Question

    Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass was wet and the earth smelled of spring time. Fern's shoes were wet by the time she caught up with her father.

"Please don't kill it! " she cried. "It's unfair."

Mr Arable stopped walking. "Fern," he said gently, "you will have to learn to control yourself."

"Control myself?" shouted Fern. "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 to stop him killing the poor little pig.

"Fern," said Mr Arable, "I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do. A weak thing makes trouble. Now run along! "

"But it's unfair," cried Fern. "The pig couldn't help being born small, could it? 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. A little girl is one thing, a little runty pig is another."

"I see no difference," replied Fern, still hanging on to the ax. "This is the most terrible case of murderer I have ever heard of."

A strange look came over John Arable's face. He seemed almost ready to cry himself. "All right," he said. "You go back to the house and I will bring the runt（发育不全的矮小动物）when I come in. I'll let you start it on a bottle, like a baby. Then you'll see what trouble a pig can be. "

1.This passage would most likely be found in a book of ________.

A.novel B.travel C.nature D.history

2.The underline word "ax" in the passage means“

A.something to keep the pig alive B.something to help the weak little pig

C.something to kill the little pig D.something to stop Mr Arable

3.Why did Fern say "it's unfair" once more to her father?

A.Fern thought it was a big trouble to raise a small pig like this.

B.Fern thought nobody could choose to be strong or weak at birth.

C.If Fern had been small at birth, Mr Arable would be sure to kill her.

D.If the pig was born small, Mr Arable would go on raising it to be strong.

4.It can be inferred from the passage that Fern was________.

A.shy B.brave C.kind—hearted D.patient

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述一位父亲准备杀死一只天生矮小的猪，但女儿极力阻止的故事。

1.推理判断题。通读全文，可知本文主要讲述女儿阻止父亲杀死一只天生矮小的猪的故事，应属于小说类。故选A。

2.词义猜测题。由第四段中“took hold of”握住和“tried to pull it out of her father's hand”试图从父亲手上夺下来以及第八段中“This is the most terrible case of murderer I have ever heard of.”这是我听说过的最可怕的谋杀，可推断ax是指杀小猪的工具。故选C。

3.句义猜测题。根据第六段内容，可推知Fern第二次说“it's unfair”，其实想表达没有人能选择自己出生时是强壮还是弱小。故选C。

4.推理判断题。根据文章内容父亲想要杀死小猪，Fern与父亲据理力争，勇敢地指出父亲的错误，甚至试图从父亲手里夺过斧头，可知Fern是个勇敢的孩子。故选B。