Question

Stanley Yelnats was given a choice. The judge said，“You may go to prison，or you may go to Camp Green Lake.”Stanley was from a poor family. He had never been to camp before. So， Stanley Yelnats seems set to serve an easy sentence，which is only fair because he is as innocent as you or me. But Stanley is not going where he thinks he is.

Camp Green Lake is like no other camp anywhere. It is a place that has no lake and nothing green. Nor is it a camp，at least not the kind of camp kids look forward to in the summertime. It is only a desert wasteland，dotted with countless holes dug by the boys who live at the camp.

At Camp Green Lake，the warden(看守)makes the boys“ build character” by spending all day, every day, digging holes：five feet wide and five feet deep. It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize there’s more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is searching for something，and before long Stanley begins his own search—for the truth. Fate is to find a solution to it all—the family curse，the mystery of the holes. The great wheel of justice has ground slowly for generations，but now it is about to reveal its verdict(裁决).

1.Stanley Yelnats went to Camp Green Lake to_________.

A.enjoy the summertime B.show his innocence

C.Serve his sentence D.make a choice

2.We can learn from the passage that Stanley_________.

A.stole the shoes for his relative B.got the shoes by accident

C.donated the shoes to an auction D.blamed the judge for the sentence

3.In fact，the warden made the boys dig holes to__________.

A.kill the time

B.build character

C.break the family curse

D.look for something

4.In which section of a newspaper does this passage probably appear?

A.Law. B.Geography. C.News. D.Literature.

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述了在一次审判中，Stanley Yelnats被给予两个选择，要么坐牢，要么去Camp Green Lake。Stanley Yelnats选择去Camp Green Lake，但是那儿是个荒岛，被住在那的男孩子挖成无数的小洞。看守那的人让孩子每天花时间挖洞来塑造性格，不久Stanley Yelnats发现比提升性格更有意义的事，就是揭发这次裁决。

1. judge said，“You may go to prison，or you may go to Camp Green Lake.意思是：裁判说，”你要么坐牢，或者你将会去荒岛”。而Stanley Yelnats去荒岛是为了服兵役。故选C。

2. judge doesn’t believe Stanley’s explanation that the shoes fell from the sky onto his head. And yet，that’s exactly what happened”意思是：裁判不相信Stanley的解释说这双鞋是天空中调到他的头上的，而那就是实际发生的事情。可知Stanley是偶然得到那双鞋的。故选B。

3. boys are digging holes because the warden is searching for something”意思是：这些男孩儿挖洞是因为看守的人在寻找一些东西。故选D。

4. Yelnats无辜被判罪并去 Camp Green Lake服劳役的故事，所以本文有可能出现在报纸中的文学版块。故选D。

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