Question

Just as I came back home. I heard a sound coming from the bedroom upstairs—it was from my favourite violin.

“Thief （小偷）!”

I rushed upstairs and saw a boy in dirty clothes pulling my violin down. At first sight, I found a new pair of shoes missing. It seemed he was surely a thief.

However, when I saw his eyes full of fear, my anger disappeared. I smiled and asked, “Are you Mr. Ram’s student Rubens? I’m his butler（男管家）. I’ve heard Mr. Ram say his student will come. It must be you.”

“Has my teacher gone out ?” the boy said, “I think I’d better visit him again in a while/”

I nodded and asked him, “Do you like playing the violin?”

“Yes, but I’m too poor to afford one.” the boy replied.

“Then, I’ll give you this violin.” The boy looked at me surprisingly, but he picked up the violin. While going out of the room, he suddenly saw a huge photo of me playing the violin at the Grand Theatre of Sydney on the wall. His face turned pale. He stood there for a moment and ran out. He must have understood what had happened because no master（主人）would put up the butler’s photo on the wall of his living room.

A few years later, at a music competition in Melbourne, I was invited to be the judge （评委）. Finally, a violin player called Merritt won the first prize.

After the prize-giving, Merritt ran to me holding a violin box, his face red, and asked, “Mr. Brian, do you still know me? You gave me the violin, which I have treasured ever since! Today, I want to say sorry and give back this violin to you without regret…”

He was just the “Mr. Ram’s student”!

1.The writer felt ______ when he saw the boy pulling his violin down.

A. afraid                B. angry               C. sad               D. disappointed

2.In fact, the boy was ________.

A. Mr. Ram’s student

B. a visitor to the Ram family

C. the butler’s friend

D. a thief to the writer’s home

3.The boy’s face turned pale probably because he realized______.

A. the butler was a great musician

B. he would be found as a thief soon

C. the master had come back home

D. the butler was just the master

4.The passage mainly wants to tell us that _______.

A. It’s never late to say sorry

B. the future is what we make it

C. kindness can bring one power

D. success depends on trust and support

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：作者遇到一个小偷想要偷走自己心爱的小提琴，但是小偷充满恐惧的眼睛使得他不想责罚他，而是把小提琴送给了他。几年后，在一次作者当评委的音乐比赛中，那位小偷得了一等奖并归还了作者的小提琴。

1.B细节理解题。题意：当作者看到小男孩把他的小提琴拉倒时感觉怎样？A. afraid害怕；B. angry生气；C. sad 伤心；D. disappointed失望。由文中的：However, when I saw his eyes full of fear, my anger disappeared.然而，当我看到他的眼睛充满了恐惧时，我的愤怒消失了。可知，作者当时很愤怒。故选：B。

2.D 推理判断题。题意：事实上，这个男孩是谁？A. Mr. Ram’s student拉姆先生的学生；B. a visitor to the Ram family到拉姆先生家的一个拜访者；C. the butler’s friend男管家的朋友；D. a thief to the writer’s home到作者家的一个小偷。根据短文开头，作者发现自己有一双鞋不见，后面小男孩离开他家时的表现及短文的描述，可以推测出小男孩是一个小偷。故选D。

3.D 推理判断题。题意：男孩的脸变得苍白可能因为他意识到什么？A. the butler was a great musician男管家是一位著名的音乐家；B. he would be found as a thief soon他很快就会被发现是一位小偷；C. the master had come back home主人回来了；D. the butler was just the master男管家就是主人。根据文中的：He must have understood what had happened because no master（主人）would put up the butler’s photo on the wall of his living room.（他一定知道发生了什么了，因为没有主人会的男主人的相处挂在客厅的墙上）可以推测出男孩已经意识到送他小提琴的人就是此屋的主人。故选D。

4.’s never late to say sorry说抱歉永不为晚；B. the future is what we make it未来是我们创造的；C. kindness can bring one power善良可以给人力量；D. success depends on trust and support成功依赖于信任与支持。作者的善良把一个小偷变成了一位音乐家，故选C。

【考点定位】 考查故事类短文阅读。