Question

【題目】

We have four chickens: Pecky, Buckbeak, Mayonnaise and Cornflake. My husband, Andrew, made their coop(籠子). It’s beautifully made.

What’s more interesting is that he made it with our sons and daughter. They spent several weekends in the garage(車庫). He gave them tools because he believed it was important that they could actually make something. He slowly helped them and together, they made the coop. They also made the mistakes of learning — a board cut too short, nails smashed(打碎) by hammers — but in the end, Andrew did some tricks and the coop looked perfect.

The chickens love their perfectly imperfect home and we like to give them free range(放養(yǎng)) of the yard. Yesterday, they ran around the lawn(草坪). We needed to go downtown, knowing that chickens wouldn’t go very far. When we got back, my son, Gordon, ran to check on them. There were Mayonnaise, Cornflake and Buckbeak, looking a mess. Pecky was nowhere to be seen.

With Andrew, we searched the yard and found feathers by the trees. More feathers littered the yard. By this time, Gordon started to worry; Pecky was his favorite chicken and his eyes got watery.

Andrew picked Gordon up and held him. As we stood there, accepting that we were now a three-chicken family, we heard it — a soft clucking(咯咯聲) sound. Andrew put Gordon down and they looked under a bush. There was Pecky, a half-naked chicken. She looked weird(怪異的), but she was fine. Andrew gently gathered her up and returned her to the coop.

The next day Andrew had the kids back in the garage. They planned to fence(把……圍起來) a bigger area for maximum(最大化) chicken freedom and safety. The kids believed that the chickens should be closed in, safe from everything that likes to eat chickens. Andrew disagreed. He believed that we should be more careful, letting the chickens out when we were in the yard. He encourages our kids to take risks. He sees that the risk of living life — by having the freedom to walk slowly around and dig for small insects in the garden — is better than the safety of a prison(監(jiān)牢).

Andrew and the kids are planning their next building project. I’m sure it will include the wisdom of a father who knows how to love through the act of giving freedom.

【1】What does Paragraph 2 tell readers?

A.The family is not good at making things.

B.The kids were easily prevented by their mistakes.

C.The writer’s husband is impatient with his children.

D.The kids managed to build the coop with their father’s help.

【2】What can we learn from Paragraphs 3 to 5?

A.The family didn’t know how to keep chickens.

B.The family loves the chickens as their family.

C.The family feels troubled by the chickens.

D.The family didn’t look after the chickens well.

【3】What kind of chicken home will they probably make?

A.A stronger coop made out of the old one.

B.A bigger coop where there is no fence or anything.

C.A bigger place where the chickens will be safer.

D.An enclosed(封閉的) place with where the chickens are well protected.

【4】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A.Children made the mistakes of learning while making the coop.

B.In Paragraph 2, tricks means a way of doing something that works well.

C.The family lost a chicken because they went downtown and let the chickens out.

D.Andrew thinks that the risk of living life is better than the safety of a prison.

【5】What is the writer’s main purpose in writing the story?

A.To show people how to love animals.

B.To show people some tips for keeping chickens.

C.To tell kids to stay calm when bad things happen.

D.To share the wisdom that comes keeping chickens.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，作者講述了自家養(yǎng)的四只雞某天突然走失一只，后又失而復(fù)得的故事。經(jīng)過這件事之后，一家人又將雞舍進(jìn)行了改造，孩子們提議將雞關(guān)起來，丈夫安德魯卻不同意，他認(rèn)為有一定風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的雞舍總好過百分百安全的牢籠。

【1】題意：第2段告訴了讀者什么？

主旨大意題。通讀第2 段可知，本段主要內(nèi)容為作者丈夫安德魯在一旁幫忙，讓幾個(gè)孩子一起搭起了雞籠。D選項(xiàng)The kids managed to build the coop with their father’s help“孩子們在父親的幫助下成功搭起了雞籠”符合題意，故選D。

【2】題意：從第3至第5段我們可以學(xué)到些什么？

推理判斷題。通讀第3至第5段可知，某天一家人出門了，回來發(fā)現(xiàn)其中一只雞派奇不見了，作者兒子戈登難過得要哭了，最后雞還是找回來了，丈夫安德魯小心翼翼地將它放回了雞籠。根據(jù)這3段內(nèi)容可推斷，作者一家很愛這些雞，甚至將其視為家庭成員。B選項(xiàng)The family loves the chickens as their family“這個(gè)家庭愛雞就像愛自己家人一樣”符合題意，故選B。

【3】題意：他們可能會做什么樣的雞舍呢？

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)原文第6段They planned to fence(把……圍起來) a bigger area for maximum(最大化) chicken freedom and safety可知，他們打算圍出一塊更大的地方來保證雞的活動自由以及安全。C選項(xiàng)A bigger place where the chickens will be safer“雞待著會更安全的一塊更大的地方”符合題意，故選C。

【4】題意：根據(jù)本文內(nèi)容，下列哪一項(xiàng)是不正確的？

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)原文第2段They also made the mistakes of learning可知，孩子們在學(xué)習(xí)搭建雞籠的過程中犯過一些錯(cuò)誤，A選項(xiàng)說法正確，可排除。根據(jù)原文第2段Andrew did some tricks and the coop looked perfect可知，作者丈夫安德魯用了一些小把戲，最后讓雞籠造的看上去很完美，B選項(xiàng)說法正確，可排除。根據(jù)原文第6段He sees that the risk of living life — by having the freedom to walk slowly around and dig for small insects in the garden — is better than the safety of a prison可知，作者丈夫安德魯認(rèn)為有風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的生活比待在安全的監(jiān)獄要好，D選項(xiàng)說法正確，可排除。根據(jù)原文第5段Andrew gently gathered her up and returned her to the coop可知，走失的雞派奇最后還是找回來了，C選項(xiàng)說法錯(cuò)誤，故選C。

【5】題意：作者寫這個(gè)故事的主要目的是什么？

主旨大意題。根據(jù)原文第7段I’m sure it will include the wisdom of a father who knows how to love through the act of giving freedom可知，一家人從養(yǎng)雞時(shí)發(fā)生的這件事中學(xué)會了如何通過給予自由的行為去展現(xiàn)自己的愛。這也是作者寫下本文的目的，為的是將這一感悟與讀者分享。D選項(xiàng)To share the wisdom that comes keeping chickens“分享從養(yǎng)雞經(jīng)歷中收獲的智慧”符合題意，故選D。