The Pecan ThiefWhen I was six years old, I was visiting my grandfather"s farm in
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The Pecan Thief
When I was six years old, I was visiting my grandfather"s farm in Kansas. Grandpa had sent me into the 36 to gather pecans for us to enjoy later.
Pecan picking was really 37 work and my little basket was only half full. I wasn"t about to 38 Grandpa down. Just then something caught my 39 . A large brown squirrel was a few feet away. I watched as he picked up a pecan, hurried to a tree and 40 in a large hole in the trunk. A moment later the squirrel 41 out and climbed down to the ground to pick up another nut. Once again, he took the pecan back to his hiding place.
Not so 42 anymore, I thought. I dashed over to the tree and looked into the hole. It was 43 with pecans! Golden pecans were right there for taking. This was my 44 . Handful by handful, I scooped all of those pecans into my basket. Now it was full! I was so 45 of myself. I couldn"t wait to show Grandpa all the pecans. 46 , I ran back and shouted, “Look at all the pecans!” He looked into the basket and said, “Well, well, how did you find so many ? ” I told him how I"d 47 the squirrel and taken the pecans from his hiding place.
Grandpa congratulated me on how smart I"d been in observing the squirrel and his habits. Then he did something that 48 me. He handed the basket back to me and put his arm gently 49 my shoulders.
“That squirrel worked very hard to gather his winter 50 of food, ” he said. “Now that all of his pecans are gone, don"t you think that little squirrel will 51 the cold winter? ”
“I didn"t think about that,” I said.
“I know, ” Grandpa said. “But a good man should never take 52 of someone else"s hard work.”
Suddenly I felt a bit 53 . The image of the starving squirrel wouldn"t 54 my mind. There was only one thing I could do. I carried the basket back to the tree and poured all the nuts into the hole.
I didn"t eat any pecans that night, but I had something much more filling—the 55 of knowing I had done just the right thing.
| 小题1: | | A．woods | B．rooms | C．holes | D．roads |
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| 小题2: | | A．dirty | B．hard | C．light | D．easy |
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| 小题3: | | A．settle | B．let | C．have | D．keep |
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| 小题4: | | A．sweater | B．basket | C．hand | D．eye |
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| 小题5: | | A．joined | B．lived | C．disappeared | D．discovered |
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| 小题6: | | A．held | B．jumped | C．stood | D．found |
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| 小题7: | | A．secret | B．strange | C．anxious | D．patient |
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| 小题8: | | A．filled | B．covered | C．rebuilt | D．decorated |
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| 小题9: | | A．time | B．choice | C．achievement | D．chance |
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| 小题10: | | A．afraid | B．ashamed | C．proud | D．careful |
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| 小题11: | | A．Otherwise | B．However | C．Therefore | D．Besides |
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| 小题12: | | A．followed | B．driven | C．protected | D．caught |
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| 小题13: | | A．annoyed | B．satisfied | C．delighted | D．surprised |
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| 小题14: | | A．off | B．beside | C．around | D．over |
