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B [2014 •四川卷] 

   In 1943, when I was 4， my parents moved from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, to Fairbanks, Alaska, where adventure was never very far away.

   We arrived in the summer, just in time to enjoy the midnight sun. All that sunlight was fantastic for Mum's vegetable garden. Working in the garden at midnight tended to throw her timing off, so she didn't care much about my bedtime.

Dad was a Railway Express agent and Mum was his clerk. That left me in a mess. I usually managed to find some trouble to get into. Once I had a little fire go?ing in the dirt basement of a hotel. I had tried to light a barrel (桶)of paint but couldn't really get a good fire going. The smoke got pretty bad, though, and when I made my exit, a crowd and the police were there to greet me. The policemen took my matches and drove me home.

Mum and Dad were occupied in the garden and Dad told the police to keep me, and they did ！ I had a tour of the prison before Mum rescued me. I hadn't turned 5 yet.

As I entered kindergarten, the serious cold began to set in. Would it surprise you to know that I soon left part of my tongue on a metal handrail at school?

As for Leonhard Seppala, famous as a dog sledder(駕雪橇者)，I think I knew him well because I was taken for a ride with his white dog team one Sunday. At the time I didn't realize what a superstar he was, but I do remember the ride well. I was wrapped(包裹〉heavily and well sheltered from the freezing and blowing weather.

In 1950, we moved back to Coeur d'Alene, but we got one more Alaskan ad?venture when Leonhard invited us eight years later by paying a visit to Idaho to at?tend a gathering of former neighbours of Alaska.

5. What can be inferred about the author's family?

  A.  His father was a cruel man.

B.  His parents didn't love him.

C.  His parents used to be very busy.

D.  His mother didn't have any jobs.

6. What happened when the author was 4?

  A.  He learned to smoke.

B.  He was locked in a basement.

C.  He was arrested by the police.

D.  He nearly caused a fire accident.

7. Which of the following is TRUE?

  A.  Leonhard was good at driving dog sieds.

B.  The author spent his whole childhood in Alaska.

C.  Leonhard often visited the author's family after 1950.

D.  The author suffered a lot while taking the dog sled in Alaska.

8. What is the author's purpose of writing the text?

  A.  To look back on his childhood with adventures.

B.  To describe the extreme weather of Alaska.

C.  To express how much he misses Leonhard.

D.  To show off his pride in making trouble.

Answer 1

B

[文章大意]本文是一篇人物傳記。作者回憶了在他童年時他身上所發生的一些奇遇——點燃油漆，差點引起火災，從而被警察收容；在學校欄桿上撞破他的舌頭；在惡劣天氣里乘坐Leonhard的雪橇進行冒險旅行。

5.  C推理判斷題。根據文章第二段中的"Working in the gar-den at midnight tended to throw her timing off, so she didn't care much about my bedtime.，，及第四段中的"Mum and Dad were occupied in the garden and Dad told the police to keep me..."可知，作者的父母當時忙于他們自己的事情，無暇照顧他。

6.  D細節理解題。根據文章第三段中的"I had tried to light a barrel(桶)of paint but couldn't really get a good fire going. The smoke got pretty bad, though, and when I made my ex?it ，a crowd and the police were there to greet me.'，可知，作者點燃了一桶油漆，火并沒有燃燒得很大煙卻很濃。故選D。

7.  A推理判斷題。根據倒數第二段前兩句可知Leonhard很擅長駕雪撬。

8.  A寫作意圖題。作者回憶了在他童年時，由于父母很忙碌沒人管他，他身上所發生的一些奇遇。故選A。