I was telling my son Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise. At the end I said, “Son, remember: being slow and steady (firm) wins the race. Don’t you think there is something to learn from the tortoise?” He opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60 meter race I should wish that Bill and Tony and Sandy all fall asleep half-way?” I was greatly surprised“But the tortoise didn’t wish the hare would fall asleep.”

    “He much have wished that.” Sonny said“Or how could he be so stupid as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than himself did.”

    “He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted“He won the race by perseverance and by pushing on steadily”.

    Sonny thought for a while. “That’s a lie,” he said“He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’ s for sure.”

    I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They are just “hopeless ”

1. Bill, Tony and Sandy must be the boys ________.

ASonny was afraid of

BSonny had run races with before

Cwho were unknown to Sonny’s father

DSonny didn’t expect to race with

2. Sonny’s father wanted his son to learn________ from the tortoise.

Ahow to run faster

Bhow to push others

Chow to continue difficult things

Dhow to run steadily

3. The writer argued with his son because

Athe tortoise won the race while the hare didn’t

Bhis son disliked the tortoise

CSonny was sure he could win the next race if the other three boys wouldn’t join in

Dhe tried to teach the moral (道德上的) lesson of the story while his son didn’t like it

4. When the writer says “ I gave up” at the end of the story he means

Ahe gave up his belief in the moral lesson of the story of the hare and the tortoise

Bhe gave up arguing with his son

Che gave up Sonny as a hopeless child

Dhe gave up believing the tortoise was the winner of the race

5. Which of the following is right according to the passage?

AToday’s children are really stupid and hopeless

BSonny’s father was sorry that he couldn’t make himself understood

CThe writer thought the new generation was hard to understand lessons

DSonny believed that hare should win the race by his own effort

 

   I was telling my son Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise. At the end I said, “Son, remember: being slow and steady (firm) wins the race. Don’t you think there is something to learn from the tortoise?” He opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60 meter race I should wish that Bill and Tony and Sandy all fall asleep half-way?” I was greatly surprised“But the tortoise didn’t wish the hare would fall asleep.”

    “He much have wished that.” Sonny said“Or how could he be so stupid as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than himself did.”

    “He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted“He won the race by perseverance and by pushing on steadily”.

    Sonny thought for a while. “That’s a lie,” he said“He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’ s for sure.”

    I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They are just “hopeless ”

1. Bill, Tony and Sandy must be the boys ________.

ASonny was afraid of

BSonny had run races with before

Cwho were unknown to Sonny’s father

DSonny didn’t expect to race with

2. Sonny’s father wanted his son to learn________ from the tortoise.

Ahow to run faster

Bhow to push others

Chow to continue difficult things

Dhow to run steadily

3. The writer argued with his son because

Athe tortoise won the race while the hare didn’t

Bhis son disliked the tortoise

CSonny was sure he could win the next race if the other three boys wouldn’t join in

Dhe tried to teach the moral (道德上的) lesson of the story while his son didn’t like it

4. When the writer says “ I gave up” at the end of the story he means

Ahe gave up his belief in the moral lesson of the story of the hare and the tortoise

Bhe gave up arguing with his son

Che gave up Sonny as a hopeless child

Dhe gave up believing the tortoise was the winner of the race

5. Which of the following is right according to the passage?

AToday’s children are really stupid and hopeless

BSonny’s father was sorry that he couldn’t make himself understood

CThe writer thought the new generation was hard to understand lessons

DSonny believed that hare should win the race by his own effort

 