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| 小题15: | | A．cost | B．supply | C．support | D．preparation |
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| 小题16: | | A．escape | B．spend | C．flee | D．survive |
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| 小题17: | | A．place | B．notice | C．charge | D．advantage |
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| 小题18: | | A．unconfident | B．guilty | C．embarrassed | D．nervous |
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| 小题19: | | A．leave | B．open | C．cross | D．occupy |
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| 小题20: | | A．inspiration | B．expectation | C．satisfaction | D．impression |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:C
小题11:C
小题12:A
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:B
小题16:D
小题17:D
小题18:B
小题19:A
小题20:C |
解析
试题分析：本文讲述爷爷让我去树林里捡山核桃。结果我把松鼠的核桃拿了回来，在爷爷的教育下，我又把所有的核桃都还了回去。
小题1:A从上下文知，我被爷爷派去捡山核桃，再结合第一句中的“farm”和选项可知我应该到树林(woods)里去，而不是房间(room)，洞里(hole)和路上(road)。
小题2:B从后面的我才捡半篮山核桃可知，捡山核桃对我来说是一项挺困难的(hard)活，其他选项都不符合语境。
小题3:B 从下文知，我不想让爷爷失望，此处let sb. down是固定词组，意为“令某人失望”。
小题4:D就在此时，不远处的一只棕色大松鼠引起了我的注意。catch one"s eye表示“引起某人的注意”。
小题5:C那只松鼠捡起一颗山核桃向一棵树跑去，最后消失(disappear)在树***大洞中。该句中的三个动作表承接：先pick up，然后hurry to，最后disappear。join“加入”，live“生存”，discover“发现”都不符合语境。
小题6:B该处表示：不久，那只松鼠又从洞中跳了出来(jump out)，故选A项。hold out“伸出，坚持”；stand out“突出”；find out“发现”都不符合语境。
小题7:A从后文中dashed over to the tree可知，作者认为松鼠捡山核桃不再是秘密了。
小题8:A我发现洞中到处都是山核桃，be filled with是固定词组，意为“充满着”，符合语境；be covered with“覆盖”；be decorated with“用……装饰”。
小题9:D当看到洞中有这么多的山核桃，作者认为自己的机会来了。
小题10:C 作者拿了这么多的山核桃，心里非常高兴，当然很骄傲。be proud of“自豪，高兴”，符合语境。be afraid of表示“害怕，担忧”；be ashamed of表示“感到羞愧”；be careful of表示“小心”。
小题11:C此处表示我迫不及待地想把捡到的山核桃让爷爷看，因此兴奋地大叫起来，前后句构成“因果关系”，用therefore。otherwise“否则”；however“然而”；besides“除此之外还……”。
小题12:A我告诉了爷爷，我是如何跟踪(follow)松鼠，从而找到这些山核桃的。
小题13:D此处表示爷爷虽然表扬了我，但他接下来做的事情让我很吃惊(surprised)。
小题14:C爷爷用胳膊挽着我的肩膀，用介词around。
小题15:B松鼠努力工作，收集了过冬食物，此处supply of food表示“食物储备”。
小题16:D你把他的食物都拿走了，难道你没有想过他在寒冷的冬天还能活下去吗？survive“挺过”，符合语境。
小题17:D好人不应该利用(take advantage of)别人的辛勤劳动。take place of“代替”；take notice of“注意到”；take charge of“负责”，都与语境不符。
小题18:B爷爷说了这些话后，我突然有了一种负罪感(guilty)。
小题19:A那只松鼠挨饿的场景在我心头挥之不去，所以用leave one"s mind表示“离开……心头”。
小题20:C此处表示作者为自己做了一件正确的事情而感到很满足(satisfaction)
点评：本文讲述爷爷让我去树林里捡山核桃。结果我把松鼠的核桃拿了回来，在爷爷的教育下，我又把所有的核桃都还了回去。属于故事类完型，这类文章一般描述的是某一件具体事情的发生发展或结局，有人物、时间、地点和事件。命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件的之间的关系、作者的态度及意图、故事前因和后果的推测等方面着手，考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力。阅读这类材料时，同学们一定要根据主要情节掌握文章主旨大意，同时抓住每一个细节，设身处地根据文章内容揣摩作者的态度和意图，根据情节展开想象，即使是碰到深层理解题也可迎刃而解。 |
举一反三
Prince Roman was a Polish nobleman, a captain in the army of Czar Nicholas of Russia. When his young wife died, the prince left the army and returned in sorrow to his native Poland.
In time, love for his country and its people took the place of his lost love. He joined a Polish rising against the Russians. The rising was crushed, and Prince Roman was taken prisoner. His relatives and friends begged the military court to have mercy on him.
The president of the court received these appeals kindly. He was a good Russian, but he was also a good-natured man. Russian hatred of Poles was not as fierce at that time as it became later; and the Russian felt sympathetic as soon as he saw the prince"s thin, tired, sun-burnt face.
The court of three officers sat in a bare room, behind a long black table. Some clerks sat at the two ends, but no one else was there when the guards brought in the prince.
