Question

【題目】Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson River must remember the Catskill Mountains. They are a branch of the great Appalachian family, and can be seen to the west rising up to a noble height and towering over the surrounding country. When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print their beautiful shapes on the clear evening sky, but sometimes when it is cloudless, gray steam gathers around the top of the mountains which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will shine and light up like a crown of glory(華麗的皇冠).

At the foot of these mountains, a traveler may see light smoke going up from a village. In that village, and in one of the houses (which, to tell the exact truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years ago, a simple, good-natured fellow by the name of Rip Van Winkle.

Rip’s great weakness was a natural dislike of all kinds of money-making labor. It could not be from lack of diligence, for he could sit all day on a wet rock and fish without saying a word, even though he was not encouraged by a single bite. He would carry a gun on his shoulder for hours, walking through woods and fields to shoot a few birds or squirrels. He would never refuse to help a neighbor, even in the roughest work. The women of the village, too, used to employ him to do such little jobs as their less helpful husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to everybody’s business but his own.

If left to himself, he would have whistled life away in perfect satisfaction; but his wife was always mad at him for his idleness(懶散). Morning, noon, and night, her tongue was endlessly going, so that he was forced to escape to the outside of the house — the only side which, in truth, belongs to a henpecked husband.

【1】Which of the following best describes the Catskill Mountains? ________

A. They are very high and beautiful in this area.

B. They are on the west of the Hudson River.

C. They can be seen from the Appalachian family.

D. They gather beautiful clouds in blue and purple.

【2】The hero of the story is probably__________.

A. hard-working and likes all kinds of work

B. gentle, helpful but a little idle

C. simple, idle but very dutiful

D. idle and hates all kinds of jobs

【3】The underlined words “henpecked husband” in the last paragraph probably means a man who__________.

A. likes hunting B. is afraid of hens

C. is afraid of his wife D. loves his wife

【4】 What would be the best title for the text? ________.

A. Catskill Mountains. B. A Mountain Village.

C. A Dutiful Husband. D. Rip Van Winkle.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

試題分析：本文屬于歷史文化類閱讀，主要介紹了美國的卡茨基爾山并圍繞Rip Van Winkle展開了講述。

【1】A事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題，根據(jù)第一段中can be seen to the west rising up to a noble height and towering over the surrounding country和will shine and light up like a crown of glory可知A選項(xiàng)正確。故選A。

【2】B文章中提到“Rip was ready to attend to everybody's business but his own…but his wife was always mad at him for his idleness”故選D。

【3】C推理判斷題，最后一段提到“每天早晨、中年、晚上他妻子的舌頭都不停地動(dòng)著，所以他被迫逃到家外去”，因此判斷他是怕老婆的人，故選D。

【4】D中心歸納題，整篇文章都在圍繞Rip Van Winkle而展開，故選C。