“Tell me again how you learned to ride a horse,” I would ask my father when I wa

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“Tell me again how you learned to ride a horse,” I would ask my father when I was a little girl in Denmark. I was no more than four years old—too little to learn to ride a horse by myself. But I liked to hear my father tell his story. And then he would begin.
“When I was a little boy, as little as you are now,” he would say, “I wanted to ride the horses. But I was too small to mount a horse. So I would slip into my father’s stables to be with the horses and admire them. Such big, powerful animals they were!
“The gentle workhorses stood quietly in their stalls, eating their hay. I would climb up the side of one of the stalls and slide over onto the horse’s back.
“Then I would hold its mane and imagine us running quickly over the grasslands, down to the shore, and even into the sea.
“When I grew tall enough to mount a horse,” he said, “my wish came true.”
“You swim with the horses now,” I said. “You even swim with Fiery. And he has spirit!”
Everybody knew about Fiery, the great black male horse with the fierce temper, and how he behaved when he first came to the stables. He raised itself on its back legs with the front legs in the air. He snorted and kicked. He rolled his eyes. And everyone was afraid of him. Everyone, except my father.
I wanted to hear more. “Now tell me how you made Fiery your friend,” I begged. This was my favorite story.
“Well, little Else,” my father went on, “I just talked to him. I talked as a friend. You must talk to a horse like Fiery.
“I’d say, ‘No, little horse. No, my friend. You can’t run free. You must learn to let me ride you.’
“And soon Fiery began to listen. He knew from my voice that I would be his friend.”
So Fiery let my father teach him to carry a rider. Then Fiery would take my father across the soft green grasslands or even into the lively waters of the northern sea. I loved to see Father riding Fiery without a saddle(马鞍) into the sea. There they swam, Father and Fiery, out in the cold, clear water.
Often I would watch them from the shore, holding tight to my mother’s hand. They swam so bravely. I was so proud of them!
Then Father and Fiery would come splashing out of the water and run along the shore toward us. They made a fine stop—just in time!
Fiery towered over us. He tossed his head and shook sea water from his shining black coat.
Father was laughing and patting Fiery’s neck.
And I was making a wish.
I wished that someday I could have a horse, too . . . but a smaller one!
小题1:What is Fiery like when he first comes to the stables?

A．He is quiet and lazy.

B．He is wild and full of spirit.

C．He makes friends with everyone.

D．He only lets Else’s father ride him.

小题2:Where does Else most like to watch her father ride Fiery?

A．At the seashore.	B．On the farm.
C．In the grasslands.	D．In the stables.

小题3:In the passage, the underlined word “mount” means___________.

A．feed with

B．talk about

C．fasten to

D．climb onto

小题4:How does Else feel about horses after watching her father ride Fiery?

A．She wants a horse just like Fiery.

B．She has no interest in riding horses.

C．She would like to have a smaller horse.

D．She thinks horses should not go into the sea.

小题5:What does Else learn from her father’s story?

A．How to train a workhorse.

B．How to swim with a horse.

C．How to make friends with a horse.

D．How to ride a horse without a saddle.

答案

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:C

解析

试题分析：文章大意：作者想学会骑马，父亲告诉他：想学骑马，首先学会如何和马交朋友。作者的父亲以自己第一次驯服烈马为例告诉我们：动物是人类的朋友，人应该学会如何保护动物，和如何和马交朋友。
小题1:B 推理题。根据第七段后作者的父亲驯服小马的故事，由于父亲将Fiery作朋友，Perry很顺从，还有前文的He has spirit判断B正确。
小题2:A 推理题。根据文中作者看到爸爸骑马到岸边，乃至到海里时，他紧紧地抓住妈妈的手，说明他不喜欢这样，故应该是喜欢在马场上骑马。故A正确。
小题3:D 词义题。此处是我太小而爬不上马背，故D正确。
小题4:C 细节题。根据文章的最后一句话I wished that someday I could have a horse, too . . . but a smaller one!进行判断。
小题5:C 综合题。通读全文判断作者的父亲教会了作者应该如何和马交朋友。故选C。