Question

Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to the patients at the clinic.

One evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful-looking man. He’s hardly taller than my eight-year-old son. “Good evening. I’ve come to see if you’ve a room. I came for a treatment this morning from the eastern shore, and there’s no bus till morning.” He told me he’d been hunting for a room since noon but with no success. “I guess it’s my face…I know it looks terrible, but my doctor says with a few more treatments…” For a moment I hesitated, but his next words convinced me: “I could sleep in this chair on the porch. My bus leaves early in the morning.”

I told him we would find him a bed. When I had finished the dishes, I talked with him. He told me he fished for a living to support his five children, and his wife, who was hopelessly crippled (残疾的) from a back injury. He didn’t tell it by way of complaint. Next morning, just before he left, as if asking a great favor, he said, “Could I come back and stay the next time?” He added, “Your children made me feel at home.”

On his next trip he arrived a little after seven in the morning. As a gift, he brought a big fish and the largest oysters (牡蛎) I had ever seen. I knew his bus left at 4:00 a.m. and I wondered what time he had to get up in order to do this for us.

In the years he came to stay overnight with us and there was never a time that he did not bring us vegetables from his garden. I know our family always will be grateful to have known him; from him we learned how to accept the bad without complaint when facing the misfortune.

1.Why did the author agree to let the man spend the night in his house at last?

A. Because the man said others refused to accommodate him.

B. Because the man said he would not cause much inconvenience.

C. Because the man said he had come from the eastern shore.

D. Because the man said he had been hunting for a room since noon.

2.How long would it take the man to travel from his home to Baltimore by bus?

A. About 1 hour.                    B. About 2 hours.

C. About 3 hours.                   D. About 4 hours.

3.From the text we can know that __________.

A. the author’s children were kind and friendly to the man

B. the man was fed up with his hard-work and his family

C. John Hopkins Hospital provided rooms for the patients to live in

D. the author and his family were thought highly of by his neighbors

4.The author’s family were grateful to know the man because __________.

A. he often brought them fish and vegetables from his garden

B. he paid them money for his staying

C. he taught them how to accept the bad without complaint

D. he stayed only overnight with the writer’s family

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者留宿一个其貌不扬的病人的故事。

1. B 细节理解题。根据文章第二段的“For a moment I hesitated, but his next words convinced me: ‘I could sleep in this chair on the porch. My bus leaves early in the morning.’”可知，刚开始的时候，她是犹豫的，但在他做出承诺后，作者才答应让他过夜。

2. C 细节理解题。根据文章第四段的 “On his next trip he arrived a little after seven in the morning… I knew his bus left at 4:00 a.m.”可知，他到达的时间为早晨7点，他出发的时间为凌晨4点，所以他需要的时间大约为3个小时。

3.A 推理判断题。根据文章第三段的 “He added, ‘Your children made me feel at home.’” 他补充说，你的小孩使我感觉在家里一样。可推知，作者的孩子对他很好。

4.C 细节理解题。根据文章最后一句“I know our family always will be grateful to have known him; from him we learned how to accept the bad without complaint when facing the misfortune.”可知，作者一家感激他是因为从他身上他们学会了如何在生活中毫无怨言地对待厄运。

【名师点睛】

阅读理解的解题方法有多个，就这篇文章我们就只点拨But在阅读理解的功能。希望同学们掌握。

But或However有很强的启示功能，对我们判断上下文文意、推断作者的态度、判明人物心理、理清文章层次都具有举足轻重的作用。考生在文段中如遇到but或however，其后的信息很可能就是文章或段落的中心思想，应特别关注。

模式有三种：一、“普遍观点 + but + 作者观点”，利用but的这一功能，我们能快速找出作者观点。二、通过对比引出相反或相对的信息。利用but的这一功能，我们能快速地推断出作者真正要表达的信息及上下文的意义对比。三、显示作者态度或建议，利用but的这一功能，我们能快速地推断出作者对某一件事或某人所持的真正态度或给出的建议。比如：本文中的第21题就是属于第三种情况：根据文章第二段的“but his next words convinced me: I could sleep in this chair on the porch. My bus leaves early in the morning.’但是他接着的话说服了我，“他可以睡在沙发上，而且明天早上是很早的车”。可知，刚开始的时候，她是犹豫的，但在他做出承诺后，作者才答应让他过夜。所以答案选B. Because the man said he would not cause much inconvenience.

考点：考查人物故事类阅读