It was eleven o"clock that night when Mr. Pontellier returned from his night out

It was eleven o"clock that night when Mr. Pontellier returned from his night out

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It was eleven o"clock that night when Mr. Pontellier returned from his night out. He was in an excellent humor, in high spirits, and very talkative. His entrance awoke his wife, who was in bed and fast asleep when he came in. He talked to her while he undressed, telling her anecdotes and bits of news and gossip that he had gathered during the day. She was overcome with sleep, and answered him with little half utterances.
  He thought it very discouraging that his wife, who was the sole object of his existence, showed so little interest in things which concerned him and valued so little his conversation.
  Mr. Pontellier had forgotten the candies and peanuts that he had promised the boys. Still, he loved them very much and went into the room where they slept to take a look at them and make sure that they were resting comfortably. The result of his investigation was far from satisfactory. He turned and shifted the youngsters about in bed. One of them began to kick and talk about a basket full of crabs.
  Mr. Pontellier returned to his wife with the information that Raoul had a high fever and needed looking after. Then he lit his cigar and went and sat near the open door to smoke it.
  Mrs. Pontellier was quite sure Raoul had no fever. He had gone to bed perfectly well, she said, and nothing had made him sick. Mr. Pontellier was too well familiar with fever symptoms to be mistaken. He assured her the child was burning with fever at that moment in the next room.
  He reproached his wife with her inattention, her habitual neglect of the children. If it was not a mother"s place to look after children, whose on earth was it? He himself had his hands full with his business. He could not be in two places at once; making a living for his family on the street, and staying home to see that no harm done to them. He talked in a dull, repeated and insistent way.
  Mrs. Pontellier sprang out of bed and went into the next room. She soon came back and sat on the edge of the bed, leaning her head down on the pillow. She said nothing, and refused to answer her husband when he questioned her. When his cigar was smoked out, he went to bed, and in half a minute was fast asleep.
  Mrs. Pontellier was by that time thoroughly awake. She began to cry a little, and wiped her eyes on the sleeve of her nightdress. She went out on the porch, where she sat down and began to rock herself in the chair.
  It was then past midnight. The cottages were all dark. There was no sound except the hooting of an old owl and the everlasting voice of the sea, which broke like a mournful lullaby (催眠曲) upon the night.
  The tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontellier"s eyes that the damp sleeve of her nightdress no longer served to dry them. She went on crying there, not caring any longer to dry her face, her eyes, her arms.
  She could not have told why she was crying. Such experiences as had just happened were not uncommon in her married life. They seemed never before to have weighed much against theabundance (充足) of her husband"s kindness and a uniform devotion which had come to be self-understood.
  An indescribable oppression, which seemed to generate in some unfamiliar part of her consciousness, filled her whole being with vague pain. It was like a shadow, like a mist passing across her soul"s summer day. It was strange and unfamiliar; it was a mood. She did not sit there inwardly scolding her husband, expressing sadness about Fate, which had directed her footsteps to the path which they had taken. She was just having a good cry all to herself.
  The mosquitoes succeeded in driving away a mood which might have held her there in the darkness half a night longer.
  The following morning Mr. Pontellier was up in good time to take the carriage which was to convey him to the ship. He was returning to the city to his business, and they would not see him again at the Island till the coming Saturday. He had regained his calmness, which seemed to have been somewhatweakened the night before. He was eager to be gone, as he looked forward to a lively week in the financial center.
小题1:Mr.Pontellier comes back home from his night out in a/an ______state of mind.
A.excitedB.confusedC.depressedD.disappointed
小题2: Mr. Pontellier criticizes his wife because ______.
A.she is not wholly devoted to her children
B.she does little housework but sleep
C.she knows nothing about fever symptoms
D.she fails to take her son to hospital
小题3:The writer would most likely describe Mr. Pontellier’s conduct during the evening as ______.
A.impatient and generousB.enthusiastic and responsible
C.concerned and gentleD.inconsiderate and self-centered
小题4:The underlined sentence suggests that Mr. Pontellier"s complaints to his wife are ______.
A.hesitant and confusedB.not as urgent as he claims
C.angry and uncertainD.too complex to make sense
小题5:In paragraphs 8 to 13, Mrs. Pontellier’s reactions to her husband’s behavior suggest that ______.
A.she accepts unquestioningly her role of taking care of the children
B.this is one of the first times she has acknowledged her unhappiness with her husband
C.her relationship with her husband is not what has made her depressed
D.she is angry about something that happened before her husband left
小题6:The passage shows Mr. Pontellier is happiest when he ______.
A.sits near the open door smoking a cigar and talking
B.makes up with his wife after a heated argument
C.has been away from home or is about to leave home
D.has given his children gifts of candies and peanuts