Those four walls shut out from Prince Roman all sights and sounds of freedom, all hopes of the future, all comforting thoughts. How much love for Poland remained in him then? How much love of life? He stood before his judges alone, having refused their permission to sit. He answered their first formal questions — his name and so on — clearly and politely although he felt too weary to talk.
Then the president of the court seemed to suggest how the young man could best help himself. He asked questions in a way that almost put the right answers in the prisoner"s mouth.
“Didn"t your wife"s death drive you to despair? Wasn"t your mind unbalanced by that sad event ?”
Prince Roman was silent.
"You were not fully responsible for you conduct, were you?"
Prince Roman was silent.
"You made a sudden blind decision to join the rising. You didn"t realize that your actions were dangerous and dishonourable. Isn"t that the truth of this unfortunate matter?"
The judges looked at the prisoner hopefully. In silence the prince reached for a pen and some paper. He wrote, "I joined the rising because I believe it was just." He pushed the paper towards the president, who took it and read it in silence.
Prince Roman was sentenced to hard work for life in the Siberian salt mines. It was a sentence of delayed death.
When Czar Nicholas read the report and sentence, he added in his own handwriting, "Make sure that this prisoner walks in chains every step of the way to Siberia."
小题1:What does the passage tell us of Poland at the time?| A．Polish officers in the Russian army had to return to Poland. | | B．Russia was at war with Poland, so the Poles were enemies. | | C．The Russians were very cruel rulers of Poland. | | D．It was ruled by Russia, and Poles served in the Russian army. |
小题2:How much love for Poland remained in the prince when he stood trial?| A．Not much, probably, after the failure of the rising. | | B． More than he had ever felt before. | | C．As much as he had ever felt. | | D．The passage doesn"t suggest an answer to the question. |
小题3:The questions which the president asked show that ______.| A．he was trying to find excuse for the prince"s conduct | | B．the court wanted the prince to admit his own guilt | | C．he wanted to learn the truth about the Polish rising | | D．Prince Roman was a weak person |
小题4:In the trial, Prince Roman ______.| A．was afraid to be responsible for his actions | | B．blamed others for his actions | | C．accepted responsibility for his actions | | D．admitted his guilt |
小题5:According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?| A．The judges were less sympathetic than Czar Nicholas. | | B．Czar Nicholas was as kind as the judges. | | C．Czar Nicholas was not as sympathetic as the judges. | | D．The judges were as cruel as Czar Nicholas. |
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When Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near a copper smelter(炼铜厂), and the chemicals that poured out had made a wasteland out of what used to be a beautiful forest. One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called it an awful area. Paul knocked him down. From then on, something happened inside him.
Years later Paul was back in the area, and he went to the smelter office. He asked if they had any plans or if they would let him try to bring the trees back. The answer from that big industry was “No.”
Paul then went to college to study the science of plants. Unfortunately, his teachers said there weren"t any birds or squirrels to spread the seeds. It would be a waste of his life to try to do it. He was told everyone knew that even if he was knowledgeable as he had expected, he wouldn"t get his idea accepted.
Paul later got married and had some kids. But, his dream would not die. And then one night he did what he could with what he had. Under the cover of darkness, he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting.
And every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass. For fifteen years he did this against the plain common sense. Slowly rabbits appeared. Later, as there was legal pressure to clean up the environment, the company actually hired Paul to do what he was already doing.
Now the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees and grass and bushes, and Paul has received almost every environmental award Utah has. It took him until his hair turned white, but he managed to keep that impossible vow(誓言) he made to himself as a child.
