Question

At the age of ten I could not figure out what this Elvis Presley guy had that the rest of us boys did not have. I mean, he had a head, two arms and two legs, just like the rest of us. About nine o’clock on Saturday morning I decided to ask Eugene Correthers, one of the older boys, what it was that made this Elvis guy so special. He told me that it was Elvis’ wavy hair and the way he moved his body.

  About half an hour later all the boys in the orphanage（孤儿院）were called to the main dining-room and told we were all going to downtown Jacksonville, Florida to get a new pair of Buster Brown shoes and a hair cut. That is when I got this big idea, which hit me like a ton of bricks. If the Elvis hair cut was the big secret, then that’s what I was going to get.

 All the way to town I told everybody, including the matron（女管家）from the orphanage who was taking us to town, that I was going to look just like Elvis Presley and that I would learn to move around just like he did and that I would be rich and famous one day, just like him.

 When I got my new Buster Brown shoes, I could hardly wait for my new hair cut and now that I had my new Buster Brown shoes I would be very happy to go back to the orphanage and practice being like Elvis.

 We finally arrived at the big barber shop, where they cut our hair for free because we were orphans（孤儿). I looked at the barber and said, “I want an Elvis hair cut. Can you make my hair like Elvis?” I asked him, with a big smile on my face. “Let’s just see what we can do for you, little man,” he said. I was so happy when he started to cut my hair. Just as he started to cut my hair, the matron signed for him to come over to where she was standing. She whispered something into his ear and then he shook his head, like he was telling her “No”. Then he told me they were not allowed to give us Elvis hair cuts. Then I saw my hair falling onto the floor.

51.In the author’s eyes, Elvis Presley was _________.

  A. disgusting        B. admirable          C. ambitious           D. dynamic 

52.  From the passage, we can know that _________.

  A. Buster Brown was more appealing than Elvis Presley

  B. An Elvis hair cut cost the orphans a lot of money

  C. The author was fascinated with the stars Buster and Elvis

  D. The barber was unwilling to give the boy an Elvis hair cut

53. We can learn from the underlined sentence that the boy was _________.

  A. excited to have an Elvis hair cut

  B. worried to think about the secret

  C. anxious to remove the ton of bricks

  D. careful to seize the chance

54. How would the boy probably feel when he walked out of the barber shop?

  A. Delighted.          B. Guilty.          C. Self-satisfied.          D. Depressed.

 

Answer 1

BCAD A 篇

【解题导语】崇尚明星，追求时尚，就连孤儿院天真的孤儿们也不例外。踢踏舞大师（Buster Brown）的舞鞋和猫王（Elvis Presley）的发型是10 岁小男孩梦寐以求的，那结果又如何呢？读完全文，读者方知，小男孩听说女管家（matron）带他们到镇上理发和买新鞋，他暗自高兴。穿上Buster Brown 式的新鞋，满心欢喜地来到理发店，却遭到女管家的阻拦，猫王的发型没有理成，反倒剔了光头，小男孩非常沮丧地回到严厉管制下的孤儿院。

51．B。推理判断题。结合全文，尤其第一段得知，作者对猫王（Elvis Presley）是非常钦佩的。

52．C。细节理解题。根据全文得知，作者对踢踏舞大师（Buster Brown）的舞鞋和猫王（Elvis Presley）的发型非常喜爱，以至于对明星们如此迷恋。

53．A。猜测句意题。根据画线处的下一句If the Elvis hair cut was the big secret, then that’s what I was going to get. 结合hit sb. like a ton of bricks 词组的本义，得知作者听说要去镇上理发，十分激动，可以理猫王的发型。

54．D。推理判断题。对照文章的前几段和最后一段，可体会出作者的失望、沮丧的情绪。