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 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 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.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.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.

4.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

a terribe cook和inedible是并列关系☞A选项 too bad for him to eat

词义猜测题。根据第二段“The woman in the house,my father’s distant cousin, a terrible cook and her food was inedible.”可知, 我父亲的远房表妹，是一个糟糕的厨师，做的食物自然是“难吃的”了。故选 A

1.A

细节理解题。根据第四段作者问他有没有吃的,老人摇头,及第五段最后作者拿东西给老人吃,看到了老人吃东西时满意的微笑,可看出老人是贫穷和饥饿的。故选 A。

2.主旨大意题。通过全文,尤其最后一句话可知文章讲了我幼时帮助了一个老人的故事，感觉到了帮助他人是件有意义的事。故选B。

【解析】在森林里的一座房子中，我给了一位老人送了些食物，他享受食物和感激的神情让我深深懂得生活中帮助他人的意义。

1.D

:细节理解题。根据 第一段“No other children ever stayed there. I didn’t even have the choice of playing with a brother or sister.”可知没有其他的孩子在那儿,甚至没有一个弟弟或者妹妹与他一起玩耍,作者最初是感到有点孤独的。故选D

2.A

【名师点睛】词义猜测型的解题策略

在阅读理解题中，所考查的猜测的词或短语的意义往往不停留在字面上，要根据短文提供的语境，通过阅读上下文，根据已知的信息或常识来推测尚不熟悉的词或词组的含义。词义猜测主要的解题策略有：语境猜测、语法猜词和常识猜词。

语境即上下文。由于上下文中的生词不是孤立存在的，其词义与句中其它词的词义或具体的语境有着密切的联系，从形式和内容上把握语言之间的内在联系，。因此在阅读过程中，许多生词的词义可以充分利用上下文中相关的词汇，短语并结合具体的语境来推测。

【解题剖析】第2小题A。此题属于猜测词义中的：依据上下文的推理猜测词义。

【答案定位】根据第二段“The woman in the house, my father’s distant cousin, a terrible cook”可推知：我父亲的远房表妹，是一个糟糕的厨师。此处的a terrible cook和inedible用and 连接，因此是并列关系。

【推理关系】题干The underlined word “inedible” is closest in meaning to“__” ☞文章内容The woman in the house, my father’s distant cousin, a terrible cook and her food was inedible