Question

It was a Saturday morning，a day I believed would end in victory．For weeks，I had been preparing for the match at the county fairgrounds，sponsored(贊助)by our local riding club．My horse，Tonka, and I could run faster than any kid in the county, and I hoped to bring home a blue ribbon．

My mother usually drove me to the riding events, but on this day, my father planned to drop us off at the fairgrounds with the horse trailer(馬車) ．

Although we never discussed it, my father’s struggle with alcoholism had become the silent center of our family life．My mother was paralyzed with fear and indecision．Her salary as a part-time nurse couldn’t possibly support four children．No one talked about alcoholism in those days，and it was my family secret．

We climbed on the trailer and my father pulled out of our driveway and headed toward the fairgrounds，picking up speed once we hit the main road．It wasn’t until we felt a big bump that I realized the trailer was out of control．The dream of my riding winner disappeared．Tonka lay on the floor, completely still．No words were possible．I knew he was dead．

Suddenly a man appeared．“Are you all right?” he asked．“Yes．”I answered，although I knew that nothing was all right．“Sit here on the grass，”he said．He bent down to look into the trailer．Tonka remained still．He touched Tonka and then turned to face me．“He is going to be OK．He has just been knocked unconscious．” He rubbed Tonka’s cheeks and gently pulling his ears．Tonka rose to his feet．

Our father was talking to a police officer．He was upset and in pain and took little notice of me．I looked back；the man was gone．

I never forgot him．He gave me strength and a sense of hope in a dark and frightening moment．

1.The writer went to the fairgrounds because he wanted to ___________．

A．take part in a horse racing

B．buy Mum a blue ribbon

C．join the local riding club

D．train his horse there

2.We can learn from the third paragraph that ___________．

A．the family kept silent at home

B．the family lived a secret life

C．Father was addicted to alcohol

D．Mum was physically disabled

3.What does “he’’ in the fourth paragraph refer to?

A．Father B．The stranger

C．The horse D．The winner

4.What does the author want to tell the readers through the story?

A．Once formed，bad habits are difficult to break

B．Unexpected kindness is a light that shines in the darkness

C．However mean your life is，meet it and live it

D．Family is a place of encouragement, a safe harbor in the storms

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述作者在準(zhǔn)備參加騎馬比賽時，不幸馬被撞倒，出師未捷馬先死，奪冠無望。后有陌生人說馬只是失去意識，并救活了馬。作者對此感激在心。

1. weeks，I had been preparing for the match at the county fairgrounds，sponsored(贊助)by our local riding club幾周以來，我一直都準(zhǔn)備由當(dāng)?shù)仳T馬俱樂部贊助的一場在游樂場的比賽。故選A

2. we never discussed it, my father’s struggle with alcoholism had become the silent center of our family life．雖然我們從沒討論過，但是我父親的戒酒成為我們家庭生活的中心�？芍�父親有過嗜酒習(xí)慣。故選C

3. lay on the floor, completely still．No words were possible．I knew he was dead句意為：Tonka一動不動地躺在地上。我說不出話來。我知道他死了。得知，躺地上的是馬，馬死了。故選C

4. gave me strength and a sense of hope in a dark and frightening moment他在我驚慌和黑暗的時刻給了我力量和希望 �？芍�作者經(jīng)歷愛馬死而復(fù)生后，贊美陌生人給予的援手像黑暗中的光。故選B

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