Question

When I was a child, my parents often took me to an old house in a thick forest. No other children ever stayed there. I didn’t even have the choice of playing with a brother or sister.

I could never understand what the attraction(吸引) of the house was, even for my parents, who enjoyed nothing better than to sit in silence with a good book. The woman in the house, my father’s distant （远房的）cousin, was a terrible cook and her food was inedible.

One day, when I was wandering around the garden behind the house, I noticed a wooden house which had clearly been abandoned(被遗弃的). As I walked towards it, I heard a noise, like an animal moving hurriedly away. Then I saw a man with a long beard standing at the door. I was greatly surprised.

“Please don’t tell them you saw me,” he said. “They never use this place, and I have  nowhere  else to live.” “Don’t worry,” I said. “I won’t tell anyone. But are you all right out here?  I mean—do you have enough to eat?” The old man shook his head.

The same evening, I took a small plastic bag into the dining room and, while no one was looking, emptied some of the food into it. Later, I got out of the back door secretly and gave the food to the old man, whose name I had discovered was Taff.

I had never seen anything else as lovely as the smile of satisfaction on Taff’s face when he ate the food. From then on, my visits to the old house had a purpose, and I enjoyed every minute of the rest of my stay.

1.How did the writer feel about staying in the old house at first?

A. He was happy to be with his parents.

B. He enjoyed reading good books there.

C. He was pleased with the woods.

D. He felt very lonely.

2.The underlined word “inedible” is closest in meaning to “_______”.

A. too bad for him to eat

B. nice to look at

C. not enough to eat

D. as delicious as usual

3.The writer discovered the old man _______ the old house.

A. near the back door of               B. in the dining room of

C. in the garden behind                D. among the bushes before

4.What can we know about the old man from the passage?

A. He was poor and hungry.

B. He helped to repair the old house.

C. He liked to play hide-and-seek with the writer.

D. He raised many animals.

5.The story mainly tells us _______.

A. it’s nice to raise wild animals

B. it’s valuable to help others

C. it’s good to live in the forest

D. it’s comfortable to live in the old house

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：在森林里的一座房子中，“我”给了一位老人食物，他那享受和感激的神情让“我”深深懂得生活的美妙之处。

1.D细节理解题。根据第一段中“No other children ever stayed there. I didn’t even have the choice of playing with a brother or sister.”可知我最初是感到有点孤独的。所以选D。

2.A词义猜测题。这间房子的女主人做饭手艺很差劲，做的饭自然是“难吃的”。故选 A。

3.C细节理解题。根据第三段中“Then I saw a man with a long beard standing at the door. I was greatly surprised.” 可知我在房子后面发现了这个老者。所以选C。

4.A细节理解题。根据倒数第二段可知这名老者很穷又很饿。所以选 A。

5.B主旨大意题。文章讲了我幼时帮助了一个老者的故事，感觉到了帮助他人的美妙的感觉。所以选B。

考点：故事类阅读。