Question

I was almost 10 years old the first time I remembered to move to a new house.

One of the things that troubled me most was that I had to leave in the middle of a book.Our fourth grade teacher, Mrs.Rice, was reading aloud to our fourth grade class from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie—a few pages each day.

I was a child in the fifties and sixties, long before the television series started Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert, so I couldn't just pick up on the story on the black－and－white television in our new living room.

I must have told my teacher how sad I was to leave in the middle of Laura's story, which I'd grown to love.Mrs.Rice, in all her wisdom, told me she was sure the book would be waiting in the library in my new town.She said I should go there once we got settled, check it out and finish reading it.

The move was not among the easiest I've made in my lifetime.The new teacher was certainly no Mrs.Rice, and with a few fortunate exceptions, the new kids weren't like the friends I'd left behind.

My mother knew the comfort I'd found in books through the years—beginning with the first one I remember her reading to me, Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses.So, in her wisdom, she loaded my siblings and me in the car and took us to the Carnegie－style library in our new town.

Over the next five decades, I moved more than a half－dozen times, but one thing was constant in each community—the library was one place where I always felt at home and was never worried about what people thought of the “new kid”．

1.What does the author intend to tell readers in the passage？

A. Books are of great influence.

B. Mrs.Rice is a good teacher.

C. He is terribly tired of moving.

D. His family lives a life of unrest.

2.The author felt upset about the first move ____.

A. because he had to say good－bye to Mrs.Rice

B. because he lost contact with Laura Ingalls Wilder

C. because he couldn't finish the book he liked

D. because he had no chance to watch TV

3.What advice did the author get from Mrs.Rice？

A. Take Laura's story with him everywhere.

B. Laura's story isn't the best one in the world.

C. He'd better settle down in a local library.

D. Pay a visit to the local library as possible.

4.After settling in a new home, the author ____.

A. would find many such good teachers as Mrs.Rice

B. was able to get on well with his classmates

C. would make a great fortune in life

D. looked kind of blue to a certain extent

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。作者从Mrs.Rice得到的建议是尽可能地去当地的图书馆看看。通过亲身经历作者告诉读者“书籍具有很大的影响力。”

1.推理判断题。根据最后一段Over the next five decades, I moved more than a half－dozen times, but one thing was constant in each community—the library was one place where I always felt at home and was never worried about what people thought of the “new kid”．可知，作者告诉读者“书籍具有很大的影响力。”故选A。

2.推理判断题。根据第三段中I must have told my teacher how sad I was to leave in the middle of Laura's story, which I'd grown to love.Mrs.Rice, in all her wisdom, told me she was sure the book would be waiting in the library in my new town.可知，作者对the first move感到不安，因为他无法完成他喜欢的书。故选C。

3.推理判断题。根据第四段中Mrs.Rice, in all her wisdom, told me she was sure the book would be waiting in the library in my new town.She said I should go there once we got settled, check it out and finish reading it.可知，作者从Mrs.Rice得到的建议是尽可能地去当地的图书馆看看。故选D。

4.推理判断题。根据第一段I was almost 10 years old the first time I remembered to move to a new house.可知，在一个新家安顿下来后，作者在某种程度上看起来有点忧郁。故选D。