I still remember --- my hands and my fingers still remember --- what used to lie in store for us on our return to school from the holidays. The trees in the school yard would be in full leaf again and the old leaves would be lying around like a muddy sea of leaves.
“Get that all swept up!” the headmaster would tell us. “I want the whole place cleaned up, at once!” There was enough work there, to last over a week. Especially since the only tools with which we were provided were our hands, our fingers, our nails. “Now see that it’s done properly, and be quick about it,” the headmaster would say to the older pupils, “or you’ll have to answer for it!”
So at an order from the older boys we would all line up like peanuts about to cut and gather in crops. If the work was not going as quickly as the headmaster expected, the big boys, instead of giving us a helping hand, used to find it simpler to beat us with branches pulled from the trees. In order to avoid these blows, we used to bribe(賄賂) the older boys with the juicy cakes we used to bring for our midday meal. And if we happened to have any money on us, the coins changed hands at once. If we did not do this, if we were afraid of going home with an empty stomach or an empty purse, the blows were redoubled. They hit us so violently and with such evil enjoyment that even a deaf and dumb person would have realized that we were being whipped so much not to make us work harder, but rather to beat us into a state of obedience(服從) in which we would be only too glad to give up our food and money.
Occasionally one of us, worn out by such calculated cruelty, would have the courage to complain to the headmaster. He would of course be very angry, but the punishment he gave the older boys was always very small --- nothing compared to what they had done to us. And the fact is that however much we complained, our situation did not improve in the slightest. Perhaps we should have let our parents know what was going on, but somehow we never dreamed of doing so; I don’t know whether it was loyalty or pride that kept us silent, but I can see now that we were foolish to keep quiet about it, for such beating were completely foreign to our nature.
小題1:The statement “my hands and my fingers still remember” (Para.1) means that___________.
A．the author’s hands were severely injured in the cleaning up
B．the author seldom did such hard work as the cleaning up
C．the author was bullied by the big boys in the cleaning up
D．the author’s hands were his only tool for the cleaning
小題2:The headmaster asked the older boys to_____________.
A．beat those who worked slowly
B．treat the small boys as peanuts
C．take charge of the process of the cleaning
D．do the cleaning all by themselves
小題3:According to Para. 3, if the author had any money on him, he most probably_________.
A．gave it to the big boys so as to please them
B．gave it as a bride to the headmaster
C．spent it all on his midday meal
D．spent it buying midday meals for the big boys
小題4:When receiving complaints, the headmaster would deal with the big boys by means of _________.
A．slight punishment B．strict criticism
C．complete indifferenceD．good beating

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:A

試題分析：本文為記敘文，文中作者回憶了早年讀書期間，暑假返校清除落葉的一段經(jīng)歷。給作者留下了深刻的印象。
小題1:句意猜測題。根據(jù)作者一開始用了兩個remember表明他對暑假返校要清除落葉一事記憶深刻。第二段提到自己在為學(xué)校清除落葉時沒有別的工具，唯一的工具就是手，由此可推斷“手和指尖都記得”是因為在大掃除中，作者的手作為唯一的清潔工具受了不少的罪。故選D。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句，特別是其中的see，表明校長讓大孩子們做大掃除的“監(jiān)工”，負責(zé)帶領(lǐng)其他孩子們把學(xué)校打掃干凈。這也可以從該段最后一句的“or you’ll answer for it!”(否則你們就要為此負責(zé))可以看出答案。故選C。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第四句中的the coins changed hands at once可理解為“錢馬上就會易主”，即到了大孩子們的口袋里。故選A。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)題干中的complaints可定位到最后一段開頭兩句。該段第二句表明校長對大孩子的懲罰很輕微，因此本題應(yīng)選A項。
點評：句意猜測該題型主要考查考生根據(jù)上下文推測詞義和語義的能力，突出考查根據(jù)上下文語境的分析和把握能力。考查內(nèi)容主要有猜測某個生詞、熟詞生義、短語或句子的意思以及猜測代詞的指代等。
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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

“Where is Papa going with that ax (斧子)?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.
“Out to the hoghouse,” replied Mrs. Arable. “Some pigs were born last night.”
“I don’t see why he needs an ax,” continued Fern, who was only eight.
“Well,” said her mother, “one of the pigs is a runt (發(fā)育不良的小動物). It’s very small and weak. So your father has decided to do away with it.”
“Do away with it?” shouted Fern. “You mean kill it?”
“Don’t shout, Fern!” she said. “Your father is right. The pig would probably die anyway.”
Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass was wet and the earth smelled springtime. Fern’s shoes were wetting by the time she caught up with her father.
“Please don’t kill it! It’s unfair,” she said.
Mr. Arable stopped.
“Fern,” he said gently, “you will have to learn to control yourself.”
“This is a matter of life and death, and you talk about controlling myself.” Tears ran down her cheeks and she took hold of the ax and tried to pull it out of her father’s hand.
“Fern,” said Mr. Arable, “I know more about raising a group of pigs than you do. A weak pig makes trouble.”
“But it’s unfair,” cried Fern. “The pig couldn’t help being born small. If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?”
Mr. Arable smiled. “Certainly not,” he said, looking down at his daughter with love. “But this is different. It’s a pig.”
“There is no difference,” replied Fern.
小題1:What puzzled Fern at the beginning?
A．Why her father refused to eat breakfast.B．If the hoghouse was big enough for many pigs.
C．How pigs were born at night. D．What his father would do with an ax.
小題2:Why couldn’t Fern control herself?
A．Because she was afraid of killing a pig.B．Because the pig was treated unfairly.
C．Because she loved pet pigs very much.D．Because her father was rude to her.
小題3:According to the passage, Fern’s father thought that ______.
A．it was natural for pigs to be born smallB．he couldn’t afford to have so many pigs
C．a(chǎn) weak pig needed more attentionD．he was troubled by raising a weak pig
小題4:It can be inferred from the passage that Fern was _________.
A．kind-heartedB．braveC．shyD．patient

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