答案

小题1:A
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:B
小题6:C
解析

试题分析:这篇文章主要讲了非常的自私Pontellier先生的一些故事。
小题1:根据He was in an excellent humor, in high spirits, and very talkative.故选A。
小题2:根据He reproached his wife with her inattention, her habitual neglect of the children.故答案应为A。
小题3:通过全文,可以看出Pontellier先生非常的自私,从来不替别人考虑,故选D。
小题4:根据He himself had his hands full with his business. He could not be in two places at once; making a living for his family on the street, and staying home to see that no harm done to them.故选B。
小题5:根据Such experiences as had just happened were not uncommon in her married life. They seemed never before to have weighed much against the abundance (充足) of her husband"s kindness and a uniform devotion which had come to be self-understood.故答案应为B。
小题6:根据最后一个自然段,故选C。
点评:本题型考查了对文章段落或某一板块的理解概括能力。先阅读问题,然后带着问题,再读全文,找出答题所需要的依据,完成阅读。在词义与句义理解的基础上,结合上下文总结归纳某一段或几段的大意,对于把握文章主旨,分析全文结构都是至关重要的。
举一反三
I used to live selfishly, I should admit. But one moment changed me.
I was on my lunch break and had  41  the office to get something to eat . On the way, I  42 a busker (街头艺人),with a hat in front of him. I had some  43 in my pocket, but I would not give them to him, thinking to myself he would  44  use the money to feed his addiction to drugs or alcohol. He  45  like that type---young and ragged.  46  what was I going to spend the money on ? Only to feed my addiction to Coca-Cola or chocolate! I then  47  I had no right to place myself above  48  just because he was busking.
I  49  and dropped all the coins into his  50 , and he smiled at me. I watched for a while. As  51  as it sounds, I expected something more to come from that moment—a feeling of  52  or satisfaction, for example. But nothing happened.  53 , I walked off. “It proved to be a waste of  54  ,” I thought.
On my way home at the end of the  55 , I saw the busker again and he was _56 . I watched him pick up the hat and walk  57 a cafe counter. There he poured the  58  contents into a tin collecting  59  an earthquake fund-raising (募捐) event. He was busking for charity!
Now I donate any  60  I have to charity tins and enjoy the feeling of giving.
小题1:
A.leftB.cleanedC.preparedD.searched
小题2:
A.ledB.choseC.sawD.fooled
小题3:
A.chocolatesB.coinsC.tinsD.drugs
小题4:
A.almostB.onlyC.ratherD.still
小题5:
A.actedB.lookedC.soundedD.smelt
小题6:
A.ThoughB.ForC.ThereforeD.But
小题7:
A.declaredB.realized C.expectedD.guessed
小题8:
A.itB.allC.himD.them
小题9:
A.waitedB.followedC.stoppedD.arrived
小题10:
A.ragB.hatC.pocketD.counter
小题11:
A.selfishB.awkwardC.innocentD.special
小题12:
A.happinessB.sadnessC.loveD.hate
小题13:
A.DisappointedlyB.UnfortunatelyC.CoincidentallyD.Comfortably
小题14:
A.wordsB.effortC.spaceD.money
小题15:
A.momentB.dayC.breakD.event
小题16:
A.walking aroundB.passing byC.packing upD.running off
小题17:
A.aroundB.inC.behindD.to
小题18:
A.chiefB.basicC.actualD.total
小题19:
A.byB.forC.onD.with
小题20:
A.workB.timeC.energyD.change

