Question

Once there was an 11-year-old boy who went fishing with his father in the middle of a New Hampshire lake. On the day before bass(巴斯鱼) season opened, they were fishing early in the evening, catching other fish with worms. Then the boy tied a small silver lure(鱼饵) and put it into the lake. Suddenly he felt that something very big pulling on the lure. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully brought the fish beside the bank. Finally he lifted the tired fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass.

The boy and his father looked at the big fish. The father lit a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 p.m.—two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy. “You’ll have to put it back, son,” he said.

“Dad!” cried the boy. “There will be other fish,” said his father. “Not as big as this one,” cried the boy. He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were in sight in the moonlight. He looked again at his father.

Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he had caught the fish, the boy could tell from his father’s voice that the decision couldn’t be changed. He threw the huge bass into the black water. The big fish disappeared. The boy thought that he would never again see such a big fish.

That was 34 years ago. Today the boy is a successful architect in New York City. He often takes his own son and daughters to fish at the same place.

And he was right. He has never again caught such a large fish as the one he got that night long ago. But he does see that same fish ... again and again ... every time he has an ethical (道德的) decision to make. For, as his father had taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult.

1.What happened when the big fish turned out to be a bass?

A．The boy and his father didn’t know what to do with the big fish.

B．The father lit a match in order to check the time.

C．The boy threw the bass back into the water willingly.

D．They worried other fishermen might discover what they had done.

2.From the text we know that the father _________.

A．didn’t love his son

B．always disagreed with his son

C．disliked the huge fish

D．was firm and stubborn

3.The successful architect went fishing with his children at the same    place because _______.

A．they might catch a big fish there

B．it was a most popular fishing spot

C．he was taught a moral lesson there

D．their children enjoyed fishing there

4.What does the story imply (suggest）?

A．It is easy to say something, but difficult to do.

B．An ethical decision is always easy to make.

C．It’s hard to tell right from wrong sometimes.

D．Fishing can help one to make right decisions.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】文章是通过一个故事告诉我们诚实说起来很容易，但是在没有人注意到的情况之下，是否能够保持诚实，却是很难做到的事情。

1.细节题。根据第二段第二句The father lit a match and looked at his watch.可知B正确。

2.推理题。根据第4段第2,3行the boy could tell from his father’s voice that the decision couldn’t be changed.可知他的父亲很坚定且有点顽固，因为巴斯鱼的捕猎时间未到，就让儿子放了如此大的一条鱼。

3.推理题。他带孩子去那里是因为在那里他学到了一个很重要的人生哲理。

4.主旨大意题。文章是通过这个故事告诉我们诚实说起来很容易，但是在没有人注意到的情况之下，是否能够保持诚实，却是很难做到的事情。故A正确。说起来很容易，做起来却没有那么简单。