Question

He was an old man who fished alone in a small boat on the sea and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish, the boy’s parents had told him that the old man was now salao, which is the worst form of unlucky, and the boy had gone with another boat which caught three good fish the first week. It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his boat empty. The sail looked like the flag of failure forever.

The old man was thin with deep wrinkles (皱纹) in the back of his neck. His face was terribly brown because of the strong sunlight on the sea every day and his hands had the deep scars (伤疤) from dealing with heavy fish on the lines. But none of these scars were fresh. Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful.

“Santiago,” the boy said to him as they climbed the bank from the sea. “I could go with you again. We’ve made some money.”

The old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him.

“No,” the old man said. “You’re with a lucky boat. Stay with them.”

“But remember how you went eighty-seven days without fish and then we caught big ones every day for three weeks.”

“I remember,” the old man said.

“It was papa who made me leave. I am a boy and I must follow him.”

“I know,” the old man said. “It is quite normal.”

“He hasn’t much faith (信心).”

“No,” the old man said. “But we have. Haven’t we?”

“Yes,” the boy said. “Can I offer you a beer on the Terrace?”

“Why not?” the old man said “Between fishermen.”

1.In the story the old man was the boy’s _____.

A. grandfather       B. friend         C. boss        D. host

2.The word they in Paragraph 2 refers to (指的是) _____ of the old man.

A. the hands     B. the scars

C. the eyes       D. the wrinkles

3.The old man refused the boy to go fishing with him again because _____.

A. he wanted to fish by himself

B. he could really understand his parents

C. the boy asked for some money

D. the boy had already learnt how to fish

4.From the story we can know that _____.

A. the old man was always full of hope

B. the boy’s parents believed in the old man

C. everyone laughed at the old man’s bad luck

D. the boy was worried about the old man’s health

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文节选自《老人与海》。短文大意：一个老人，划着小船独自在海上捕鱼；八十四天了还没有捕到过一条鱼。最初的四十天里，小男孩一直都跟着他，而四十天后，男孩的父母便告诉孩子说：这老人的运气肯定是跌到了谷底，简直就是倒霉透顶了。于是男孩在他父母亲的命令下，转到了另外一条船上去捕鱼，结果不出一个星期，就捕到了三条大鱼。然而，男孩看着老人日复一日驾着那空空的小船回来，总是为他感到难过。老人的航行好似一面象征无限败战的旗帜。老人是这么的苍老，但唯有双眼依旧有着像海水一样的颜色，既充满了欢愉，也好像是从来没有被打败过似的。老人与小男孩的对话，体现了小男孩对老人的依恋及老人为了小男孩的未来的大度。他们充满信心，以两位渔人的方式举杯道别。

1.B 细节理解题。题意：故事是，老人是小男孩的什么？A. grandfather祖父；B. friend朋友；C. boss老板；D. host主人。从短文的描述及对白中，可以看出老人与小孩是“忘年交”，他们是对彼此有信心的真诚的朋友。故选B。

2.C推理判断题。题意：第二段中的 they 指的是老人的什么？A. the hands手；B. the scars伤疤；C. the eyes眼睛；D. the wrinkles皱纹。句意：除了他的眼睛，他的一切都苍老。它们和海同样的颜色而且是高兴的。根据语境可以推测出they指的是眼睛。故选C。

3.B 推理判断题。题意：老人再次拒绝跟他一起去捕鱼是因为什么？A. he wanted to fish by himself他想独自捕鱼；B. he could really understand his parents他可以真正地理解男孩的父母；C. the boy asked for some money男孩要钱；D. the boy had already learnt how to fish男孩已经学会了怎样捕鱼。慈祥的老人教会了孩子捕鱼，而且送他上了一艘“幸运”的可以捕到鱼的船，这正是男孩父母的想法。故选B。

4.推理判断题。题意：从故事中我们可以知道什么？A. the old man was always full of hope老人总是充满希望。他的眼睛是cheerful，以及他的男孩的对话都可以看出，老人对一切信心十足；B. the boy’s parents believed in the old man男孩的父母信任老人，当老人40天未钓到鱼时，男孩的父母命令其离开，错；C. everyone laughed at the old man’s bad luck 大家嘲笑老人的坏运气，老人自信，男孩对老人充满信心，错；D. the boy was worried about the old man’s health男孩担心老人的健康，从文中看出，男孩担心的是老人孤独，错。故选A。

【考点定位】 考查故事类短文阅读。