Question

Stanley Yelnats was given a choice. The judge said，“You may go to prison，or you may go to Camp Green Lake.”Stanley was from a poor family. He had never been to camp before. So， Stanley Yelnats seems set to serve an easy sentence，which is only fair because he is as innocent as you or me. But Stanley is not going where he thinks he is.

Camp Green Lake is like no other camp anywhere. It is a place that has no lake and nothing green. Nor is it a camp，at least not the kind of camp kids look forward to in the summertime. It is only a desert wasteland，dotted with countless holes dug by the boys who live at the camp.

At Camp Green Lake，the warden(看守)makes the boys“ build character” by spending all day, every day, digging holes：five feet wide and five feet deep. It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize there’s more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is searching for something，and before long Stanley begins his own search—for the truth. Fate is to find a solution to it all—the family curse，the mystery of the holes. The great wheel of justice has ground slowly for generations，but now it is about to reveal its verdict(裁決).

1.Stanley Yelnats went to Camp Green Lake to_________.

A.enjoy the summertime B.show his innocence

C.Serve his sentence D.make a choice

2.We can learn from the passage that Stanley_________.

A.stole the shoes for his relative B.got the shoes by accident

C.donated the shoes to an auction D.blamed the judge for the sentence

3.In fact，the warden made the boys dig holes to__________.

A.kill the time

B.build character

C.break the family curse

D.look for something

4.In which section of a newspaper does this passage probably appear?

A.Law. B.Geography. C.News. D.Literature.

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述了在一次審判中，Stanley Yelnats被給予兩個選擇，要么坐牢，要么去Camp Green Lake。Stanley Yelnats選擇去Camp Green Lake，但是那兒是個荒島，被住在那的男孩子挖成無數的小洞。看守那的人讓孩子每天花時間挖洞來塑造性格，不久Stanley Yelnats發現比提升性格更有意義的事，就是揭發這次裁決。

1. judge said，“You may go to prison，or you may go to Camp Green Lake.意思是：裁判說，”你要么坐牢，或者你將會去荒島”。而Stanley Yelnats去荒島是為了服兵役。故選C。

2. judge doesn’t believe Stanley’s explanation that the shoes fell from the sky onto his head. And yet，that’s exactly what happened”意思是：裁判不相信Stanley的解釋說這雙鞋是天空中調到他的頭上的，而那就是實際發生的事情�？芍猄tanley是偶然得到那雙鞋的。故選B。

3. boys are digging holes because the warden is searching for something”意思是：這些男孩兒挖洞是因為看守的人在尋找一些東西。故選D。

4. Yelnats無辜被判罪并去 Camp Green Lake服勞役的故事，所以本文有可能出現在報紙中的文學版塊。故選D。

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