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Papa’s Straw Hat

Papa was a ranger. He worked with horses. He always wore clean clothes with a hat even when he worked. His hat was always the same kind of a cowboy hat- large black hat of heavy wool. He wore his hat full and high. I think he wanted to look taller than he really was.

Mama was proud of the way he looked when he wore his hat and his best clothes. But in some way she got the idea that papa would lose his hair if he kept wearing a heavy wool cowboy hat in the hot weather. She began to talk about his hats.

“Papa,” she said one day, “why don't you get a nice cool straw hat? That heavy wool cowboy hat may cause losing hair!” Papa laughed at her and explained that the horses wouldn’t recognize him if he changed the hat. But she didn’t believe him.

Mama talked and talked about the hat all summer long. At last papa answered, a little angry, “It would not the cowboy hat but a wife’s talking about the hat that makes me lose my hair.”

Mama had a very serious look on her face. She went straight out and later came home with a straw hat. It was a bad year for ranger and we didn't have much money. She thought that if she spent the money for a straw hat, papa would wear it. When papa saw the hat, his face got red. Without a word, he pulled the straw hat down over his head until it hid his eyes and went on to train the horses.

He was a good ranger and gentle to his horses. But as papa got close to the horses this time, they jumped high into the air, raising their front feet. All of them ran around in the rounded field and then raced toward the barn. Papa began to shout “Woo boys. Steady boys, steady.” But there was nothing equal to.

Papa walked back straight to the stove in the kitchen, pushed the straw hat deep down into the fire then turned to mama, in a way that even frightened me. “Now listen to me, mama. Understand this I will never wear a straw hat or any other kind of hat my horses do not like.” Then he put on his wool cowboy hat and walked out of the house.

I never heard mama talk any more about hats. Perhaps, that is why when papa died many years later, there was a round spot on the top of his head where there was no hair.

1.According to the passage, a ranger is _______.

A. a person wearing a woolen hat

B. a position requiring clean clothes

C. a person training horses for some purpose

D. a person riding a carriage with horses

2.Mama bought papa a straw hat because _______.

A. most cowboys preferred to wear it

B. she was worried about his health

C. a woolen one didn’t suit papa

D. it was cheap and she could save money

3.What quality can we learn from papa?

A. Gentle.    B. Patient.    C. Committed.   D. Modest.

4.It can be learned from the story that _______.

A. this family were not rich but diligent

B. papa didn’t love the straw hat and mama

C. protecting hair was very important

D. a cowboy hat was useful on farming

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文属于人物记叙类文章。讲述作者父亲的帽子的故事，作者父亲为优秀尽职的驯马师，其母亲担心其健康，想给他换一个稻草帽，但是由于影响了其工作，至那以后，作者父亲绝不戴草帽，只戴羊毛帽子。

1. 考查细节理解。根据第五段最后一句Without a word, he pulled the straw hat down over his head until it hid his eyes and went on to train the horses.没有说一句话，父亲把草帽戴着头上一直往下拉，盖住眼睛，然后继续去训练马匹，故选C。

2. 考查推理判断。根据第三段第三句That heavy wool cowboy hat may cause losing hair!可以推断出母亲关心父亲的健康才给他买了一顶草帽，故选B。

3. 考查推理判断。根据第六段第一句He was a good ranger and gentle to his horses.以及第七段第二句Understand this I will never wear a straw hat or any other kind of hat my horses do not like可以得出其父亲很专心于自己的工作，committed：忠诚的，坚定的；modest：谦逊的，故选C。

4. 考查推理判断。根据第五段第三句It was a bad year for ranger and we didn't have much money.

可以得出作者家庭不富有，故选A。

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