When I was a child, my parents often took me to an old house in a thick forest. No other children ever stayed there. I didn’t even have the choice of playing with a brother or sister.
I could never understand what the attraction(吸引) of the house was, even for my parents, who enjoyed nothing better than to sit in silence with a good book. The woman in the house, my father’s distant cousin, was a terrible cook and her food was inedible.
One day, when I was wandering around the garden behind the house, I noticed a wooden house which had clearly been abandoned(被遺棄的). As I walked towards it, I heard a noise, like an animal moving hurriedly away. Then I saw a man with a long beard standing at the door. I was greatly surprised.
“Please don’t tell them you saw me,” he said. “They never use this place, and I have nowhere else to live.” “Don’t worry,” I said. “I won’t tell anyone. But are you all right out here? I mean—do you have enough to eat?” The old man shook his head.
The same evening, I took a small plastic bag into the dining room and, while no one was looking, emptied some of the food into it. Later, I got out of the back door secretly and gave the food to the old man, whose name I had discovered was Taff.
I had never seen anything else as lovely as the smile of satisfaction on Taff’s face when he ate the food. From then on, my visits to the old house had a purpose, and I enjoyed every minute of the rest of my stay.
【小題1】 How did the writer feel about staying in the old house at first?

A.He was happy to be with his parents.
B.He enjoyed reading good books there.
C.He was pleased with the woods.
D.He felt very lonely.
【小題2】 The underlined word “inedible” is closest in meaning to “_______”.
A.too bad for him to eat B.nice to look at
C.not enough to eat D.a(chǎn)s delicious as usual
【小題3】 The writer discovered the old man _______ the old house.
A.near the back door of B.in the dining room of
C.in the garden behind D.a(chǎn)mong the bushes before
【小題4】What can we know about the old man from the passage?
A.He was poor and hungry.
B.He helped to repair the old house.
C.He liked to play hide-and-seek with the writer.
D.He raised many animals.
【小題5】 The story mainly tells us _______.
A.it’s nice to raise wild animals
B.it’s valuable to help others
C.it’s good to live in the forest
D.it’s comfortable to live in the old house


【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】C
【小題4】A
【小題5】B

解析試題分析:在森林里的一座房子中,我給了一位老人食物,他那享受和感激的神情讓我深深懂得生活的美妙之處。
【小題1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) “No other children ever stayed there. I didn’t even have the choice of playing with a brother or sister.”可知我最初是感到有點孤獨的。故選D。
【小題2】詞義猜測題。這間房子的女主人做飯手藝很差勁,做的飯自然是“難吃的”。故選 A。
【小題3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Then I saw a man with a long beard standing at the door. I was greatly surprised.” 可知我在房子后面發(fā)現(xiàn)了這個老者。故選C。
【小題4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段可知這名老者很窮又很餓。故選 A。
【小題5】主旨大意題。文章講了我幼時幫助了一個老者的故事,感覺到了幫助他人的美妙的感覺。選B。
考點:故事類閱讀。

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