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It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon(马车)and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of  11  to where he was going. Pretty soon  12_ that he was lost, but he continued to drive, expecting to refind his way or to 13  someone who could tell him how to get back to the  14  .
It was a long 15 road. For many __16__ he kept on driving. When it was almost dark ,he saw in a field a tall  17  ploughing(犁地) the land. He stopped his   18 team of horses near the fence and called out,“Hello,farmer.”
“Hello,yourself,”the farmer___19____,still ploughing .
“Where does the horse go?”he asked without knowing his language mistakes.
“I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It   20  stays right where it is,”said the farmer,withoutstopping his work.
“How far is it to the next town?” said the city man,speaking a little more   21  .
“Don’t know. I never  22 it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting 23 .“What do you know?You’re the biggest fool I ever saw.”
Finally stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time  24  at the city man. Then he said,“Maybe I don’t know much.   25  I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost!” 
小题1:
A.signsB.ordersC.attentionD.direction
小题2:
A.realizedB.recognizedC.acceptedD.received
小题3:
A.missB.meetC.lookD.lose
小题4:
A.townB.countryC.capitalD.village
小题5:
A.lonelyB.busyC.dirtyD.crowded
小题6:A seconds     B. minutes           C. hours              D years
小题7:
A.driverB.policemanC.farmerD.worker
小题8:
A.strongB.tiredC.weakD.tiring
小题9:
A.askedB.demandedC.repliedD.ordered
小题10:
A.always B.oftenC.sometimesD.seldom
小题11:
A.politelyB.friendly C.loudlyD.angrily
小题12:
A.judged B.measuredC.sawD.studied
小题13:
A.sadB.lovelyC.friendlyD.angry
小题14:
A.gladly B.immediatelyC.silentlyD.excitedly
小题15:
A.GenerallyB.FortunatelyC.CertainlyD.Perhaps

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One cold winter evening, some young families and young couples were eating in a McDonald’s when an old couple walked slowly into McDonald’s hand in hand.
Some of the customers looked admiringly at them .You could tell what the admirers were thinking. Look, there is a couple who has been through a lot together, probably for 60 years or more.” The little old man walked right up to the cash register, placed his order with no hesitation(迟疑) and then paid for their meal. The couple took a table near the back wall and started taking food off the tray. There was one hamburger, one order of French fries and one drink. The little old man unwrapped(打开) the plain hamburger and carefully cut it in half. He placed one half in front of his wife. Then he carefully counted out the French fries, divided them in two piles and neatly placed one pile in front of his wife. He took a sip(吸) of the drink, his wife took a sip and then set the cup down between them.
When the man began to eat his few bites of hamburger, the crowd began to get restless. Again you could tell what they were thinking. “That poor old couple. All they can afford is one meal for the two of them.” Then, the man began to eat his French fries, when one young man stood and came over to the old couple’s table. He politely offered to buy another meal for the old couple to eat. But the old man replied that they were just fine and they were used to sharing everything.
Then the crowd noticed that the little old lady hadn’t eaten a bite. She just sat there watching her husband eat and occasionally taking turns sipping the drink. When the little old man finished eating and was wiping his face neatly, the young man could stand it no longer. Again he came over to their table and offered to buy some food.
After being politely refused again, he finally asked a question of the little old lady. “Ma’am, why aren’t you eating? You said that you shared everything. What is it that you are waiting for?”
She answered, “The false teeth”.
小题1:According to the first paragraph, the old couple _____.
A.enjoyed the scene outside the McDonald’s
B.didn’t look suitable(合适的) for the environment
C.loved being with young families and couples
D.liked the food in McDonald’s
小题2:The little old man cut the plain hamburger in half because _____.
A.he couldn’t finish eating it with one bite
B.he was very careful with his food
C.he ordered more than he could eat
D.he wanted to share it with his wife
小题3:The young man who offered to buy the old couple food was _____.
A.impoliteB.stubbornC.sympathetic(有同情心的)D.doubtful
小题4:From the old lady’s answer, we know that _____.
A.she was not interested in the food
B.the couple suffered a terrible toothache
C.the couple were using the same false teeth
D.actually she didn’t answer the young man’s question

