Question

One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared.

Her mother said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage!”

“What’s courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed.

“Courage is the brave breath,” her mother answered.

“Mum, do you have courage?”

“Certainly.”

The girl held out her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me.”

After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.

Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of ‘breath’ to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”

In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should defeat(战胜) is nobody but ourselves.

1.We learn from the reading that ___________.

A．the girl went to the bathroom by herself

B．the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing

C．the girl’s mother was able to blow brave breath

D．the girl’s mother was very proud of herself

2.To stop “mother’s breath” from running away, the girl __________.

A．held out her little hands

B．clenched her fists

C．talk to her mother

D．held her own breath

3.The writer mainly wants to tell us that ___________.

A．adults are always brave enough

B．children learn to be brave quickly

C．the fear in one’s mind is the real problem

D．the mother can deal with anything with breath

4.Which is the best title of the passage?

A．The Fearless Mother                     B．One Lonely Girl

C．One midnight                          D．The Breath of Courage

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中的母亲在象征性的吹给自己孩子几口勇气之后，这个小女孩就敢独自去厕所了。从而告诉我们，隐藏于我们心灵深处的恐惧才是真正的问题。我们无论做什么事情都需要勇气。

1.根据Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.及上文描述可知她自己去的厕所，故选A。

2.根据the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. 描述可知选B。

3.根据In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind.描述可知一个人心灵深处的恐惧才是真正的问题。故选C。

4.这篇短文主要描述了一个人做什么事情都需要勇气，故选D，勇敢的气息。

考点：关于勇气的记述文