D
I read about it in the paper, in the subway, on my way to work. I read it, and I couldn't believe it, and I read it again. Then perhaps I just stared at it, at the newsprint spelling out his name, spelling out the story. I stared at it in the swinging lights of the subway car, and in the faces and bodies of the people, and in my own face, trapped in the darkness which roared(隆隆响) outside.
It was not to be believed and I kept telling myself that, as I walked from the subway station to the high school. And at the same time I couldn't doubt it. I was scared, scared for Sonny. He became real to me again. A great block of ice got settled in my belly and kept melting there slowly all day long, while I taught my classes algebra. It was a special kind of ice. It kept melting, sending trickles(涓涓细流)of ice water all up and down my veins(血管), but it never got less. Sometimes it hardened and seemed to expand until I felt my heart was going to come spilling(溢出) out or that I was going to choke or scream. This would always be at a moment when I was remembering some specific thing Sonny had once said or done.
When he was about as old as the boys in my classes his face had been bright and open; and he'd had wonderfully direct brown eyes, and great gentleness. I wondered what he looked like now. He had been picked up, the evening before, in a sudden search on an apartment down-town, for selling and using heroin.
I couldn't believe it: but what I mean by that is that I couldn't find any room for it anywhere inside me. I had kept it outside me for a long time. I hadn't wanted to know. I had had suspicions(怀疑), but I didn't name them, I kept putting them away. I told myself that Sonny was wild, but he wasn't crazy. And he'd always been a good boy, he hadn't ever turned hard or evil or disrespectful, the way kids can, so quick, so quick, especially in Harlem. I didn't want to believe that I'd ever see my brother going down, coming to nothing, all that light in his face gone out, in the condition I'd already seen so many others.
67. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refers to ____.
A. the swinging light of the subway car    B. the news of Sonny’s being arrested
C. everything trapped in the darkness       D. newspaper
68. We can learn from the passage that ____.
A. the news on the paper was unbelievable.
B. I was too scared to believe the news
C. I was ill because a great block of ice was in my belly
D. Sonny and I hadn’t seen each other for a long time
69. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. Sonny and I were brothers.
B. Sonny had always been a good boy before being arrested.
C. I didn’t care about Sonny.
D. Many young men turned bad in Harlem.
70. Which of the following can best describe the author’s feelings towards Sonny?
   A. Concern, affection, expectation.            B. Concern, hatred, expectation.
C. Affection, regret, sympathy.                  D. Regret, understanding, sympathy.

D

I read about it in the paper, in the subway, on my way to work. I read it, and I couldn't believe it, and I read it again. Then perhaps I just stared at it, at the newsprint spelling out his name, spelling out the story. I stared at it in the swinging lights of the subway car, and in the faces and bodies of the people, and in my own face, trapped in the darkness which roared(隆隆响) outside.

It was not to be believed and I kept telling myself that, as I walked from the subway station to the high school. And at the same time I couldn't doubt it. I was scared, scared for Sonny. He became real to me again. A great block of ice got settled in my belly and kept melting there slowly all day long, while I taught my classes algebra. It was a special kind of ice. It kept melting, sending trickles(涓涓细流)of ice water all up and down my veins(血管), but it never got less. Sometimes it hardened and seemed to expand until I felt my heart was going to come spilling(溢出) out or that I was going to choke or scream. This would always be at a moment when I was remembering some specific thing Sonny had once said or done.

When he was about as old as the boys in my classes his face had been bright and open; and he'd had wonderfully direct brown eyes, and great gentleness. I wondered what he looked like now. He had been picked up, the evening before, in a sudden search on an apartment down-town, for selling and using heroin.

I couldn't believe it: but what I mean by that is that I couldn't find any room for it anywhere inside me. I had kept it outside me for a long time. I hadn't wanted to know. I had had suspicions(怀疑), but I didn't name them, I kept putting them away. I told myself that Sonny was wild, but he wasn't crazy. And he'd always been a good boy, he hadn't ever turned hard or evil or disrespectful, the way kids can, so quick, so quick, especially in Harlem. I didn't want to believe that I'd ever see my brother going down, coming to nothing, all that light in his face gone out, in the condition I'd already seen so many others.

67. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refers to ____.

    A. the swinging light of the subway car     B. the news of Sonny’s being arrested

   C. everything trapped in the darkness        D. newspaper

68. We can learn from the passage that ____.

   A. the news on the paper was unbelievable.

   B. I was too scared to believe the news

   C. I was ill because a great block of ice was in my belly

   D. Sonny and I hadn’t seen each other for a long time

69. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

   A. Sonny and I were brothers.

   B. Sonny had always been a good boy before being arrested.

   C. I didn’t care about Sonny.

   D. Many young men turned bad in Harlem.

70. Which of the following can best describe the author’s feelings towards Sonny?

   A. Concern, affection, expectation.             B. Concern, hatred, expectation.

   C. Affection, regret, sympathy.                   D. Regret, understanding, sympathy.

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