14．A city child's summer is spent in the street in front of his home，and all through the long summer vacations I sat on the edge of the street and watched enviously the other boys on the block play baseball．I was never asked to take part even when one team had a member missing-not out of special cruelty，but because they took it for granted I would be no good at it．They were right，of course．
I would never forget the wonderful evening when something changed．The baseball ended about eight or eight thirty when it grew dark．Then it was the custom of the boys to retire to a little stoop（門廊） that stuck out from the candy store on the corner and that somehow had become theirs．No grownup ever sat there or attempted to．There the boys would sit，mostly talking about the games played during the day and of the game to be played tomorrow．Then long silences would fall and the boys would wander off one by one．It was just after one of those long silences that my life as an outsider changed．I can no longer remember which boy it was that summer evening who broke the silence with a question：but whoever he was，I nod to him gratefully now．"What's in those books you're always reading？"he asked casually．"Stories，"I answered．"What kind？"asked somebody else without much interest．
Nor do I know what drove me to behave as I did，for usually I just sat there in silence，glad enough to be allowed to remain among them； but instead of answering his question，I told them for two hours the story I was reading at the moment．The book was Sister Carrie．They listened bug-eyed and breathless．I must have told it well，but I think there was another and deeper reason that made them to keep an audience．Listening to a tale being told in the dark is one of the most ancient of man's entertainments，but I was offering them as well，without being aware of doing it，a new and exciting experience．
The books they themselves read were the Rover Boys or Tom Swift or G．A．Henty．I had read them too，but at thirteen I had long since left them behind．Since I was much alone I had become an enthusiastic reader and I had gone through the books-for-boys series．In those days there was no reading material between children's and grownups'books or I could find none．I had gone right from Tome Swift and His Flying Machine to Theodore Dreiser and Sister Carrie．Dreiser had hit my young mind，and they listened to me tell the story with some of the wonder that I had had in reading it．
The next night and many nights thereafter，a kind of unspoken ritual （儀式） took place．As it grew dark，I would take my place in the center of the stoop and begin the evening's tale．Some nights，in order to taste my victory more completely，I cheated．I would stop at the most exciting part of a story by Jack London or Bret Harte，and without warning tell them that that was as far as I had gone in the book and it would have to be continued the following evening．It was not true，of course； but I had to make certain of my new-found power and position．I enjoyed the long summer evenings until school began in the fall．Other words of mine have been listened to by larger and more fashionable audiences，but for that tough and athletic one that sat close on the stoop outside the candy store，I have an unreasoning love that will last forever．
1．Watching the boys playing baseball，the writer must have feltA．
A．bitter and lonely
B．special and different
C．pleased and excited
D．disturbed and annoyed
2．The writer feels grateful even now to the boy who asked the question because the boyD．
A．invited him to join in their game
B．liked the book that he was reading
C．broke the long silence of that summer evening
D．offered him an opportunity that changed his life
3．According to Paragraph 3，story-telling was popular among the boys basically becauseB．
A．the story was from a children's book
B．listening to tales was an age-old practice
C．the boys had few entertainments after dark
D．the boys didn't read books by themselves
4．The boys were attracted to Sister Carrie becauseC．
A．it was written by Theodore Dreiser
B．it was specifically targeted at boys
C．it gave them a deeper feeling of pleasure
D．it talked about the wonders of the world
5．Sometimes the writer stopped at the most exciting part of a story toB．
A．play a mean trick on the boys
B．experience more joy of achievement
C．a(chǎn)dd his own imagination to the story
D．help the boys understand the story better
6．What is the message conveyed in the story？A
A．One can find his position in life in his own way．
B．Friendship is built upon respect for each other．
C．Reading is more important than playing games．
D．Adult habits are developed from childhood．
分析 文章大意：講述了一個曾經(jīng)不合群的少年，通過自己特長，增強自信，充分融入他向往群體的故事，這位少年成長經(jīng)歷的同時，也必定感受到閱讀的力量--因為正是閱讀幫他找到了自信．
解答 1．A 細節(jié)理解題．看著孩子們打棒球，作者感覺怎樣？根據(jù)短文第一段的內(nèi)容可知，作者羨慕地看著一些孩子打棒球，但是他們從來不邀請作者參加，即使場上少一個人．所以作者的感受應(yīng)該是孤獨的，苦澀的．故選A．
2．D 推理判斷題．作者直到現(xiàn)在都對那個問他問題的男孩充滿感激是因為什么？根據(jù)短文第二段的內(nèi)容可知，因為這個男孩的提問，打破了沉默，也讓一直總是沉默的作者融入了他們當中，改變了作者的生活．故應(yīng)該選D．
3．B 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段的內(nèi)容，講故事在這些孩子們孩子很受歡迎，是因為什么？根據(jù)第三段中Listening to a tale being told in the dark is one of the most ancient of man's entertainments可知，在晚上聽故事是男人們最古老的娛樂形式之一，即聽故事是有很久的歷史的，是很傳統(tǒng)的．故應(yīng)該選B．
4．C 推理判斷題．這些孩子們被Sister Carrie 的故事吸引了是因為什么？根據(jù)短文第四段的內(nèi)可知，那些孩子們讀過的書，作者早已讀過．并且因為作者總是不合群，所以特別熱愛讀書．當作者給他們講他們從沒聽過的故事的時候，孩子們立刻被吸引住了，這給了他們更多的快樂．故應(yīng)該選C．
5．B 細節(jié)理解題．有時候作者會在故事中最令人激動的地方停下來是為了什么？根據(jù)短文最后一段中Some nights，in order to taste my victory more completely，I would stop at the most exciting part of the story．，作者在故事中最令人激動的地方停下來，看著那些孩子們被故事所吸引，作者感受到了自己的成功，所以是為了享受自己的成功．由此可知選B．
6．A 主旨大意題．這篇短文中，一開始作者只是一些打棒球的孩子們的旁觀者，一個偶然的機會，作者給他們講了他正在讀的一本書的故事，吸引了這些孩子們的注意力，融入了他們的世界．作者通過他的親身經(jīng)歷告訴訴我們，每個人都可以有自己的方法找到他在生活中的位置．故選A．
點評 本篇文章是人物故事類閱讀理解．這類題材的閱讀理解題是高考�？嫉念}材之一，它注重考查考生對文章整體把握的能力，做題時要求考生結(jié)合語境做出正確的選擇．
