"You're just in time， Joe? We're going to play cowboys (牛仔) and Indians， and you can be the Indians， " one of my cousins (堂兄弟) said? "How many Indians?" I asked? "Oh， about a thousand，" he answered， and before I could say no， I was pushed out into the night and became a thousand Indians? Two minutes later I was running in the fields with a group of cowboys behind? The shouts of "After them? Let's catch the killers!" and other such TV?play language came into my ears as I ran round a corner and hurried into my Grandpa's car? "We've got him, boys? Let's go and catch him!" But no one wanted to come to get me? All of my cousins except one were always very friendly with me? It was quiet outside? And I went out of the car to have a look? Just then I heard a shout， "Bring the rope (绳子)， and we can burn him?" "Only Indians burn people? Cowboys …，" I stopped just in time? I had almost said， "Cowboys hang (绞死) people?" I was tied to a tree， and the cowboys were looking for some wood when my dear mother called， "We're leaving now?" "Untie me，" I shouted? "We're going?" "Why did Bobby want matches (火柴)?" Mum asked when we were in the car? "He was asking Dad whether he had any?" "Oh， he was just going to matches? MATCHES? Are you sure he wanted matches?" Mother was quite sure， and I didn't say any more?
1? How many children played the Indians?
A? One thousand. B? One hundred. C? One group. D? One.
2? Why did Joe's cousin say that Joe was just in time? Because ______ ?
A? there were not enough children for the game
B? the game was just going to start
C? none of his cousins wanted to be the Indians
D? they were waiting for Joe
3? Joe didn't say "Cowboys hang people?" out because ______?
A? he was tied to a tree
B? that would make things worse
C? he was caught by the cowboys
D? that would make the cowboys angry
4? Which of the following is TRUE?
A? One of Joe's cousins was looking for matches.
B? Dad didn't want to give the children any matches.
C? Bobby wanted to get some matches from his father.
D? Mum didn't think children should play with matches.
5? The name of the story should be "______ "?
A? Joe and his cousins
B? Who knows what danger is waiting there
C? Cowboys?and?Indians is a favourite children's game
D? How cowboys and Indians fought in the past
［答案］ 1? D 2? C 3? B 4? A 5? B
［析］ 本文在阅读过程中会感到难度，而其问题与选项的设计更为困难。其难点不仅在于要阅读好文章，而且要对问题和问题中的选择项作深入仔细地阅读。如1题的问句 之意是有多少个孩子在游戏中扮演印第安人。而文章中又有"How many Indians?" I asked 当作者问到有多少印第安人时，其答语为" about a thousand?" 这对于看不懂全文，而只认识个别单词的人就是一种很强的误导作用。因题目中问的是 How many，而文章中的数字是 a thousand? 但如果认真往下看则会发现： I was pushed out into the night and became a thousand Indians? 我被推入了黑暗之中变成了一千个印第安人。所以文章暗示了一个小孩来扮演一千个印第安人。这种题目的得分率自然不会很高。紧接而来的2 题则更困难，问题问的是 Joe 的堂兄说他来的正是时候，是因为 ______。这是要认真去推理来判定的。由文中的句子 and before I could say no …这显然暗示了作者并不想扮演这样的角色，所以可以推论是没有人愿意扮演这个角色，但正在这个时候 Joe 来了，而且不由分说把 Joe 推入了角色之中。而3题则更加困难，其题目之意是"Joe 没有说出牛仔是绞死人"的这一句话是为了什么 ______。从文章中 Joe 被一群孩子追逐后被抓住，十分不高兴，想从中解脱出来。因其他孩子讲我们可以烧死他。所以 Joe 为了摆脱困境而要讲出的话是："只有印第安人才烧人，而牛仔是用绳子绞死人。"后半句没有讲出来，是因为他看到如果要烧死人还需要找柴，找火柴，还是要一 段时间的，但绳子就在他身上，如果绞死人那几乎是立刻马上之事。所以其答案选择了B。 这样的话可能会使事情更糟。4 题的题目是简单的，即下面陈述中那个是真实的。由于中考英语答案是唯一的，所以只有一个是符合标准的。这时可以采用选取正确答案的方法，但实际上更好的办 法是排除法。把不正确的排除后再对其他项进行对比，作出选择。这叫作所谓的排除法。首先排除的应是C选项，因文章中讲在他们上车回家的路上妈妈问他："为 什么 Bobby 要火柴，他问爸爸是否有火柴。" 这里的爸爸显然指的是 Joe 的爸爸而不是 Bobby的爸爸。而其他三个选项则都处于可选之例：如A项应为 Joe 的一个堂兄在找火柴。B项是爸爸不想给孩子任何火柴。D项是妈妈认为孩子们不应玩火柴。而B项，在文章中根本没有进述Joe 爸爸的态度，所以应首先放弃，而D项是可以从推理中得到的，要不然他的母亲不会在车上问这个问题，但是文章中并未直接提出来，所以只有A是对的。因其妈妈 讲 Bobby 是向 Joe的爸爸寻找火柴。而5项则更是要全文反复阅读才可能领会到其中的原由的。文章的题目要概括全部文章内容，但更重要的是从中抽取最重要的，也就是作者 的主要意图。从文章的最后两句，当作者反问他妈妈时说："他真的在找火柴?火柴、你敢肯定他是在找火柴吗?"妈妈表示十分肯定，而作者再也不讲什么了。显 然他感到如果玩下去危险的存在。所以其答案是B。这也就是中考中要求较高的题目，虽然分数不多但对要进入重点高中的学生来说，这是个关键问题，也就是成功 与失败的焦点所在。
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