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He came into the room to shut the windows while we were still in bed and I saw he looked ill. He was shivering, his face was white, and he walked slowly as though it ached to move.
“Whats the matter, Schatz?”
“Ive got a headache.”
“You better go back to bed.”
“No. Im all right.”
“You go to bed. Ill see you when Im dressed.”
But when I came downstairs he was dressed, sitting by the fire, looking a very sick and miserable boy of nine years. When I put my hand on his forehead I knew he had a fever.
“You go up to bed,” I said, “You e sick.”
“Im all right,” he said.
When the doctor came he took the boys temperature.
“Whats is it?” I asked him.
“One hundred and two.”
Downstairs, the doctor left three different medicines in different colored capsules with instructions for giving them. One was to bring down the fever, another a purgative(泻药), the third to overcome an acid condition. The germs of influenza(流感)can only exist in an acid condition, he explained. He seemed to know all about influenza and said there was nothing to worry about if the fever did not go above one hundred and four degrees. This was a light epidemic(传染病;传染性的) of flu and there was no danger if you avoided pneumonia(肺炎).
Back in the room I wrote the boys temperature down and made a note of the time to give the various capsules.
“Do you want me to read to you?”
“All right. If you want to, “ said the boy. His face was very white and there were dark areas under his eyes. He lay still in the bed and seemed very detached(超然的;冷漠的)from what was going on.
I read aloud from Howard Pyles Book of Pirates(海盗);but I could see he was not following what I was reading.
“How do you feel, Schatz?” I asked him.
“Just the same, so far,” he said.
I sat at the foot of the bed and read to myself while I waited for it to be time to give another capsule. It would have been natural for him to go to sleep, but when I looked up he was looking at the foot of the bed, looking very strangely.
“Why don you try to sleep? Ill wake you up for the medicine.”
“Id rather stay awake.”
After a while he said to me, “You don have to stay in here with me, Papa, if it bothers you.”
“It doesn bother me.”
“No, I mean you don have to stay if its going to bother you.”
I thought perhaps he was a little lightheaded and after giving him the prescribed capsules at eleven oclock I went out with my gun and the young hunting dog….I killed two quail(鹌鹑), and missed five, and started back pleased to have found a covey of quail close to the house and happy there were so many left to find on another day.
At the house they said the boy had refused to let anyone come into the room.
“You can come in,” he said. “You mustn get what I have.”
I went up to him and found him in exactly the position I had left him, white-faced, but with the tops of his cheeks flushed(发红)by the fever, staring still, as he had stared, at the foot of the bed.
I took his temperature.
“What is it?”
“Something like a hundred,” I said. It was one hundred and two and four tenths.
“It was a hundred and two,” he said.
“Who said so?”
“The doctor.”
“Your temperature is all right,” I said. “Its nothing to worry about.”
“I don worry,” he said, “but I can keep from thinking.”
“Don think,” I said. “Just take it easy.”
“Im taking it easy,” he said and looked straight ahead, He was evidently holding tight onto himself about something.
“Take this with water.”
“Do you think it will do any good?”
“Of course it will.”
I sat down and opened the Pirate book and began to read, but I could see he was not following, so I stopped.
“About what time do you think Im going to die?” he asked.
“What?”
“About how long will it be before I die?”
“You aren going to die. Whats the matter with you? “
“Oh, yes, I am, I heard him say a hundred and two.”
“People don die with a fever of one hundred and two. Thats a silly way to talk.”
“I know they do. At school in France the boys told me you can live with forty-four degrees. Ive got a hundred and two.”
He had been waiting to die all day, ever since nine oclock in the morning.
“You poor Schatz,” I said. “Poor old Schatz. Its like miles and kilometers. You aren going to die. Thats different thermometer. On that thermometer thirty-seven is normal. On this kind its ninety-eight.”
“Are you sure?”
“Absolutely,” I said, “Its like miles and kilometers. You know, like how many kilometers we make when we do seventy miles in the car?”
“Oh,” he said.
But his gaze at the foot of the bed relaxed slowly. The hold over himself relaxed too, finally, and the next day it was very slack(松驰的) and he cried very easily at little things that were of no importance.
【小题1】The author writes about the doctor’s visit in order to .A.show the doctor’s knowledge about influenza and its treatmentB.show the boy’s illness was quite seriousC.create a situation of misunderstanding around which to build a story D.show the father was very much concerned about the boy’s illness【小题2】The pronoun “it” in “Papa, if it bothers you” (line 41) refers to .A.the boy’s high temperatureB.the father giving the medicine to the boy C.the father staying with the boyD.the boy’s death【小题3】It can be inferred from the story that it is by the time the father gets home from hunting. A.early in the afternoonB.close to eveningC.at noonD.late in the morning【小题4】From the story we know that the boy kept tight control over himself because . A.he did not want to be a bother to othersB.he wanted to recover quickly so that he could go hunting with his fatherC.he was afraid that he would die if he lost control over himselfD.he thought he was going to die and he must show courage in the face of death【小题5】That the boy cried very easily at little things of no importance the next day suggests that .A.he couldn’t control his emotions when he finally relaxed B.his father would go out hunting without him if he didn’t cryC.something went wrong with his brain after the feverD.he often complained about unimportant things as a spoiled boy【小题6】The theme of the story is .A.death is something beyond a child’s comprehensionB.to be calm and controlled in the face of death is a mark of courageC.misunderstanding can occur even between father and son D.misunderstanding can sometimes lead to an unexpected effectC
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(答案→)C
解析:本文是海明威的《一天的等待》的具体内容,并告诉我们以人的尊严和勇气面对厄运迎接生活挑战的”硬汉”精神。
【小题1】 C. 主旨大意题。本文是海明威的《一天的等待》。叙述了一个九岁男孩由于不知道有两种不同计算方式的温度计,在与父亲交谈的过程中产生了误解,误以为自己将不久于人世。竭力表现出冷静与勇敢的他静静地等待着死亡的降临,直到得知这仅仅是一个误解,才逐渐放松下来。作品体现了海明威所提倡的以人的尊严和勇气面对厄运迎接生活挑战的”硬汉”精神。
【小题2】D. 推理题。儿子听到医生说102度,就认为自己即将死亡。与下文父亲所说的”it”不是同一概念。故D正确。
【小题3】 B.推理题。 故事开头结合下文的after giving him the prescribed capsules at eleven oclock I went out …及He had been waiting to die all day, ever since nine oclock in the morning. 可知B正确。。
【小题4】D.推理题。 本文中小男孩竭力表现出冷静与勇敢的他静静地等待着死亡的降临,直到得知这仅仅是一个误解,才逐渐放松下来。作品体现了海明威所提倡的以人的尊严和勇气面对厄运迎接生活挑战的”硬汉”精神。故D正确。
【小题5】 A. 推理题。一个九岁的男孩前一天竭力表现出冷静与勇敢,静静地等待着死亡的降临。但孩子必竟只是孩子,紧绷的心放松后变得很脆弱。故A正确。
【小题6】 B. 目的意图题。本文是海明威的《一天的等待》。叙述了一个九岁男孩由于不知道有两种不同计算方式的温度计,在与父亲交谈的过程中产生了误解,误以为自己将不久于人世。竭力表现出冷静与勇敢的他静静地等待着死亡的降临,直到得知这仅仅是一个误解,才逐渐放松下来。作品体现了海明威所提倡的以人的尊严和勇气面对厄运迎接生活挑战的”硬汉”精神。故B正确。