Question

I was the middle child of three，but there was a gap of five years on either side，and I hardly saw my father before I was eight. For this and other reasons I was somewhat lonely. I had the lonely child's habit of making up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons，and I think from the very start my literary ambitions（文学志向）were mixed up with the feeling of being isolated（孤独）and undervalued. I knew that I had a natural ability with words and a power of facing unpleasant facts，and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could get my own back for my failure in everyday life.

However, the quantity of serious writing which I produced all through my childhood would not add up to half a dozen pages. I wrote my first poem at the age of four or five，my mother taking it down to dictation. I cannot remember anything about it except that it was about a tiger and the tiger had "chair-like teeth”--a good enough expression. At eleven，when the war of 1914-18 broke out, I wrote a poem which was printed in the local（地方的）newspaper, as was another, two years later, on the death of Kitchener. From time to time, when I was a bit older, I wrote bad and usually unfinished "nature poems". I also, about twice，attempted a short story which was a failure. That was the total of the would-be serious work that I actually set down on paper during all those years.

1.The underlined word“it" in paragraph 2 refers to_____.

A. the quantity of serious writing         B. the writer's first poem

C. the writer's childhood                 D. the tiger in the poem

2.From the text, we learn that as a little boy the writer＿．

A. had no playmates

B. showed his gift for writing

C. put out lots of poems and stories

D. got his first poem published in 1916.

3.What can be inferred about the writer?

A. He was least favoured in his family.

B. He had much difficulty in talking with others.

C. He had an unhappy childhood for lack of care.

D. His loneliness resulted in his interest in writing.

Answer

1.B

【分析】从I wrote my first poem at the age of……到about it except that it was about a tiger and ……a good enough expression可以看出，这儿谈论的都是指作者的the first poem

【高考考点】词义推测

【易错点】：D 可能有学生没有理解整个这句话的含义而导致错误选择。

【备考提示】：推测词汇含义或指代时，一定要结合上下文。不要孤立的理解一个句子

2.B

【分析】根据文章第二段I wrote my first poem at the age of four or five可以看出正确答案。

【高考考点】细节分析

【易错点】：A是容易犯的一个错误，可能因为文中的lonely、isolated等词汇的影响而错误作答

【备考提示】：找准答案所在句子或段落是作好细节理解题的关键

3.D

【分析】从文章的第一段，特别是and I think from the very start my literary ambitions（文学志向）were mixed up with the feeling of being isolated（孤独）and undervalued可以看出答案来。A.是不能看出来的（他在家最不受宠爱）BC在文中没有提到

【高考考点】推理判断

【易错点】：可能有些学生因为文中说作者小时候的lonely、isolated而想当然的以为是作者不受宠爱或不善交流或缺乏爱。

【备考提示】：根据文章实际，做出合乎逻辑的选择