Question

   In a small village,a little boy lived with his father and mother. The boy used to get angry very soon. His bad temper made him fall for angry words.

   One day,his father gave him a huge bag of nails. He asked his son to hammer one nail to the fence every time he became angry. The little boy agreed to do what his father said.

   The first day the boy hammered 38 nails into the fence. Then it began to become less. He found it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

   Gradually,the number of nails hammered to the fence was reduced and the day arrived when no nail was hammered!Yet,the boy did not lose his temper.

   The father suggested that the boy should now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the boy was able to pull out most of the nails from the fence.

   The father asked him,pointing to the hole, “What do you see there?”

   The boy replied, “The holes in the fence!”

   Finally,the father told the boy, “The nails were your bad temper and they were hammered on people. You can remove the nails but still see the holes in the fence. Again,you cannot pull out a few nails. The fence never looks the same!It has scars all over!Give up your anger,use words for good and develop kindness! ”

1. The word “it” in “it began to become less” refers to (指) .

   A. the first day   B. the fence

   C. the nail   D. the boy's temper

2. The boy would pull out one nail for each day if.

   A. he got angry

   B. he held his temper

   C. he did something good

   D. he hurt someone

3. The boy thought that .

   A. it was easy for him to drive the nails into the fence

   B. driving nails into the fence is easier than holding his temper

   C. holding his temper is easier than driving nails into the fence

   D. it was easy for him to lose his temper after driving nails

4. We learn from the reading that .

   A. the father is a man with a bad temper

   B. it took a long time for the boy's temper to become less

   C. the father had a good idea of helping his son

   D. the boy is good at driving nails into the fence

5. The best title for this reading is “”.

   A. Father And Son

   B. The Holes in the Fence

   C. How to Hold One's Temper

   D. A Little Boy's Life

Answer 1

1. D 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. B

  有個小男孩過去容易生氣、發(fā)脾氣，他的爸爸為了幫他改掉壞脾氣，想出了一個好主意。那就是讓小男孩往柵欄上釘釘子，然后再拔出來，在這個過程中爸爸讓小男孩明白了 一個道理:生氣時說出的話會像釘子給柵欄留下“洞” 一樣， 給別人的心靈留下“傷疤”。

詳析

1. D 詞義猜測題。由下文的“He found it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. ” 可猜測，it此處指代的是男孩的壞脾氣，故正確答案為D項(xiàng)。

2. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第五段第一句“…pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. ” 可知，如果男孩能控制住自己的脾氣，那么他就可以每天拔出一顆釘子。

3. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第三段最后一句提到了“He found it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. ”，由此可知男孩認(rèn)為控制脾氣要比把釘子釘?shù)綎艡诶锔�容易�?/p>

4. C推理判斷題。通讀全文可知，男孩的爸爸想出的主意成功地幫他改掉了壞脾氣。由此可推斷C項(xiàng)“爸爸有 一個幫助兒子的好主意”為正確答案。

5. B主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，小男孩的爸爸為了讓他改掉壞脾氣，就讓他往柵欄上釘釘子和拔釘子，以此來 教育他:釘上去的釘子雖然拔下來了，但是洞卻永遠(yuǎn)留 在了上面。由此可知B項(xiàng)“柵欄上的洞”為本文的最佳 標(biāo)題。

temper n.脾氣hammer v.錘擊，敲打 

reduce v.減少，縮小 remove v.移開;脫下;去掉

障礙句分析

   Gradually,the number of nails hammered to the fence was reduced and the day arrived when no nail was hammered 漸漸地，敲進(jìn)柵欄的釘子的數(shù)量減少了，并且沒有釘子被敲進(jìn)柵 欄的這一天到來了。

   the number of表示“ 的數(shù)量”，跟復(fù)數(shù)名詞連用作主語時，中心詞是number,謂語動詞要用單數(shù)。was reduced和 was hammered是被動語態(tài)。

利用“全文”合理推斷

   所謂推斷，就是根據(jù)閱讀材料中所提供的信息， 推斷出未知的信息。即把有關(guān)的文字作為已知部分， 從中推斷出未知部分。需要推斷的有關(guān)文字可能是 詞或句子，也可能是若干句子，甚至是全文。

   例如，第5小題，我們在進(jìn)行推斷時，應(yīng)根據(jù)全文 大意，即父親讓兒子在生氣時在柵欄上敲釘子，然后 讓他拔釘子，柵欄留下的洞就像給人留下的傷疤，父親用很好的方法教育了兒子。