Question

9．Once when I was six years old I saw an amazing picture in a book called True Stories from Naturc about the primeval forest．It was a picture of a boa constriotor（大蟒蛇）in the act of swallowing an arimal．In the book it said："Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole，without chewing it．After that they are not able to move，and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion．"
I thought deeply then over the adventures of the jungle．And after some work with a colored pencil I succeeded in making my first drawing．My Drawing Number One．I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups，and asked them whether the drawing frightened them．But they answered："Frighten？Why should any one be frightened by a hat？"
My drawing was not a picture of a hat．It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant．But since the grown-ups were not able to understand it，I made another drawing：I drew the inside of a boa constrictor，so that the grown-ups could see it clearly．They always need to have things explained．That's my Drawing Number Two．
The grown-ups'response，this time，was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors，whether from the inside or the outside，and devote myself instead to geography，history，arithmetic，and grammar．That is why，at the age of six，I gave up what might have been a great painter．I had been disheartened by the failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two．Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves，and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them．
So then I chose another profession，and learned to pilot airplanes．I have flown a little over all parts of the world； and it is true that geography has been very useful to me．At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona．If one gets lost in the night，such knowledge is valuable．
In the course of this life I have had a great many encounters with a great many people．And that hasn't much improved my opinion of them．Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted，I tried showing him my Drawing Number One，which I have always kept．I would try to find out if this was a person of true understanding．But，whoever it was，he，or she would always say：That is a hat．Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors，or primeval forests，or stars．I would bring myself down to his level．I would talk to him about bridge，and golf，and politics and neckties．And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such an intelligent man．
59．The writer drew his first picture in order toD．
A．show the grown-ups what the book was about
B．frighten the grown-ups trying to enter the forest
C．remind himself of the adventures of the jungle
D．illustrate a boa constrictor'act of digesting an animal
60．How did the writer understand the grown-ups'response to his second drawing？B
A．He was actually only good at academic study．
B．It was a waste of time for him to keep on drawing．
C．He has difficulty in communicating with the adults．
D．He was good at anything but geography．
61．The underlined word disheartened in Paragraph 4 could most probably be replaced byA．
A．discouraged 
B．dissatisfied
C．discriminated   
D．disturbed
62．Which of the following statements is true？D
A．The writer could have become a pilot if encouraged when young．
B．The writer finally changed his opinion of grown-ups．
C．The writer has been showing his two pictures to others ever since．
D．The writer felt nobody could have really understood him．

Answer 1

分析 作者的兩幅畫一直都得不到人們的真正理解，他感到非常困惑．希望能遇到一個(gè)真正理解自己的人，但希望總是落空．

解答 59．D 推理判斷題．根據(jù)第三段中Itwas a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant．這是一張蟒蛇正在消化大象的照片．可知，作者畫他的第一張圖片來說明大蟒蛇消化動(dòng)物的動(dòng)作．故選D．
60．B 根據(jù)第四段的Thegrown-ups'response，this time，was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors，…and devote myself instead to geography，history，arithmetic，and grammar．這個(gè)時(shí)候大人的反應(yīng)是勸我放下蟒蛇圖，…致力于地理，歷史，算術(shù)和語法．可知，大人們覺得作者繼續(xù)畫畫是在浪費(fèi)時(shí)間．故選B．
61．A 詞義猜測題．根據(jù)上下文和劃線部分的下文the failure可知，這兩幅畫的失敗打擊了作者．故disheartened，在此可理解為"使失去信心"．故選A．
62．D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)最后一段中Iwould try to find out if this was a person of true understanding．But whoeverit was，he or she would always say：That is a hat．我會(huì)試圖了解這是否是一個(gè)真正了解的人．不管是誰，他或她總是說：那是一頂帽子．可知作者覺得沒有人能真正理解他．故選D．

點(diǎn)評 本文是故事類閱讀，主要考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題和推理判斷題．在做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)，首先根據(jù)題目要求迅速在文章里找出相應(yīng)的段落、句子或短語．認(rèn)真比較選項(xiàng)和文中細(xì)節(jié)的區(qū)別，在做推理判斷題時(shí)不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．