Question

    “I believe in holding onto traditions because they helped our family flourish（兴旺）in a new country. But this concept is more concretely expressed this way: I believe in feeding monkeys on my birthday — something I’ve done without fail for 35 years.

In the Burmese jungle, monkeys are as common as pigeons. But in America, feeding monkeys means violating the rules.

As a kid, I thought that was cool. I learned English through watching bad television shows and expected that I was the chosen warrior（勇士）sent to defend my family. Dad and I would go to the zoo early in the morning, just the two of us. When the Coast was clear, I would throw my peanuts to the monkeys.

I never had to explain myself until my 18th birthday. It was the first year I didn’t go with my father. I went with my friends and arrived 10 minutes after the zoo gates closed. “Please,” I begged the zookeeper, “I feed monkeys for my family, not for me. Can’t you make an exception?” “Go find a pet store,” she said.

If only it were so easy. That time, I got lucky. I found out that a high school classmate trained the monkeys for the movie Out of Africa, so he allowed me to feed his monkeys. Once a man with a pet monkey suspected that my story was a ploy — that I was an animal rights activist out to liberate his monkey. Another time, a zoo told me that outsiders could not feed the monkeys without violating the zookeepers’ collective bargaining agreement. Once in a pet store, I managed to feed a marmoset（狨）being kept in a birdcage. Another time, I was asked to wear a special suit to feed a laboratory monkey.

It’s rarely easy and, yet, somehow I’ve found a way to feed a monkey every year since I was born.

1.Why has the author fed monkeys all these years?

A.To please his father.

B.To develop a new hobby.

C.To celebrate his birthday.

D.To keep up his family tradition.

2.How did the author and his father feed the zoo monkeys?

A.They did it in a secret way.

B.They pretended to be warriors.

C.They did it with the help of friends.

D.They got the zookeeper’s permission.

3.What does the underlined word “ploy” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A.Joke. B.Trick.

C.Excuse. D.Adventure.

4.How is the fifth paragraph mainly developed?

A.By providing examples. B.By giving explanations.

C.By following time order. D.By making comparisons.

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.A

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲了作者在过去的35年里为了延续家族传统一直坚持喂猴子，但因为在美国喂猴子是犯法的，作者从儿时起总是想方设法地去喂猴子。在喂猴子时发生了许多趣事。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段的I believe in holding onto traditions because they helped our family flourish（兴旺）in a new country.（我相信要坚持传统，因为它们帮助我们的家庭在一个新的国家兴旺发达）可知，此处的“它们”指的是下文提到的monkeys，可见作者这么多年来一直喂猴子的原因是保持他的家庭传统。故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段的But in America, feeding monkeys means violating the rules.（但是在美国，给猴子喂食意味着违反规定）和第三段的Dad and I would go to the zoo early in the morning, just the two of us. When the Coast was clear, I would throw my peanuts to the monkeys.（爸爸和我会一大早去动物园，就我们两个。如果没有危险，我就会把花生丢给猴子）可知，在美国给猴子喂食违反规定，作者和他的父亲早早去动物园，如果没有危险就会把花生丢给猴子，所以作者和父亲是用秘密的方式去味动物园里的猴子。故选A。

3.词义猜测题。根据第五段的Once a man with a pet monkey suspected that my story was a ploy — that I was an animal rights activist out to liberate his monkey.（有一次，一个带着一只宠物猴子的男人怀疑我的故事是一个计谋——我是一个动物权利活动家，想让他的猴子摆脱束缚）可知，居中的破折号后的句子是一个同位语从句，用来解释说明ploy的内容，作者在讲述自己的一个故事，却被人误以为自己是一名动物权利活动家，自己的故事被误以为是一个计谋，故划线的ploy相当于trick（计谋、诡计），故选B。

4.推理判断题。根据第五段的That time, .... Once a man with a pet monkey ... Another time, ... Once in a pet store, .... Another time, ]....可知，作者为了延续家族传统，在法律规定的边缘游走着，小心翼翼地去获取喂猴子的机会，但这并不是每次都那么顺利，作者列举了几个自己跌跌撞撞喂猴子的经历，由此判断出，第五段主要是通过提供例子展开的。故选A。