Question

My elder brother Steve, in the absence of my father who died when I was six, gave me important lessons in values（價值觀念） that helped me grow into an adult.

Steve taught me to face the results of my behavior. Once when I returned in tears from a Saturday baseball game, it was Steve who asked me what happened. When I explained that my baseball had soared through Mrs. Holt’s basement window, breaking the glass with a crash, Steve encouraged me to admit to her. Although my knees knocked as I explained to Mrs. Holt, I offered to pay for the window from my pocket money if she would return my ball.

I also learned from Steve that personal property（財產(chǎn)） is a sacred（神圣的） thing. After I found a shiny silver pen in my fifth-grade classroom, I wanted to keep it, but Steve explained that it might be important to someone else in spite of the fact that it had little value. He reminded me of how much I’d hate to lose to someone else the small dog my father made with a piece of cheap wood. I returned the pen to my teacher, Mrs. David, and still remembered the smell of her perfume (香水) as she patted me on the shoulder.

Yet of all the instructions Steve gave me, his respect for life is the most unforgetful in my mind. When I was twelve I killed an old brown sparrow(麻雀)in the yard with a BB gun. Excited, I screamed at Steve to come and take a look. I shall never forget the way he stood for a long moment and stared at the bird on the ground. Then in a dead, quiet voice, he asked, “Did it hurt you first, Mark?” I didn’t know what to answer. He continued with his eyes firm, “The only time you should even think of hurting a living thing is when it hurts you first, and then you think a long, long time.” I really felt terrible then, but that moment stands out as the most important lesson my brother taught me.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

A．The relationship between Mark and Steve.

B．The important lessons Mark learned in school.

C．Steve’s important role in Mark’s growth stage.

D．Mark and Steve’s respect for living things.

2.When Mark admitted his mistakes to Mrs. Holt, he ____.

A．was surprised                          B．felt frightened

C．was light-hearted                       D．cried before her

3.From the third paragraph, we can know that Mark _____.

A．had a shiny silver pen                    B．respected his teacher

C．hated his father very much                D．once owned a small wooden dog

4.To Mark, which is the most important lesson Steve taught him?

A．Respecting life.                         B．Being responsible for one’s behavior.

C．Being honest.                          D．Respecting others’ property

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：

1.這是主旨大意題。根據(jù)My elder brother Steve, in the absence of my father who died when I was six, gave me important lessons in values（價值觀念） that helped me grow into an adult.可以看出應選C

2.這是細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Although my knees knocked as I explained to Mrs. Holt,由于害怕我把膝蓋碰了一下，故選B。

3.這是細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)He reminded me of how much I’d hate to lose to someone else the small dog my father made with a piece of cheap wood.可以看出應選D。

4.這是細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文的最后一自然段Yet of all the instructions Steve gave me, his respect for life is the most unforgetful in my mind.可以看出應選A。

考點：這是一篇記敘文。

點評：文中敘述了作者在父親去世后，在哥哥的培養(yǎng)教育下，長大了。文中敘述了作者在成長中印象最深的幾件事，同時通過這幾件事哥哥教育作者如何做人。做主旨大意題時注意文章的首句或尾句，便可知道答案，因為它們往往就是文章的主題句。