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　　(2014·山東濟南高三模擬)

　　They were just grasshoppers (螞蚱). But there were millions of them, which was why dad was so anxious to get rid of them.

　　“They're totally destroying our beans，” he told Mom over lunchtime one Saturday. “I've been trying to keep them out of the tomatoes, but I don't know if I can make it.”

　　“Isn't there something you can do about them?”Mom asked. She was mostly concerned about the tomatoes. “I think there's a spray(噴霧) or something，”Dad said. “I'm going down to the garden center after lunch and see if they have any suggestions.”

　　I'm pretty sure that's what he said. But what I heard was，“While I'm gone, why don't you and George come up with your own plan for getting rid of the grasshoppers?”

　　And_so_that's_what_we_did. It was the summer between fifth and sixth grade, so we were feeling pretty clever and mature. Certainly we knew how to get rid of these grasshoppers. That seemed simple enough. Finally Ron and Don joined us but then, things got a little crazy. Before we knew it we were doing terrible experiments. I won't describe our experiments. Let's just call it “The Adventures of the Marquis de Orkin”. Dad came home and saw these different deaths. We were laughing, but the laughter quickly turned to silence when we saw the look on my dad's face.

　　“What are you boys doing?” he asked.

　　“We're just sort of helping to get rid of the grasshoppers，” I said.

　　“This isn't ‘getting rid of grasshoppers’，” Dad said. “This is killing.”

　　I was confused. I looked at the insecticide he was carrying. “But aren't you going to kill grasshoppers with that?” I asked.

　　“Yes，because it's something we need to do for the protection of our garden，” he said seriously. “But I'm not going to enjoy it.”

　　文章大意：本文是一篇記敘文。作者家的菜園遭到螞蚱的破壞，天真的作者想幫助父親除掉螞蚱，沒想到他和同伴使用的方法讓父親很生氣，父親告誡他們：不能殺生取樂，要學(xué)會仁慈。

　　1.It can be inferred from the text that ________.

　　A.the tomatoes in the garden were badly damaged by grasshoppers

　　B.the father was advised to get rid of grasshoppers with insecticide

　　C. the father asked the author to help catch grasshoppers

　　D.the author's way of treating grasshoppers was interesting

　　答案：B　推理判斷題。由文章第三段中提到的父親午飯后要去花卉商店尋求幫助以及倒數(shù)第二段中的I looked at the insecticide he was carrying. 可知，花卉商店建議父親使用殺蟲劑。故選B項。

　　2.The underlined word “them” in Para. 3 refers to ________.

　　A.Dad and I　　　　　　 B. grasshoppers

　　C.beans　　D. tomatoes

　　答案：B　指代題。根據(jù)第二段中可知“螞蚱毀壞了西紅柿，作者的媽媽詢問有沒有好的辦法來驅(qū)趕它們”。故此處的them指代“螞蚱”。

　　3.The underlined sentence “And so that's what we did.” means that ________.

　　A.we killed the grasshoppers for fun

　　B.we carried out an experiment on the grasshoppers

　　C.we thought of a way to deal with the grasshoppers

　　D.we were clever enough to get rid of the grasshoppers

　　答案：C　推理判斷題。在上一段中提到作者認為父親的言外之意是讓他和喬治想辦法除掉螞蚱，因此此句承接上文，指“我們就是那樣做了”，即“我們自己想出了除掉螞蚱的辦法”。

　　4.How did the author's father feel when he saw what the children were doing?

　　A.Angry. B.Confused.

　　C.Satisfied. D.Fearful.

　　答案：A　推理判斷題。由文章第五段中的最后一句We were laughing, but the laughter quickly turned to silence when we saw the look on my dad's face.以及文章最后一句But I'm not going to enjoy it.可知父親看到孩子們殘殺螞蚱取樂很生氣。

　　5.In which magazine would you most probably find this passage?

　　A.American Laboratory.

　　B.Accounts of Chemical Research.

　　C.Readers' Digest.

　　D.Technology.

　　答案：C　文章出處題。本文的主題是“仁慈，與世界和諧相處”。此類題材的文章最有可能來自《讀者文摘》這樣的期刊。