Stanley Yelnats was given a choice. The judge said, “You may go to prison, or you may go to Camp Green Lake.” Stanley was from a poor family. He had never been to camp before. So, Stanley Yelnats seems set to serve an easy sentence, which is only fair because he is as innocent as you or me. But Stanley is not going where he thinks he is.

Camp Green Lake is like no other camp anywhere. It is a place that has no lake and nothing green. Nor is it a camp, at least not the kind of camp kids look forward to in the summertime. It is only a desert wasteland, dotted with countless holes dug by the boys who live at the camp.

The trouble started when Stanley was accused of stealing a pair of shoes donated by basketball great Clyde “Sweetfeet” Livingston to a celebrity auction (名流拍賣會(huì)). In court, the judge doesn’t believe Stanley’s explanation that the shoes fell from the sky onto his head. And yet, that’s exactly what happened. Strangely, though, Stanley doesn’t blame the judge for falsely convicting (宣告有罪) him. Instead, he blames the whole thing on his “no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-

stealing-great-great-grandfather.” Thanks to this distant relative, the Yelnats family had been cursed (詛咒) for generations. For Stanley, his current troubles are just a natural part of being a Yelnats.

At Camp Green Lake, the warden (看守) makes the boys “build character” by spending all day, every day, digging holes: five feet wide and five feet deep. It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize there’s more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is searching for something, and before long Stanley begins his own search — for the truth. Fate is to find a solution to it all — the family curse, the mystery of the holes. The great wheel of justice has ground slowly for generations, but now it is about to reveal its verdict (裁決).

1.Stanley Yelnats went to Camp Green Lake to__________________.

A.enjoy the summertime B.show his innocence

C.Serve his sentence D.make a choice

2.We can learn from the passage that Stanley__________________.

A.stole the shoes for his relative

B.got the shoes by accident

C.donated the shoes to an auction

D.blamed the judge for the sentence

3.In fact,the warden made the boys dig holes to________________.

A.kill the time B.build character

C.break the family curse D.look for something

4.In which section of a newspaper does this passage probably appear?

A.Law. B.Geography.

C.News. D.Literature.

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.D

【解析】

試題解析:本文主要講述了少年斯坦利被冤枉偷了足球明星的球鞋而來(lái)到綠湖營(yíng)少年管教所,終日從事一項(xiàng)慘無(wú)人道的苦役——在干涸如巖的湖床上頂著烈日挖洞。出人意料的是,挖洞竟挖出了一個(gè)天大的秘密:在這片荒涼的土地下,埋藏著幾個(gè)家族上百年盤根錯(cuò)節(jié)的恩怨。斯坦利和他的伙伴零蛋在不堪忍受苦役和虐待的逃亡過(guò)程中結(jié)下了生死情誼,并最終揭露了綠湖營(yíng)“挖洞”的大騙局,化解了家族之間的恩怨詛咒……

1. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題,從本文中第一段最后一句Stanley Yelnats seems set to serve an easy sentence,which is only fair because he is as innocent斯坦利 Yelnats 似乎設(shè)置為一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的句子,只是公平,因?yàn)樗菬o(wú)辜的?芍xC。

2. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題,本文中第三段第二句In court,thejudge doesn’t believe Stanley’S explanation that the shoes fell from the sky onto his head.在法庭上,法官并不相信斯坦利這雙鞋從他的頭上的天空落下的解釋?梢哉f(shuō)明斯坦利是偶然得到這雙鞋的。故選B。

3. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題,從本文中第四段第二句The boys are digging holes because the warden is searching for something,男孩子們?cè)谕诳樱驗(yàn)榭词匾獙ふ乙恍〇|西?梢灾肋xD。

4. 推理判斷題,本文最后一段the mystery of the holes.洞的傳說(shuō),再結(jié)合文章的內(nèi)容,由一雙鞋子引起的系列事情,牽出家族恩怨等,可以推斷這是一篇文學(xué)性文章,故選D。

考點(diǎn):考查文學(xué)性小說(shuō)閱讀。

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