Question

   When I was a child,my parents often took me to an old house in the thick forest. No other children ever stayed there. I didn't even have the choice of playing with a brother or sister.

   I could never understand what the attraction (吸引) of the house was,even for my parents,who enjoyed nothing better than to sit in silence with a good book. The woman in the house,my father's distant cousin,was a terrible cook and her food was inedible.

   One day,when I was wandering around the garden behind the house,I noticed a wooden house which had clearly been abandoned (被遺棄的) .As I walked towards it,I heard a noise,like an animal moving hurriedly away. Then I saw a man with a long beard standing at the door. I was greatly surprised.

   “Please don't tell them you saw me,” he said.“ They never use this place,and I have nowhere else to live. ” “Don’t worry ,” I said. “I won’t tell anyone. But are you all right out here? I mean—do you have enough to eat?” The old man shook his head.

   The same evening,I took a small plastic bag into the dining room and,while no one was looking,emptied some of the food into it. Later,I got out of the back door secretly and gave the food to the old man,whose name I had discovered was Taff.

   I had never seen anything else as lovely as the smile of satisfaction on Taff’s face when he ate the food. From then on,my visits to the old house had a purpose,and I enjoyed every minute of the rest of my stay.

1. How did the writer feel about staying in the old house at first?

   A. He was happy to be with his parents.

   B. He enjoyed reading good books there.

   C. He was pleased with the woods.

   D. He felt very lonely.

2. The underlined word “inedible ” is closest in meaning to “”.

   A. too bad for him to eat

   B. nice to look at

   C. not enough to eat

   D. as delicious as usual

3. The writer discovered the old man the old house.

   A. near the back door of

   B. in the dining room of

   C. in the garden behind

   D. among the bushes before

4. What can we know about the old man from the passage?

   A. He was poor and hungry.

   B. He helped to repair the old house.

   C. He liked to play hide-and-seek with the writer.

   D. He raised many animals.

5. The story mainly tells us .

   A. it's nice to raise wild animals

   B. it's valuable to help others

   C. it's good to live in the forest

   D. it's comfortable to live in the old house

Answer 1

1. D 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B

   小時(shí)候父母經(jīng)常帶著“我”去森林里的一座老房子，他 們喜歡在這個(gè)安靜的地方讀書，但是這座房子對(duì)“我”毫無 吸引力。直到有一天，“我”在房子后面的花園里發(fā)現(xiàn)了一位貧困饑餓的老人，“我”給了他一些食物，老人在吃飯時(shí)露出的滿意笑容成為“我”造訪老房子的唯一動(dòng)力。

1. D推理判斷題。由第一段的“ No other children even stayed there. I didn't even have the choice of playing with a brother or sister. ”可推斷，起初作者待在老房子里感到很孤獨(dú)。

2. A詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)閫線詞前面的was a terribe cook可知，作者認(rèn)為父親的這位遠(yuǎn)房親戚是一個(gè)糟糕的廚師， 故推斷inedible的意思為“不能吃的”。

3. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三段的“…when I was wandering around the garden behind the house,I noticed a wooden house... Then I saw a man... ”可知，作者在老房子后 面的花園里發(fā)現(xiàn)了老人。

4. A推理判斷題。由第四段的“…I have nowhere else to live…do you have enough to eat…shook his head. ” 可推斷，老人沒有別的地方住，也沒有足夠的食物吃， 故選A項(xiàng)。

5. B主旨大意題。本文主要講述的是作者幫助一位貧閑饑餓的老人的故事。為了幫助這位老人，作者開始喜歡 去原本不喜歡的老房子，由此可知這個(gè)故事想要告訴 我們幫助別人是有價(jià)值的。