Question

Once a boy often made trouble. His mother gave him many nails（钉子）. She told him to hammer（锤，钉）one in the garden fence（栅栏） every time he lost his patience and fought with someone. The first day he hammered 27 nails. In the following weeks he learned how to control himself better and the number of nails hammered became smaller and smaller. He learned it was easier to control himself than to hammer nails.

     The day finally came when he didn’t hammer any nails. He went to tell his mother about it. Then his mother told him to pull off a nail from the fence each time he didn’t lose his patience. After some days he told his mother that all the nails had been pulled off， so she took him to the fence and said to him， “You’ve behaved well， but look at all the holes in the fence. The fence will never be again like it was before. When you fight with someone， you leave wounds（伤口）in him like these. The trouble may be over， but the wounds will always be there.”

     So， learn to control yourself before you hammer the nail in the fence. Try not to leave any holes in your past.

1. Losing control may bring you ________.

A. good luck              B. trouble

C. nails                   D. a hammer

2. The boy used to _______.

A. be polite            B. be impatient

C. be careless          D. be friendly to others

3. Why did the mother give her son nails?

A. To put the garden fence right.

B. To put them away.

C. To help him understand something.

D. To make him lose patience.

4. In what condition （条件） could the boy pull off a nail?

A. He could control himself.

B. He fought with others.

C. He wanted to do so.

D. His mother asked him to do so.

5. The writer wants us to ______.

A. praise the clever mother

B. correct our mistakes

C. learn to control ourselves

D. know hammering nails is useful

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要内容：从前一个小男孩经常惹事，在他每一次惹事后他的妈妈给了他一些钉子，把钉子钉在花园的栅栏上，然后他的妈妈又叫他一个个拔出来。他妈妈说：“当你冲着别人大发脾气并伤害了别人时，就像这些栅栏上留下的孔洞一样，在别人身上已经留下了伤口。惹下的是非可以结束了，但伤口却永远留在那里了。” 在往栅栏上钉钉子前，学会控制自己，尽力别在自己的过去中留下任何钉孔。

1.B考查细节理解题。根据第一段第一二三句Once a boy often made trouble. His mother gave him many nails（钉子）.She told him to hammer（锤，钉）one in the garden fence（栅栏） every time he lost his patience and fought with someone.结合语境可知失去控制可能给你带来麻烦。选B。

2.B考查细节理解题。根据第一段第三句Once a boy often made trouble. His mother gave him many nails（钉子）.She told him to hammer（锤，钉）one in the garden fence（栅栏） every time he lost his patience and fought with someone.可知这个男孩过去没有耐性。选B。

3.C考查细节理解题。根据文中第一段中She told him to hammer（锤，钉）one in the garden fence（栅栏） every time he lost his patience and fought with someone. The first day he hammered 27 nails. In the following weeks he learned how to control himself better and the number of nails hammered became smaller and smaller.可知妈妈给他儿子一些钉子帮助他忍受某物。故选C。

4.A考查细节理解题。根据第二段Then his mother told him to pull off a nail from the fence each time he didn’t lose his patience.结合语境可知男孩能控制自己的时候，他能拔掉钉子。故选A。

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考点：考查故事类短文阅读。