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【題目】Finding the Owner

"It's mine," said Fred, showing a pocketknife with a shining blade （刀片） "Just what I've always wanted. "And he turned it over and over with the look of satisfaction on his face.

"I guess I know who owns it," said Tom, looking at it carefully.

"I guess you don't. It isn't Mr. Raymond's," Fred replied quickly.

"I know. Mr. Raymond's is twice as large," said Tom, going on with his drawing.

Tom's doubt was taking away Fred's enjoyment. In fact, Fred was not comfortable with the knife at all, for he felt that he was having something that did not belong to him and he got worried. He even had serious thoughts of burning it, or hiding it, or giving it away; but a better plan hit him.

"Tom," said Fred, one day at break, "didn't you say that you knew who owned the knife?"

"Yes, I did. It looked like Doctor Perry's," Tom ran off to play with others, without giving the knife another thought.

It was Dr. Perry's ! Fred looked at his watch and realized he only had a little time, so he started quickly, and found the old gentleman getting ready to visit a patient. "Is this yours?" cried Fred, in breathless haste, holding up the cause of a week's anxiety.

"It was," said the doctor, "but I lost it the other day."

"I found it," said Fred, "and have felt like a thief ever since. Here, take it. I've got to run. "

"Hold on!" said the doctor. "I've got a new one, and you are quite welcome to this."

"Am I? May I ? Oh! Thank you! Now, I'm the real owner of the knife. What a different feeling!"

【1】Tom's doubt made Fred______.

A.satisfiedB.worriedC.proudD.angry

【2】After knowing the knife could be Dr. Perry's, Fred decided to _______.

A.return it to Dr. PerryB.keep it himself

C.give it to TomD.hide it or burn it

【3】What can we know about Fred from the story?

A.He hoped to be a good friend of Tom's.B.He took himself as a smart boy.

C.He expected to get the knife from Dr Perry.D.He felt happier to be an honest person.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【解析】

短文大意：本文通過弗雷德歸還小刀前后的心情對比，告訴我們，做一個誠實的人更快樂。

【1】題意：湯姆的懷疑使弗雷德很擔(dān)心�？疾榧�(xì)節(jié)理解。satisfied滿意的；worried擔(dān)心的；proud自豪的；angry生氣的。根據(jù)“Tom's doubt was taking away Fred's enjoyment…and he got worried湯姆的懷疑帶走了弗雷德的快樂……他開始擔(dān)心起來”可知選B。

【2】題意：在知道這把刀可能是佩里醫(yī)生的之后，弗雷德決定把它還給佩里醫(yī)生�？疾榧�(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)“"Is this yours?" cried Fred, in breathless haste, holding up the cause of a week's anxiety這是你的嗎？弗雷德上氣不接下氣地喊著，手里舉著一個星期的焦慮”可知他得知小刀的真正主人后立即去歸還小刀，return it to Dr. Perry（還給佩里醫(yī)生）符合題意，故選A。

【3】題意：從這個故事中我們能了解弗雷德什么？考查主旨理解。A. 他希望成為湯姆的好朋友；B. 他認(rèn)為自己是個聰明的孩子；C. 他希望從佩里醫(yī)生那里得到這把刀；D. 他覺得做一個誠實的人更快樂；根據(jù)最后“Now, I'm the real owner of the knife. What a different feeling現(xiàn)在，我是這把刀的真正主人。多么不同的感覺啊”，結(jié)合原先擔(dān)心了一個星期，可知誠實讓他開心起來，He felt happier to be an honest person（他覺得做一個誠實的人更快樂）符合題意，故選D。

本文通過弗雷德歸還小刀前后的心情對比，告訴我們，做一個誠實的人更快樂。短文篇幅較長，難度居中，各個小題都能在文中找到適當(dāng)依據(jù)。只要認(rèn)真閱讀短文，注意前后聯(lián)系，就能順利完成閱讀。文章所設(shè)試題主要考查細(xì)節(jié)理解和文意理解，做題關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù)，認(rèn)真核查小題和原文的異同。例如小題1，考查細(xì)節(jié)理解；根據(jù)“Tom's doubt was taking away Fred's enjoyment…and he got worried湯姆的懷疑帶走了弗雷德的快樂……他開始擔(dān)心起來”，可知worried符合句意，故選B。