Question

　　Ralph Wiley was born in 1926, on March 20. There were eight boys and four sisters, yet he says it wasn’t a hard life. His father worked in a sawmill（锯木厂）in the woods. When Ralph was in the fifth grade, the teacher told him to go outside to get a whip（鞭），because she wanted to whip one of the students.

　　He walked outside, got the whip and stood in the doorway with it. “If you want it bad enough, ”he told the teacher, “ come and get it, because I’m not coming back in. ”

　　That was his last day of school.

　　Ralph never did marry. He lived with his brother, Cliff. And he worked on a farm, with fifty whiteface cows.

　　Then he started collecting bottles and cans for the recycling（回收）center.

　　Then his brother died, and Ralph developed diabetes（糖尿病）and lost both legs.

　　Now he lives here in Bradbury Manor Nursing Home, and he likes it. He rolls around in his wheelchair all over the place. He’s a happy person who feels life has been good to him.

　　Why? After all, so many people would feel disappointed if they had never married ... If they hadn’t finished school ... If they were old and lost both their legs and were living in a nursing home. Why does Ralph Wiley feel life has been good to him?

　　“I just do, ”he says, “I get in bed by myself. I go to the bathroom by myself. I made my bed myself yesterday. ”

　　We all make our own beds, and we all have to lie in them. Ralph has made his exceptionally comfortable. Which is why he shall surely rest in peace.

　　1．Ralph’s childhood must have been________.

　　A．pleasant

　　B．hard

　　C．sweet

　　D．full of imagination

　　2．Why did Ralph leave school?

　　A．Because he made a serious mistake and was dismissed（开除）from school.

　　B．Because the teacher whipped him and he was afraid to go back to school.

　　C．Because he’s unwilling to see cruel punishment to happen in the classroom.

　　D．Because he’s tired of going to school.

　　3．What kind of people is Ralph? ①pessimistic（悲观的）②optimistic（乐观的）③timid（胆小的）④carefree ⑤irresponsible ⑥kind

　　A．①③⑤

　　B．②④⑥

　　C．②③⑥

　　D．②④⑤

　　4．What is the best title of the passage?

　　A．Life Is Good.

　　B．From a Child to an Adult.

　　C．Life.

　　D．Ralph Wiley.

 

Answer 1

答案：B;C;B;A
解析：

1．B Ralph家里有12个孩子，他的爸爸在锯木厂工作，可见他的家庭很贫穷。第一段中，yet he says it wasn’t a hard life中使用的转折连词yet可以说明这一点。 2．C 原文中“If you want it bad enough，”he told the teacher，“come and get it，because I’m not coming back in．”表明原因是C。 3．B 原文中：He is a happy person who feels life has been good to him．判断他是乐观的，无忧无虑的；①③⑤在文章中没有体现。 　　4．A 本文是通过列举Ralph的事例来说明人生的道理，故文章题目应该是A生命是美好的。

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