小题1:When Paul was a boy, _________.| A．he had decided never to leave his hometown | | B．the economy of Utah depended on the copper smelter | | C．he had determined to stop the copper smelter polluting the area | | D．no laws were made to protect the environment against pollution |
小题2:Why did Paul go to college to study the science of plants?| A．He wanted to find out the best way to save the area himself. | | B．He was interested in planting trees since he was young. | | C．He wanted to get more knowledgeable people to help him. | | D．He thought his knowledge would make his advice more persuasive. |
小题3:What does the underlined phrase “the plain common sense” in paragraph 5 probably refer to?| A．That his normal work and life would be greatly affected. | | B．That it was impossible for trees to grow on the wasteland. | | C．That no one would like to join him in the efforts. | | D．That he had to keep everything he did secret. |
小题4:The message of the passage is that ___________.| A．perseverance(持之以恒) will work wonders | | B．action speaks louder than words | | C．God helps those who help themselves | | D．many hands make light work. |
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Jerry stood up and looked at the crowd of people making their way through the station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he 36 , the girl with the 37 . The story had begun twelve months before in a 38 . Taking a book off the shelf he found himself 39 by the notes penciled in the margin. The soft handwriting 40 a thoughtful soul and an insightful mind. In the front of the book, he discovered the 41 owner’s name, Rosanna.
During the next year the two grew to know each other through the 42 . Each letter was a seed falling on a fertile heart. The day finally came for their first 43 - 7:00 PM at the station.
A beautiful young woman was coming toward me, her 44 tall and slim. I started to walk toward her with delight, entirely forgetting to 45 that she was not wearing a rose. I 46 made one step closer to her, and then I saw Rosanna, a short and fat woman well past 40, was standing almost directly 47 the girl. The girl in the green suit was walking quickly away.
I felt 48 I was split in two, and there she stood. My fingers gripped the worn leather copy of the 49 that was to identify me to her. I knew this would not be 50 , something perhaps even better than love. I felt choked by the bitterness of my 51 . “I’m Jerry, and you must be Rosanna. I am so glad you could meet me; may I take you to 52 ?”
The woman’s face broadened into a big smile. “I don"t know what this is about, son,” she answered,” but the young lady in the green suit who just 53 begged me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said 54 you were to ask me out to dinner, I should go and tell you that she is waiting for you in the big 55 across the street. She said it was some kind of test!”
| 小题1: | | A．hadn’t | B．wouldn’t | C．couldn’t | D．didn"t |
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| 小题2: | | A．rose | B．flower | C．book | D．notes |
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| 小题3: | | A．restaurant | B．meeting room | C．library | D．station |
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| 小题4: | | A．absorbed | B．surrounded | C．interested | D．burdened |
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| 小题5: | | A．reacted | B．reflected | C．responded | D．repeated |
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| 小题6: | | A．previous | B．nice | C．thoughtful | D．beautiful |
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| 小题7: | | A．phone | B．telegram | C．book | D．e-mail |
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| 小题8: | | A．dining | B．meeting | C．walking | D．talking |
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| 小题9: | | A．legs | B．face | C．figure | D．hair |
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| 小题10: | | A．observe | B．conclude | C．notice | D．say |
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| 小题11: | | A．carefully | B．eagerly | C．luckily | D．easily |
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| 小题12: | | A．behind | B．past | C．over | D．before |
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| 小题13: | | A．as long as | B．even though | C．no matter how | D．as though |
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| 小题14: | | A．newspaper | B．book | C．magazine | D．note |
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| 小题15: | | A．a meeting | B．happiness | C．love | D．a dinner |
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| 小题16: | | A．relief | B．sorrow | C．disappointment | D．unwillingness |
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| 小题17: | | A．a walk | B．your home | C．a party | D．dinner |
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| 小题18: | | A．went by | B．called me | C．came here | D．dropped in |
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| 小题19: | | A．when | B．supposing | C．unless | D．since |
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| 小题20: | | A．market | B．restaurant | C．building | D．library |
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Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.
Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my ___36___ was more manageable, I ___37___ ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. ___38___ that was years ago and times have changed. ___39___ I live with my mother on a country farm.
Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to ___40___ my disability pension(残疾抚恤金). ___41___ I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my ___42___. I decided that I would consider ___43___ to singing in restaurants.
My family are all musicians, so I was ___44___ when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of ___45___ to get started. And ___46___ you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can ___47___ use.
