Question

    Maybe you have one neighbor who just looks out of the window, looking angry at everyone and everything that crosses the path. And though you think you know what is going on in his head, sometimes you could be wrong.

I have such a neighbor. First you see this bad-tempered old man looking out of his window, taking in everything that is happening on his block. To be exact, he looks angry over just everything, so most neighbors think he is rude. But his heart is gold. When he saw one woman neighbor shouting angrily at her son after he broke her coffee maker, this ill-tempered old man went and bought her a new one. But he didn't want the mother to know so. Instead, he made it look like he was just throwing it away. And that one secret good deed was just the tip of the iceberg （冰山）. When he saw another neighbor with a crying baby because of the heat, he got a fan, took it to the neighbor's room and made it look like it had been sitting there all the time. He thought he was being strange and no one would know all

the kindness he had shared. But a little girl next door knew this ill-tempered neighbor's secrets. She carefully drew a picture of the old man dressed as Father Christmas and put it on the wall.

So when Christmas came, this little girl had a surprise for the block's secret Father Christmas. This valuable poster is such an important reminder （提不）that the holiday season is about giving out of love, even if no one else knows. How sweet it is!

1.What does the underlined word “bad-tempered" in paragraph 2 mean?

A.Extremely dependent.

B.Very interesting.

C.Totally bored.

D.Often angry.

2.What do most neighbors think of the old man?

A.Kind.

B.Unfriendly.

C.Healthy.

D.Unlucky.

3.Why did the old man pretend to throw away his coffee maker?

A.To frighten the son.

B.To show his anger to the mother.

C.To help the mother and her son secretly.

D.To remind the mother of buying a new one.

4.Why did the little girl draw the old man as Father Christmas?

A.To please kids.

B.To show his kindness.

C.To make fun of him.

D.To blame the neighbors.

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.B

【解析】

本文是记叙文，讲述了一个老人帮助周围的邻居但是又不让邻居知道的各种善良的行为。一个小女孩画了一幅老人打扮成“圣诞老人”的画，并挂在墙上，提醒人们记住他的善举。

1.词义猜测题。根据第二段he looks angry over just everything可知，那位老人看上去对一切都很生气。bad -tempered意为“脾气不好的”，在此处意为“爱生气的”。故选D项。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段he looks angry over just everything, so most neighbors think he is rude可知，那位老人看上去对一切都很生气，所以大多数邻居都认为他很粗鲁，脾气暴躁，对邻居不友好。故选B项。

3.推理判断题。根据第二段But he didn't want the mother to know so可知，老人扔掉咖啡机是为了帮助邻居的儿子但是又不想让他妈妈知道，是暗地里帮助邻居。故选C项。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段This valuable poster is such an important reminder that the holiday season is about giving out of love 可知，一个小女孩画了一幅老人打扮成“圣诞老人”的画，并挂在墙上，是提醒人们记住老人付出的爱心。故选B项。