Question

So the little girl now walked on, her bare feet quite red and blue with the cold. She carried a small bundle of matches in her hand, and a good many more in her tattered dress. No one had bought any of them the live long day； no one had given her a single penny. Trembling with cold and hunger crept she on, the picture of sorrow: poor little child!

The snow-flakes fell on her long, fair hair, which curled in such pretty ringlets over her shoulders; but she thought not of her own beauty, or of the cold. Lights were glimmering through every window, and the savor of roast goose reached her from several houses；it was New Year's eve, and it was of this that she thought.

In a corner formed by two houses, one of which projected beyond the other. She sat down, drawing her little feet close under her, but in vain, she could not warm them. She dared not go home, she had sold no matches, earned not a single penny, and perhaps her father would beat her，besides her home was almost as cold as the street，it was an attic; and although the larger of the many chinks in the roof were stopped up with straw and rags. The wind and snow often penetrated through. Her hands were nearly dead with cold; one little match from her bundle would warm them. Perhaps, if she dared light it, she drew one out, and struck it against the wall, bravo! It was a bright, warm flame, and she held her hands over it. It was quite an illumination for that poor little girl; no, I call it rather a magic taper, for it seemed to her as though she was sitting before a large iron-stove with brass ornaments, so beautifully blazed the fire within! The child stretched out her feet to warm them also; alas, in an instant the flame had died away, the stove disappeared, the little girl sat cold and comfortless, with the burnt match in her hand.

1.The author emphasized that the story happened on New Year’s Eve in order to _________.

A. highlight the cold weather

B. contrast with the girl’s sadness.

C. present the time

D. describe the situation

2.Which below is not the reason why the little girl dared not go home?

A. She earned not a single penny.

B. Her father would beat her.

C. Her home was almost as cold as the street.

D. She didn’t finished selling her matches.

3.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph told us ___________.

A. the girl was so cold that she formed an illusion that she sat beside a stove

B. a stove did give her some warmth on such a cold night

C. the thought she had could give her warmth

D. the light the match gave out did warm the little girl

4.The little girl gave us an impression of being __________.

A. beautiful and kind B. poor but imaginable

C. poor and pitiful D. poor but lively

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章是童话故事《卖火柴的小女孩》的片段。在新年前夜，小女孩不得不在寒冷的大街上冒雪卖火柴，更糟糕的是，小女孩没有卖出去一根火柴，她已经要冻僵了却不能回家。

1.So the little girl now walked on, her bare feet quite red and blue with the cold. ...no one had given her a single penny.”可知，天气非常寒冷，而小女孩的火柴一根也没有卖出去，作者强调正值新年前夜，节日的气氛与小女孩的处境形成鲜明对比。故选B。

2.she had sold no matches, earned not a single penny, and perhaps her father would beat her”可知，小女孩不敢回家是因为她没有卖掉一根火柴，没有挣到一分钱，而且她父亲还有可能会打她，故选D。

3.for it seemed to her as though she was sitting before a large iron-stove with brass ornaments”画线部分的意思是，对小女孩来说，她仿佛正坐在一个大铁炉前面取暖，这是在小女孩划着一根火柴之后的想象，突出小女孩的寒冷处境，故选A。

4.

考点：童话故事类短文阅读