标题。

temper n.脾气hammer v.锤击，敲打 

reduce v.减少，缩小 remove v.移开;脱下;去掉

障碍句分析

   Gradually,the number of nails hammered to the fence was reduced and the day arrived when no nail was hammered 渐渐地，敲进栅栏的钉子的数量减少了，并且没有钉子被敲进栅 栏的这一天到来了。

   the number of表示“ 的数量”，跟复数名词连用作主语时，中心词是number,谓语动词要用单数。was reduced和 was hammered是被动语态。

利用“全文”合理推断

   所谓推断，就是根据阅读材料中所提供的信息， 推断出未知的信息。即把有关的文字作为已知部分， 从中推断出未知部分。需要推断的有关文字可能是 词或句子，也可能是若干句子，甚至是全文。

   例如，第5小题，我们在进行推断时，应根据全文 大意，即父亲让儿子在生气时在栅栏上敲钉子，然后 让他拔钉子，栅栏留下的洞就像给人留下的伤疤，父亲用很好的方法教育了儿子。