As kids, my friends and I spent a lot of time out in the woods． “The woods” was our part-time address, destination, purpose, and excuse． If I went to a friends house and found him not at home, his mother might say, “Oh, he’s out in the woods, ” with a tone（語(yǔ)氣） of airy acceptance． It is similar to the tone people sometimes use nowadays to tell me that someone I’m looking for is on the golf course or at the gym, or even “away from his desk．” For us ten-year-olds, “being out in the woods” was just an excuse to do whatever we feel like for a while．
We sometimes told ourselves that what we were doing in the woods was exploring（探索）． Exploring was a more popular idea back then than it is today． History seemed to be mostly about explorers． Our explorations, though, seemed to have less system than the historic kind: something usually came up along the way． Say we stayed in the woods, throwing rocks, shooting frogs, picking blackberries, digging in what we were briefly persuaded was an Indian burial mound．
Often we got “l(fā)ost” and had to climb a tree to find out where we were． If you read a story in which someone does that successfully, be skeptical: the topmost branches are usually too skinny to hold weight, and we could never climb high enough to see anything except other trees． There were four or five trees that we visited regularly—tall beeches, easy to climb and comfortable to sit in．
It was in a tree, too, that our days of fooling around in the woods came to an end． By then some of us had reached seventh grade and had begun the rough ride of adolescence（青春期）． In March, the month when we usually took to the woods again after winter, two friends and I set out to go exploring． We climbed a tree, and all of a sudden it occurred to all three of us at the same time that we really were rather big to be up in a tree． Soon there would be the spring dances on Friday evenings in the high school cafeteria．
小題1:The author and his friends were often out in the woods to _______．
A．spend their free time
B．play golf and other sports
C．a(chǎn)void doing their schoolwork
D．keep away from their parents
小題2:What can we infer from Paragraph 2 ?
A．The activities in the woods were well planned．
B．Human history is not the result of exploration．
C．Exploration should be a systematic activity．
D．The author explored in the woods aimlessly．
小題3:The underlined word “skeptical” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______．
A．calmB．doubtfuC．seriousD．optimistic
小題4:How does the author feel about his childhood?
A．Happy but short．B．Lonely but memorable．
C．Boring and meaninglessD．Long and unforgettable．

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:A

試題分析：
小題1:事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。由文章第一段一、二兩句As kids, my friends and I spent a lot of time out in the woods． “The woods” was our part-time address, destination, purpose, and excuse．可得到答案。
小題2:推理判斷題。由第二段第三句“但是我們的探索與歷史上的相比不夠系統(tǒng)，有些東西通常都是在沿途中偶然出現(xiàn)的”可知，作者探索是aimlessly（無(wú)目的的）
小題3:猜測(cè)詞義題。由畫(huà)線詞的后一句“最高的樹(shù)枝通常太細(xì)以至于不能承重，所以我們從來(lái)不能爬到可以看到除了樹(shù)以外的其它事物。因此，爬到樹(shù)上找出路是“不可信”的。
小題4:推理判斷題。從全文看，作者在“樹(shù)林”里過(guò)的很愉快，又由最后一段可知，當(dāng)我們一部分人上了七年級(jí)之后。我們?cè)凇皹?shù)林”中的玩耍就結(jié)束了。很短暫。因此，正確選項(xiàng)為A.
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文對(duì)細(xì)節(jié)和推理能力要求很高，要求考生閱讀時(shí)學(xué)會(huì)根據(jù)文章的上下文猜測(cè)詞義和細(xì)節(jié)。
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Because taxi drivers are tough，people get the  40 impression that they are bad. Taxi drivers are just like other people. Most of them will act as  41 fellows.  Almost every week you read in the papers where a taxi driver  42  money or jewels or like that people leave in their  43 . If they weren't honest，you wouldn't be reading those stories in the papers. One time，I found an emerald（翡翠的）ring in my car. I remembered helping a lady with a lot of suitcases that day，so I went back to where I had  44  her off. It took me almost two days to wait for her in order to return her  45 to her. I didn't get as much as “thank you.”  46 ，I felt good because I had done what was right. I think I felt better than she   47 .
I was born and brought up in Ireland until I was nineteen years old. I came to this country in 1913 where I  48 several jobs to earn a few dollars before joining the army in World War I. After being discharged(退伍)，I bought my own car and have owned one ever since. It hasn’t been too easy  49 ，but my wife takes care of our money and we have a good bit  50  for a rainy day(一時(shí)之需). In all my years of driving a taxi，I have never had___51__ with the public，not even with drunks. Even if they get a little headstrong(頑固的) once in a while，I just agree with them and then they behave themselves.
People ask me about tips. As far as I know，  52 everyone will give you something，because most Americans are  53 generous. I always try to be nice to everyone，whether they  54 or not. I believe in God and try to be a good member of my parish（教區(qū)）. I try to act toward others like I think God wants me to act. I have been trying this for a long time，and the  55 I try，the easier it gets.
小題1:
A．honoredB．selfishnessC．uprightD．faithful
小題2:
A．takesB．becomesC．makesD．haves
小題3:
A．distinguishingB．recognizingC．thinkingD．knowing
小題4:
A．generousB．toughC．devotedD．educated
小題5:
A．cruelB．properC．badD．wrong
小題6:
A．rudeB．honestC．goodD．tough
小題7:
A．turns upB．turns down C．turns outD．turns in
小題8:
A．housesB．carsC．pocketsD．rooms
小題9:
A．sawB．droppedC．setD．pushed
小題10:
A．ringB．suitcaseC．carD．emerald
小題11:
A．SoB．StillC．HoweverD．Though
小題12:
A．wasB．didC．hasD．is
小題13:
A．madeB．sharedC．heldD．took
小題14:
A．a(chǎn)t one timeB．sometimeC．in no timeD．a(chǎn)t times
小題15:
A．set upB．set offC．set downD．set aside
小題16:
A．troubleB．sufferingC．wordD．violence
小題17:
A．especially B．speciallyC．particularlyD．practically
小題18:
A．frequentlyB．rarelyC．a(chǎn)bsolutelyD．fairly
小題19:
A．tipB．requestC．commandD．swap
小題20:
A．longerB．harderC．betterD．shorter

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