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“Now ,”Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions .”
The class seems to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be _36 _. “Yes, you will all be searching for your future  37 . Each of you will have to   38  someone in your field, plus give an oral report.”
Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I picked print journalism. This _39_ I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him_40_ able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”
I shook my head.  “How about some   41_ ?” I shook my head again .
Finally , I thought he realized I was   42 , and I got my first big tip as a  43 : “Never,never go anywhere without a pen and paper. You never know what you’ll run into. ”After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from   44  in class. I got an A on the entire project.
Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I _45 _Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t __46__me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was and   47  all my life I had to run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my blood. _48__gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was   49 .
For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, __50 __ stories from murders to airplane crashes and   51  choosing my strongest area.  52 _ I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been __53__Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.
I get  54  all the time: “How did you pick journalism?”
“Well, you see, there was a teacher…”I just wish I could  55 her.
小题1:
A.goodB.madC.carelessD.curious
小题2:
A.universityB.familyC.professionsD.life
小题3:
A.interviewB.find outC.admireD.learn from
小题4:
A.expressedB.orderedC.expectedD.meant
小题5:
A.hardlyB.nearlyC.naturallyD.eagerly
小题6:
A.drinkB.newspapersC.preparationsD.paper
小题7:
A.satisfiedB.comfortableC.terrifiedD.sorry
小题8:
A.studentB.journalistC.teacherD.writer
小题9:
A.researchB.booksC.imaginationD.memory
小题10:
A.calledB.recognizedC.rememberedD.visited
小题11:
A.answerB.promiseC.stopD.persuade
小题12:
A.howB.whetherC.whyD.when
小题13:
A.It B.Virginia DeViewC.My parentsD.My oral report
小题14:
A.breaking in B.getting downC.falling offD.going on
小题15:
A.making upB.listening to C.coveringD.writing
小题16:
A.of courseB.finallyC.doubtfullyD.in all
小题17:
A.WhenB.As long as C.OnceD.On condition
小题18:
A.forB.withC.ofD.to
小题19:
A.hurtB.excitedC.disappointedD.asked
小题20:
A.respectB.supportC.thankD.favor

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“Where is Papa going with that ax (斧子)?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.
“Out to the hoghouse,” replied Mrs. Arable. “Some pigs were born last night.”
“I don’t see why he needs an ax,” continued Fern, who was only eight.
“Well,” said her mother, “one of the pigs is a runt (发育不良的小动物). It’s very small and weak. So your father has decided to do away with it.”
“Do away with it?” shouted Fern. “You mean kill it?”
“Don’t shout, Fern!” she said. “Your father is right. The pig would probably die anyway.”
Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass was wet and the earth smelled springtime. Fern’s shoes were wetting by the time she caught up with her father.
“Please don’t kill it! It’s unfair,” she said.
Mr. Arable stopped.
“Fern,” he said gently, “you will have to learn to control yourself.”
“This is a matter of life and death, and you talk about controlling myself.” Tears ran down her cheeks and she took hold of the ax and tried to pull it out of her father’s hand.
“Fern,” said Mr. Arable, “I know more about raising a group of pigs than you do. A weak pig makes trouble.”
“But it’s unfair,” cried Fern. “The pig couldn’t help being born small. If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?”
Mr. Arable smiled. “Certainly not,” he said, looking down at his daughter with love. “But this is different. It’s a pig.”
“There is no difference,” replied Fern.
小题1:What puzzled Fern at the beginning?
A.Why her father refused to eat breakfast.B.If the hoghouse was big enough for many pigs.
C.How pigs were born at night. D.What his father would do with an ax.
小题2:Why couldn’t Fern control herself?
A.Because she was afraid of killing a pig.B.Because the pig was treated unfairly.
C.Because she loved pet pigs very much.D.Because her father was rude to her.
小题3:According to the passage, Fern’s father thought that ______.
A.it was natural for pigs to be born smallB.he couldn’t afford to have so many pigs
C.a weak pig needed more attentionD.he was troubled by raising a weak pig
小题4:It can be inferred from the passage that Fern was _________.
A.kind-heartedB.braveC.shyD.patient

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