When I told the owner of the shop about my ___48___, he gave me a long, thoughtful ___49___. “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”
He led me ___50___ the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand ___51___ on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your ___52___ and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.”
I ___53___. Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose ___54___ that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.
His ___55___ still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.
| 小题1: | | A．sadness | B．tiredness | C．sickness | D．loneliness |
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| 小题2: | | A．enjoyed | B．kept | C．shared | D．set |
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| 小题3: | | A．Eventually | B．Unfortunately | C．Surprisingly | D．Gladly |
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| 小题4: | | A．Then | B．Sometime | C．Meanwhile | D．Now |
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| 小题5: | | A．make up for | B．get rid of | C．take advantage of | D．add up to |
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| 小题7: | | A．condition | B．choices | C．positions | D．movement |
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| 小题8: | | A．living up | B．getting on | C．going back | D．reaching out |
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| 小题9: | | A．interviewed | B．found | C．invited | D．recognized |
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| 小题10: | | A．time | B．energy | C．knowledge | D．money |
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| 小题11: | | A．once | B．seldom | C．often | D．thus |
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| 小题12: | | A．hardly | B．nearly | C．formerly | D．actually |
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| 小题13: | | A．family | B．idea | C．offer | D．job |
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| 小题14: | | A．view | B．look | C．sight | D．face |
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| 小题15: | | A．along | B．towards | C．through | D．over |
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| 小题16: | | A．lovingly | B．pitifully | C．gratefully | D．unhappily |
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| 小题18: | | A．ought to cry | B．should have cried | C．could have cried | D．had to cry |
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| 小题19: | | A．the ones | B．few | C．the rest | D．more |
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| 小题20: | | A．devotion | B．kindness | C．trust | D．courage |
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It was only 5 o’clock in the morning. The house was quiet and Tim" s mother was still asleep. Only the sound of the big freezer broke the quiet. He’d dreamt of the cave last night. The purring (轻微颤动声) of the freezer had been the sea.
Tim pulled on a sweater and put some apples into his schoolbag. It was too early for breakfast. He" d eat after he" d been through the cave, sitting on the rocks and staring at the sea.
He wished he had a proper pack. His schoolbag would have to do. What else? Sandwiches-but his mother might wake up if he started pulling out bread for sandwiches, she’d want to know why he had to leave so early. He settled for some biscuits, and left a note stuck to the table:
Gone to Michael’s. Back tonight, Tim.
The sky was high and soft and light outside, though the sun still wasn"t up. Even the highway up the hill was quiet as he made his way down the street. The wind from the sea was fresh and sweet.
The sand hills still breathed heat from yesterday’s sun, though the top of the sand was cool. He ran down to the beach impatiently, but there was no one, just dry sand dancing in the early wind and seabirds marching up and down watching the waves.
The light changed suddenly. The first rays of sunlight stretched (延伸) across the sea. The sun was pushing its way over the edge of the world.
Over the first rocks, along to the point, Tim glanced back. The beach was still empty. The sun sailed higher in the sky.
He could see the cave now, even darker in the morning light. The sand turned silver then dark gold as the water flowed away from it. He had to force himself to go closer. Why was it so much more mysterious (神秘的) now? But it would be silly to go back now after so much trouble. He needn"t go in all the way...
小题1:What did Tim do at the beginning of the story?| A．He put a sweater in his schoolbag. | B．He left the house quietly. | | C．He had breakfast at home. | D．He left a note on the freezer. |
小题2:"He settled for some biscuits” (in Paragraph 3 ) means that Tim_______.| A．had to take biscuits instead of sandwiches | | B．liked biscuits better than sandwiches | | C．had to leave the biscuits on the table | | D．could only find some biscuits in the kitchen |
小题3: What made it possible for Tim to see the entry to the cave?| A．The height of the first rocks. | B．The ups and downs of the waves. | | C．The vast stretch of the sunlit beach. | D．The change in the position of the sun. |
小题4:In the story, Tim’s mood changed from_________.| A．loneliness to craziness | B．anxiousness to excitement | | C．eagerness to nervousness | D．helplessness to happiness |
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