10.What Is a Boy?
Between the innocence of babyhood and the seriousness of manhood we find a delightful creature called a"boy".Boys come in different sizes,weights,and colors,but all boys have the same belief:to enjoy every second of every minute of every hour of every day and to fill the air with noise until the adult males pack them off to bed at night.
Boys are found everywhere-on top of,under,inside of,climbing on,swinging from,running around,or jumping to. Mothers spoil them,little girls hate them,older sisters and brothers love them,and God protects them. A boy is TRUTH with dirt on its face,BEAUTY with a cut on its finger,WISDOM with chocolate in its hair,and the HOPE of the future with a snake in its pocket.
When you are busy,a boy is a trouble-maker and a noise. When you want him to make a good impression,his brain turns to jelly or else he becomes a wild creature bent on destroying the world and himself with it.
A boy is a mixture-he has the stomach of a horse,the digestion of stones and sand,the energy of an atomic bomb,the curiosity of a cat,the imagination of a superman,the shyness of a sweet girl,the brave nature of a bull,the violence of a firecracker,but when you ask him to make something,he has five thumbs on each hand.
He likes ice cream,knives,saws,Christmas,comic books,woods,water (in its natural habitat),large animals,Dad,trains,Saturday mornings,and fire engines. He is not much for Sunday schools,company,schools,books without pictures,music lessons,neckties,barbers,girls,overcoats,adults,or bedtime.
Nobody else is so early to rise,or so late to supper. Nobody else gets so much fun out of trees,dogs,and breezes. Nobody else can put into one pocket a rusty knife,a half eaten apple,a three-feet rope,six cents and some unknown things.
A boy is a magical creature-he is your headache but when you come home at night with only destroyed pieces of your hopes and dreams,he can mend them like new with two magic words,"Hi,Dad!"
41.The whole passage is in a tone ofA.
A.humor and affection
B.respect and harmony
C.a(chǎn)mbition and expectation
D.confidence and imagination
42.By saying"he has five thumbs on each hand.",the author meansB
A.he has altogether five fingers
B.he is slow,foolish and clumsy
C.he becomes clever and smart
D.he cuts his hand with a knife
43.According to the writer,boys appreciate everything in the following exceptD.
A.ice cream
B.comic books
C.Saturday mornings
D.Sunday schools
44.What does the writer feel about boys?C
A.He feels curious about their noise.
B.He is fed up with these creatures.
C.He is amazed by their naughtiness.
D.He feels unsafe staying with them.
分析 本文敘述了作者對男孩的一些看法,介紹了男孩的一些特點喜好和調(diào)皮的纖維,運用了幽默的語言在文章中表達出的是對男孩的愛和喜歡.
解答 41.A.推理判斷題.根據(jù)本文中的詞匯如第一段Betweenthe innocence of babyhood and the seriousness of manhood we find a delightfulcreature called a"boy".Boys come in different sizes,weights,and colors說明本文使用的是幽默風趣的語言,從字里行間說明對男孩充滿了愛,故A正確.
42.B.詞義推斷題.根據(jù)when you ask him tomake something,he has five thumbs (拇指)on each hand.和之前的句子課當我們讓孩子制作東西的時候,他就什么就很笨了.因為在英語中thumb指笨的意思.故B正確.
43.D.推理判斷題.根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段He is not muchfor Sunday schools,company,schools,books without pictures,music lessons,neckties,barbers,girls,overcoats,adults,or bedtime.和之前的內(nèi)容He likes ice cream,knives,saws,Christmas,comicbooks,woods,water說明男孩不喜歡周日上課等等,故D正確.
44.C.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章第二段Boys are found everywhere-on top of,under,inside of,climbing on,swinging from,running around,orjumping to.Mothers spoil them,little girls hate them,older sisters andbrothers love them,and God protects them.和He likes icecream,knives,saws,Christmas,comic books,woods,water (in its naturalhabitat),large animals,Dad,trains,Saturday mornings,and fire engines.說明男孩特別的調(diào)皮,作者對他們的調(diào)皮行為感到驚訝,故C項正確.
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.