Question

What Is a Boy?
Between the innocence of babyhood and the seriousness of manhood we find a delightful creature called a “boy”. Boys come in different sizes, weights, and colors, but all boys have the same belief: to enjoy every second of every minute of every hour of every day and to fill the air with noise until the adult males pack them off to bed at night．
Boys are found everywhere—on top of, under, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around, or jumping to. Mothers spoil them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers love them, and God protects them. A boy is TRUTH with dirt on its face, BEAUTY with a cut on its finger, WISDOM with chocolate in its hair, and the HOPE of the future with a snake in its pocket．
When you are busy, a boy is a trouble-maker and a noise. When you want him to make a good impression, his brain turns to jelly or else he becomes a wild creature bent on destroying the world and himself with it.
A boy is a mixture – he has the stomach of a horse, the digestion of stones and sand, the energy of an atomic bomb, the curiosity of a cat, the imagination of a superman, the shyness of a sweet girl, the brave nature of a bull, the violence of a firecracker, but when you ask him to make something, he has five thumbs on each hand.
He likes ice cream, knives, saws, Christmas, comic books, woods, water (in its natural habitat), large animals, Dad, trains, Saturday mornings, and fire engines． He is not much for Sunday schools, company, schools, books without pictures, music lessons, neckties, barbers, girls, overcoats, adults, or bedtime.
Nobody else is so early to rise, or so late to supper. Nobody else gets so much fun out of trees, dogs, and breezes. Nobody else can put into one pocket a rusty knife, a half eaten apple, a three-feet rope, six cents and some unknown things.
A boy is a magical creature—he is your headache but when you come home at night with only destroyed pieces of your hopes and dreams, he can mend them like new with two magic words, “Hi, Dad!”
【小題1】The whole passage is in a tone of _________．

A．ambition and expectation	B．respect and harmony
C．humor and affection	D．confidence and imagination

【小題2】By saying “he has five thumbs on each hand.”, the author means        .

A．he has altogether five fingers	B．he is slow, foolish and clumsy
C．he becomes clever and smart	D．he cuts his hand with a knife

【小題3】According to the writer, boys appreciate everything in the following except _________．

A．ice cream	B．comic books
C．Saturday mornings	D．Sunday schools

【小題4】What does the writer feel about boys?

A．He feels curious about their noise．

B．He is fed up with these creatures．

C．He is amazed by their naughtiness．

D．He feels unsafe staying with them．

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】C

解析試題分析：作者形象生動的描寫了男孩子，無不說明男孩是頑皮的。其中不乏對男孩的喜愛。
【小題1】推斷題：文章從各個角度分析了男孩子，從第四段可以看出作者的語氣是幽默的，其中不乏對男孩的喜愛。選C
【小題2】猜詞題：從前面的句子：but when you ask him to make something,可知讓男孩做東西的時候，他是很笨拙的。選 B
【小題3】細節題：從倒數第三段的句子：He likes ice cream, knives, saws, Christmas, comic books, woods, water (in its natural habitat), large animals, Dad, trains, Saturday mornings, and fire engines． He is not much for Sunday schools, 可知男孩不喜歡星期天上學。選D
【小題4】歸納題：文章介紹男孩的特點，無不說明男孩是頑皮的。選C   
考點：考查人生百味類短文
點評：本文推斷題居多，答題時在文章找到對應的地方，用筆進行標記，這有利于后期有時間檢查時可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細理解作者所講的意思，再結合選項，通過排除法和自己對全文的把握，選出正確答案。