Question

In 1943, when I was 4, my parents moved from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, to Fairbanks, Alaska, where adventure was never very far away.

We arrived in the summer, just in time to enjoy the midnight sun. All that sunlight was fantastic for Mom's vegetable garden. Working in the garden at midnight tended to throw her timing off, so she didn't care much about my bedtime.

Dad was a Railway Express agent and Mom was his clerk. That left me in a mess. I usually managed to find some trouble to get into. Once I had a little Are going in the dirt basement of a hotel. I had tried to light a barrel（桶） of paint but couldn't really get a good fire going. The smoke got pretty bad, though, and when 1 made my exit, a crowd and the police were there to greet me. The policemen took my matches and drove me

Mom and Dad were occupied in the garden and Dad told the police to keep me, and they did! I had a tour of the prison before Mom rescued me. 1 hadn't turned 5 yet.

As I entered kindergarten, the serious cold began to set in. Would it surprise you to know that I soon left part of my tongue on a metal handrail at school?

As for Leonhard Seppala, famous as a dog sledder (駕雪橇者), I think I knew him well because I was taken for a ride with his white dog team one Sunday. At the time I didn't realize what a superstar he was, but I do remember the ride well. I was wrapped (包裹) heavily and well sheltered from the freezing and blowing weather.

In 1950, we moved back to Coeur d'Alene, but we got one more Alaskan adventure when Leonhard invited us eight years later by paying a visit to Idaho to attend a gathering of former neighbors of Alaska.

1.What can be inferred about the author's family?

A. His father was a cruel man.                     

B. His parents didn't love him.

C. His parents used to be very busy.                    

D. His mother didn't have any jobs.

2.What happened when the author was 4?

A. He learned to smoke.                                     

B. He was locked in a basement.

C. He was arrested by the police.                        

D. He nearly caused a fire accident.

3.Which of the following is true?

A. Leonhard was good at driving dog sleds.

B. The author spent his whole childhood in Alaska.

C. Leonhard often visited the author's family after 1950.

D. The author suffered a lot while taking the dog sled in Alaska.

4.What is the author's purpose of writing the text?

A. To look back on his childhood with adventures.

B. To describe the extreme weather of Alaska.

C. To express how much he misses Leonhard.

D. To show off his pride in making trouble.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.A

【解析】

試題分析: 本文是一篇記敘文，在文章中作者回憶了自己童年時候發(fā)生的一件件的事情，基本都是作者惹得亂子。那時父親在鐵路部門工作，母親則是父親手下的一名職員，他們工作忙碌而無瑕顧及作者以至于他有一次點燃了一桶油漆，差點引起火災，闖下大禍。此外，在文中作者還提到了自己第一次做雪橇的美好回憶。

1.考查推理判斷。根據(jù)文章第二段Working in the garden at midnight tended to throw her timing off,和第三段內(nèi)容Dad was a Railway Express agent and Mom was his clerk. That left me in a mess. 可知在鐵路部門工作的父母忙于工作無瑕顧及作者，由此判斷作者的父母非常忙碌，選C。

2.考查細節(jié)理解。在文章第三段和第四段作者講述了自己小時候玩火差點釀成火災的事情，然后在第四段末尾提到1 hadn't turned 5 yet.當時我還不到5歲，由此可知當作者四歲的時候他的淘氣險些釀成火災，正確答案為D。

3.考查細節(jié)理解。從文章末段內(nèi)容可知作者后來搬家了，故 B選項內(nèi)容錯誤，而C選項中作者提到Leonhard1950年以后還經(jīng)常去他家，內(nèi)容與文章末段提示的信息矛盾，故排除。根據(jù)文章第四段As for Leonhard Seppala, famous as a dog sledder和but I do remember the ride well.可知Leonhard Seppala以駕雪橇的高超技術而著名，而且作者第一次的乘坐雪橇也是非常愉快的，故D選項錯誤，答案選A。

4.考查主旨大意。文章開頭提出自己在四歲的時候，一家人搬到了阿拉斯加，在那里他的冒險生活就開始了，然后在下文中作者回憶了在那里發(fā)生的的事情，由此可知本文主要講述了作者小時候的事情，是作者對童年的回憶，選A。

考點：考查故事類短文閱讀。