The sea lay like an unbroken mirror all around the pine-girt, lonely shores of Orr’s Island. Tall, kingly spruces wore their regal crowns of cones high in air, sparkling with diamonds of clear exuded gum; vast old hemlocks of primeval growth stood in their forest shadows, their branches hung with long hoary moss; while feathery larches, turned to brilliant gold by autumn frosts, lighted up the darker shadows of the evergreens. It was one of those hazy, calm, dissolving days of Indian summer, when everything is so quiet that the wave on the beach can be heard and white clouds seem to faint into the blue of the sky, and soft swathing bands of violet vapor make all earth look dreamy, and give to the sharp, clear-cut outlines of the northern landscape all those mysteries of light and shade which impart such tenderness to Italian scenery.
The funeral was over, the tread of many feet, bearing the heavy burden of two broken lives, had been to the lonely graveyard, and had come back again, —each footstep lighter and more unconstrained as each one went his way from the great old tragedy of Death to the common cheerful of Life.
The solemn black clock stood swaying with its eternal “tick-tock, tick-tock,” in the kitchen of the brown house on Orr’s Island. There was there that sense of a stillness that can be felt, —such as settles down on a dwelling when any of its inmates have passed through its doors for the last time, to go whence they shall not return. The best room was shut up and darkened, with only so much light as could fall through a little heart-shaped hole in the window-shutter, —for except on solemn visits, or prayer-meetings or weddings, or funerals, that room formed no part of the daily family scenery.
The kitchen was clean and ample, with a great open fireplace and wide stone hearth, and oven on one side, and rows of old-fashioned splint-bottomed chairs against the wall. A table scoured to snowy whiteness, and a little work-stand whereon lay the Bible, the Missionary Herald, and the Weekly Christian Mirror, before named, formed the principal furniture. One feature, however, must not be forgotten, —a great sea-chest, which had been the companion of Zephaniah through all the countries of the earth. Old, and battered, and unsightly it looked, yet report said that there was good store within of that which men for the most part respect more than anything else; and, indeed, it proved often when a deed of grace was to be done—when a woman was suddenly made a widow in a coast gale, or a fishing-smack was run down in the fogs off the banks leaving in some neighboring cottage a family of orphans, —in all such cases, the opening of this sea-chest was an event of good omen to the bereaved; for Zephaniah had a large heart and a large hand, and was apt to take it out full of silver dollars when once it went in. So the ark of the covenant could not have been looked on with more reverence than the neighbors usually showed to Captain Pennel’s sea-chest.
1. The author describes Orr’s Island in a(n) ______ manner.
2. According to the passage, the “best room” ______.
3. From the description of the kitchen we can infer that the house belongs to people who ______.
4. The passage implies that ______.
5. From the description of Zephaniah we can tell that he ______.
问题1选项
A.emotionally appealing, imaginative
B.rational, logically precise
C.factually detailed, objective
D.vague, uncertain
问题2选项
A.has its many windows boarded up
B.has had the furniture removed
C.is used only on formal occasions
D.is the busiest room in the house
问题3选项
A.never have guests
B.like modern appliances
C.are probably religious
D.dislike house work
问题4选项
A.few people attended the funeral
B.fishing is a secure vocation
C.the island is densely populated
D.the house belonged to the deceased
问题5选项
A.was physically a very big man
B.preferred the lonely life of a sailor
C.always stayed at home
D.was frugal and saved a lot money
第1题:A
第2题:C
第3题:C
第4题:D
第5题:D
第1题:
【选项释义】
The author describes Orr’s Island in a(n) ____ manner. 作者以一种____的方式描述奥尔岛。
A. emotionally appealing, imaginative A. 富有感情色彩和想象力
B. rational, logically precise B. 理性且逻辑严谨
C. factually detailed, objective C. 事实详细且客观
D. vague, uncertain D. 模糊、不确定
【考查点】推理判断题
