Question

    My 7-year-old daughter Leeny always has her nose in a book. She even took to reading in the car on the long drive to summer camp, which was where she lost the book. This is the first lost library book in my life. My family has always been overeducated, but we were poor. I didn’t own books. I borrowed books. However, my daughters have more books now than I owned my whole childhood, and I knowingly contribute to it by adding to the stacks (堆). So it's probably my fault that when Leeny realized she had lost the book, she shrugged (耸肩). “Sorry. I can't find it.” she said. “It’s only $20, right? What’s the big deal?”

I felt the need to make her feel responsible for the book. She agreed to help me clean the chicken coop (笼子) in trade for my paying the library fine. I thought this idea was very clever because cleaning the coop is some work I had been avoiding for months. It was summertime, and dust floated in the dry air.

But my girl, my animal-loving mini-me, thought shoveling chicken poop (铲鸡粪) was the most fun she’d had on a Saturday morning in a long time. She did not feel any of the emotions that punishment is supposed to introduce. In fact, she looked as if she might lose another book on purpose in order to clean the coop again. I stood, somewhat dumbfounded (发愣的), watching her.

It took me a while to realize what had happened, why my punishment had failed so completely and why I didn't care. The fact is that I had Leeny help me clean the chicken coop. I was there, too, shoveling chicken poop, fetching the clean straw and feed. Leeny’s little sister, Vicki, was inside watching a cartoon while my husband paid bills. Only Leeny and I were outside. She had me all to herself for the first time since Vicki was born, and she was enjoying all the attention for once. I don't know what she learned about responsibility, but I found that I didn't care about the book anymore. We bonded over that unpleasant job and spent quality time together: mother, daughter, and chicken poop.

1.How does Leeny find reading?

A.It is very challenging.

B.It is full of enjoyment.

C.It inspires her to be a camper.

D.It teaches her to love her family.

2.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph1 refers to the fact that________.

A.the author could never have enough books to read

B.the author’s daughters often lost library books

C.the author’s daughters own too many books

D.the author didn’t own any books

3.What’s the best title for the text?

A.What I owe to Leeny: more attention

B.My punishment failed, but I didn’t care

C.My daughter drove me crazy, but I felt grateful

D.Surprise: my daughter loves cleaning chicken coops

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者与女儿之间发生的故事，由于作者的女儿弄丢了图书馆借来的书，为了惩罚女儿，作者让她打扫鸡笼来偿还图书馆的罚款，虽然作者惩罚的计划失败了，但在这期间和女儿度过了了一段愉快的亲密相处的时间。

1.

细节理解题。根据文章第一段关键句“My 7-year-old daughter Leeny always has her nose in a book.”可知，我7岁的女儿Leeny总是爱看书。句中涉及短语has one’s nose in a book意为“埋头看书”的意思。由此可知，Leeny认为阅读是充满乐趣的，所以才会总是埋头看书。故选B项。

2.

词义猜测题。根据画线词上句“However, my daughters have more books now than I owned my whole childhood”可知，我的女儿们现在拥有的书比我整个童年的还多。再分析画线词所在句I knowingly contribute to it by adding to the stacks可知，我还在有意识地给她们买更多的书。由此可推断出，女儿们已经拥有很多书了，而我在此基础上，还给她们买更多的书，在她们已经拥有的很多书上继续做贡献。故画线词it代指的是the author’s daughters own too many books（作者的女儿们拥有太多书了）。故选C项。

3.

主旨大意题。根据最后一段关键句“It took me a while to realize what had happened, why my punishment had failed so completely and why I didn't care.”可知，我的惩罚完全失败了，但我却不在乎。再根据最后一段句子“We bonded over that unpleasant job and spent quality time together”可知，虽然我的惩罚失败了，但在这期间我和女儿一起度过了一段愉快的亲密相处的时间。由此可推断出My punishment failed, but I didn’t care（我的惩罚失败了，但我却不在乎）为短文最佳标题。故选B项。