Question

One of the most famous nursery rhymes(搖籃曲) in the English language is Mary Had a Little Lamb(羔羊)．It has touched many children who have read it. It is about the deep love between a young girl and her pet lamb. The poem is from a true story that happened in the early part of the 19th century in the town of Sterling, Massachusetts, in the USA．

Mary Sawyer (1806－1889) lived on a farm with her family．One day, when she was about nine years old, she saw a little lamb that had just been born and left behind by its mother． It was very weak and looked as if it would die at very moment．Mary took pity on the lamb and spent the whole night looking after it．Eventually, it grew strong and became a very close friend with Mary, following her everywhere she went．

One day, the lamb even followed Mary to school．At first she wanted to turn it back but her brother suggested that it would be fun to take the lamb to school．During the class, she hid the lamb under her desk．But when she was called to go to the front of the class, to her surprise, the lamb followed her．Though the students and the teacher thought it was funny to see a lamb at school, the teacher had to ask Mary to keep the lamb outside of the school．

That very day, a young man called John Roulstone was visiting Mary’s school． He was so moved by the love between the child and her little pet lamb that he wrote a poem which he handed to Mary the next day． His poem contained twelve lines．

Later, Sara Josepha Hale added another twelve lines to the poem and published it in 1930 under the title “Mary Had a Little Lamb”． The poem has become a classic, loved by children all over the world． The appeal (吸引力) of the poem lies not only in the funny idea of a sheep going to school but also in the true love between the little girl and her pet． The town of Sterling has honoured Mary’s lamb by building a statue (雕像) of the lamb with Mr Roulstone’s poem below the statue．

1.What is the best title for the passage?

A．Mary Had a Little Lamb

B． The Life of Mary Sawyer

C．The Origin(起源) of a Poem

D． An Animal Friend

2.The underlined word “eventually” in the second paragraph most probably means ．

A． gradually B． finally

C．fortunately D． kindly

3.Why did the poem become a classic?

A．It had another twelve lines added．

B．It was written by a young man．

C．It describes the true love between a little girl and her pet lamb．

D．A statue of lamb was built in the town of Sterling．

4.Which could be the right order of the following events according to the passage?

a．The poem “Mary Had a Little Lamb” became popular．

b．Mary’s brother suggested that she take the lamb to school．

c．People built a statue to honor the lamb．

d．Mary found a little lamb．

e．A young man was moved by the story and wrote a poem．

A． d． b． e． a． c

B． d． e． b． a． c

C． d． e． b． c． a

D． d． b． e． c． a

5.Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?

A．Mary’s mother was also fond of the little lamb．

B．Mary wrote to John Roulstone and asked him to write the poem．

C．All children were allowed to take their pets to school in America．

D．Mary and the little lamb developed a very close friendship．

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述瑪麗有一只小羊這首兒歌的來歷

1.A 主旨標(biāo)題。本文講述瑪麗有一只小羊這首兒歌的來歷，故選A項(xiàng)。

2.B 詞意猜測。根據(jù)第二段提到Mary took pity on the lamb and spent the whole night looking after it．Eventually, it grew strong and became a very close friend with Mary, following her everywhere she went瑪麗對這個(gè)小羊羔感到很遺憾，整夜來照顧他，最后，它變得很強(qiáng)壯，成為瑪麗最好的朋友，故選B項(xiàng)。

3.C 推斷題。根據(jù)最后一段提到The poem has become a classic, loved by children all over the world． The appeal (吸引力) of the poem lies not only in the funny idea of a sheep going to school but also in the true love between the little girl and her pet．這首歌謠吸引人不僅僅在于帶著小羊上學(xué)，還是因?yàn)閮烧咧�間這種真摯的愛，故選C項(xiàng)。

4.A 排序題。文章是瑪麗發(fā)現(xiàn)一只小羊羔，她的哥哥建議他可以帶去學(xué)校，一個(gè)年輕人被這個(gè)故事感動而寫成了詩，這首詩變得很受歡迎，最后人們建立了一個(gè)雕像來紀(jì)念這只小羊羔，故選A項(xiàng)。

5.D 推斷題。根據(jù)第二段提到Eventually, it grew strong and became a very close friend with Mary, following her everywhere she went．可知他們成為了親密的好朋友，到哪都做伴，故選D項(xiàng)。

考點(diǎn)：文化類閱讀。