【解题思路】文章第一段描写到“在奥尔岛松林环绕的孤寂海岸上，大海就像一面镜子（The sea lay like an unbroken mirror），一望无际。高大、威严的云杉在空中高高地耸立着它那高贵的树冠（wore their regal crowns of cones high in air），树冠上闪烁着钻石般透明的树胶（sparking with diamonds of clear exuded gum）；巨大的原始老铁杉矗立在森林的阴影中，树枝上挂满了长长的青苔；羽毛状的落叶松（feathery larches）被秋霜染成灿烂的金色，照亮了常青树的暗影。那是小阳春里那种朦胧、平静、消散的日子，一切都如此安静，静得能听到海滩上的波涛声，白云似乎隐没在蔚蓝的天空中，柔和的紫罗兰色水汽带让整个大地看起来如梦如幻（soft swathing bands of violet vapor make all earth look dreamy），给北方风景鲜明、清晰的轮廓增添了神秘的光影（mysterious of light and shade），给意大利景色增添了柔情（tenderness）。”由此可知，作者在描述奥尔岛时运用了大量的比喻和拟人修饰手法，字里行间充满了作者的热烈的情感和丰富的想象力，故A选项正确。
【干扰项排除】
B、C、D选项均不符合文章第一段所描述的内容，属于曲解原文。
第2题:
【选项释义】
According to the passage, the “best room” ____. 根据文章，“最好的屋子”____。
A. has its many windows boarded up A. 许多窗户都用木板封了起来
B. has had the furniture removed B. 家具都被搬走了
C. is used only on formal occasions C. 只在正式场合使用
D. is the busiest room in the house D. 是家里最热闹的房间
【考查点】事实细节题
【解题思路】根据“best room”定位到第三段第三句“最好的那间屋子关着门，光线很暗，只有从百叶窗上一个心形的小洞里透进来的那点光线——因为，除了隆重的拜访、祈祷会、婚礼或葬礼，那间屋子并不构成家庭日常景象的一部分（for except on solemn visits, or prayer-meetings or weddings, or funerals, that room formed no part of the daily family scenery）。”由此可知，最好的那间屋子只在正式场合使用，C选项符合原文。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“许多窗户都用木板封了起来”根据原文“The best room was shut up and darkened, with only so much light as could fall through a little heart-shaped hole in the window-shutter（最好的那间屋子关着门，光线很暗，只有从百叶窗上一个心形的小洞里透进来的那点光线）”可知，该选项表述错误，属于曲解原文；
B选项“家具都被搬走了”文章没有提及，属于无中生有；
D选项“是家里最热闹的房间”根据原文“for except on solemn visits, or prayer-meetings or weddings, or funerals, that room formed no part of the daily family scenery（除了隆重的拜访、祈祷会、婚礼或葬礼，那间屋子并不构成家庭日常景象的一部分）”可知，该选项表述错误，属于曲解原文。
第3题:
【选项释义】
From the description of the kitchen, we can infer that the house belongs to people who ____. 从厨房的描述我们可以推断出房子的主人____。
A. never have guests A. 从不接待客人
B. like modern appliances B. 喜欢现代电器
C. are probably religious C. 可能信教
D. dislike housework D. 不喜欢做家务
【考查点】推理判断题
【解题思路】文章对于“the kitchen”的描述主要集中在第四段，所以可将本题答案锁定在第四段。该段提到“一张擦得雪白的桌子和一个小工作台，上面放着《圣经》、《传教士先驱报》和《基督教镜报》（the Bible, the Missionary Herald, and the Weekly Christian Mirror），这是主要的家具。”由此可推断，房子的主人经常接触宗教文本，表明房子的主人可能是宗教信徒，故C选项正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“从不接待客人”文章没有提及，属于无中生有；
B选项“喜欢现代电器”根据原文“rows of old-fashioned splint-bottomed chairs against the wall（靠墙摆放着一排老式的夹板底椅子）”可知，该选项表述错误，属于曲解原文；
D选项“不喜欢做家务”根据原文“The kitchen was clean（厨房干净）”以及“A table scoured to snowy whiteness（一张擦得雪白的桌子）”可推断，房子的主人把他的生活空间维护得很好，属于曲解原文。
第4题:
【选项释义】
The passage implies that ____. 文章暗示____。
A. few people attended the funeral A. 很少有人参加葬礼
B. fishing is a secure vocation B. 捕鱼是一种安全的职业
C. the island is densely populated C. 岛上人口稠密
D. the house belonged to the deceased D. 房子属于死者
【考查点】推理判断题
【解题思路】文章第二段提到“葬礼结束了——许多人的脚步（the trend of many feet），带着两个破碎生命的沉重负担，来到了孤独的墓地，又回来了……”，根据“the trend of many feet”可推断，参加葬礼的人不少，故A选项表述错误；最后一段提到“当一场海滨大风突然使一名妇女变成了寡妇，或者是一艘渔船在雾气朦胧的海岸附近撞沉，使得附近的一间小屋里的一家子变成了孤儿（when a woman was suddenly made a widow in a coast gale, or a fishing-smack was run down in the fogs off the banks laving in some neighboring cottage a family of orphans）。”由此可推断，捕鱼不是一种安全的职业，故B选项表述错误；第一段提到“在奥尔岛松林环绕的孤寂海岸上（lonely shores of Orr’s Island），大海就像一面镜子，一望无际。”根据“lonely shores of Orr’s Island”可推断，岛上人口应该不是很多，C选项表述错误。根据排除法，本题正确答案是D选项。
【干扰项排除】
根据以上分析可知，A、B、C选项表述均不正确，属于曲解原文。
第5题:
【选项释义】
From the description of Zephaniah we can tell that he ____. 从对Zephaniah的描述中，我们可以看出他____。
A. was physically a very big man A. 体格魁梧
B. preferred the lonely life of a sailor B. 喜欢孤独的水手生活
C. always stayed at home C. 总是待在家里
D. was frugal and saved a lot of money D. 很节俭，存了很多钱
【考查点】推理判断题
【解题思路】文章对于“Zephaniah”的描述集中在最后一段，所以本题答案锁定在最后一段。该段提到“for Zephaniah had a large heart and a large hand, and was apt to take it out full of silver dollars when once it went in”，句中“had a large heart and a large hand”字面意思是指“Zephaniah有一颗大的心脏和一双大的手”，而“have a big/large heart”相当于“have a good heart”，意思是“心地善良；好心肠”；结合上文内容，Zephaniah有一个大海箱子，里面有许多人尊重的东西。当出现突发情况，如一个女人在海岸的大风中突然成了寡妇，或者一个渔船在岸边的大雾中被撞倒，在附近的小屋里留下了一家孤儿，这个大海箱子的打开对这些失去亲人的人来说都是一个好兆头，因为Zephaniah心胸开阔而且非常慷慨。所以，我们可以推断Zephaniah很节俭，存了很多钱，D选项正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“体格魁梧”是对原文“Zephaniah had a large heart and a large hand”的曲解，这里并不是说“Zephaniah有一颗大的心脏和一双大的手”，属于曲解原文；
B、C选项文章均没有相关的线索，不能从文中推断出来，属于无中生有。
