A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.
Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…”He hesitated.
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”
“Oh yes, I’d love that.”
After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbours that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.
He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.
“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it …then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
注:urchin頑童, hesitate猶豫, , crippled殘疾,cent 美分
小題1:The street urchin was very surprised when _______________
A.Paul received an expensive carB.Paul told him about the car
C.he saw the shining carD.he was walking around the car
小題2:From the story we can see the urchin _______________
A.wished to give his brother a car
B.wanted Paul’s brother to give him a car
C.wished he could have a brother like Paul’s
D.wished Paul could be a brother like that
小題3:The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ____________
A.to show his neighbours the big car
B.to show he had a rich friend
C.to let his brother ride in the car
D.to tell his brother about his wish
小題4:We can infer(推斷) from the story that___________
A.Paul couldn’t understand the urchin
B.the urchin had a deep love for his brother
C.the urchin wished to have a rich brother
D.the urchin’s wish came true in the end
小題5:The best name of the story is ____________
A.A Christmas PresentB.A Street Urchin
C.A Brother Like ThatD.An Unforgettable Holiday Ride

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:C

試題分析:本文講述了一位頑童,想成為像作者的哥哥一樣的人的事,表現(xiàn)了頑童對(duì)弟弟深深的愛。
小題1:通過“Is this your car, sir?”he asked.Paul answered,“Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.”The boy was surprised.可知,頑童是在知道關(guān)于這輛車的事之后,才驚訝的。所以本題選B。
小題2:通過閱讀His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it我們可知,頑童也想送給弟弟一輛這樣的車。所以本題選A。
小題3:通過閱讀下文我們知道,頑童之所以讓Paul將車停止他家前,就是想告訴他的弟弟他的愿望。所以本題選D。
小題4:通過閱讀全文,我們可知頑童只是希望想成為一個(gè)像Paul的哥哥一樣的人,能送給弟弟一輛車。這充分體現(xiàn)了頑童對(duì)弟弟深深的愛。所以本題選B。
小題5:通過閱讀全文我們可知,本文主要講述了一個(gè)頑童想成為一個(gè)像作者哥哥一樣的人的故事。所以本題選C。
點(diǎn)評(píng):本文是一篇小故事,所以閱讀時(shí)應(yīng)該正確把握故事中的人物的性格特征,注意人物的言行,因?yàn)檫@是正確理解文章的關(guān)鍵。本題中的各小題的答案,都不能很明確地在文中找到答案,所以必須將文章讀懂,根據(jù)文章的意思加以合理的推測(cè),方能選出正確的選項(xiàng)。
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