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1．She examined him closely，and decided she liked him much better now，dressed up in a beautiful coat，with a fine feather on top of his hat．And，she named him Feathertop．
   She looked at Feathertop and laughed with happiness．He is a beauty，she thought．"Now what？"she thought，feeling troubled again．She felt that Feathertop looked too good to be a scarecrow．"He can do something better，"she thought，"than just stand near the corn all summer and scare the crows．"And she decided on another plan for Feathertop．
   She took the pipe of tobacco she was smoking and put it into the mouth of Feathertop．"Puff，darling，puff，"she said to Feathertop．"Puff away，my fine fellow．It is your life．"Smoke started to rise from Feathertop's mouth．At first，it was just a little smoke，but Feathertop worked hard，blowing and puffing．And，more and more smoke came out of him．
"Puff away，my pet，"Mother Rigby said，with happiness．"Puff away，my pretty one．Puff for your life，I tell you．"Mother Rigby then ordered Feathertop to walk．"Go forward，"she said．"You have a world before you．"
   Feathertop put one hand out in front of him，trying to find something for support．At the same time he pushed one foot forward with great difficulty．But Mother Rigby shouted and ordered him on，and soon he began to go forward．Then she said，"You look like a man，and you walk like a man．Now I order you to talk like a man．"
   Feathertop gasped（喘气），struggled，and at last said in a small whisper，"Mother，I want to speak，but I have no brain．What can I say？"
"Ah，you can speak，"Mother Rigby answered．"What shall you say？Have no fear．When you go out into the world，you will say a thousand things，and say them a thousand times…and saying them a thousand times again and again，you still will be saying nothing．So just talk，babble like a bird．Certainly you have enough of a brain for that．"
   Mother Rigby gave Feathertop much money and said"Now you are as good as any of them and can hold your head high with importance．"
   But she told Feathertop that he must never lose his pipe and must never let it stop smoking．She warned him that if his pipe ever stopped smoking，he would fall down and become just a pile of sticks again．
"Have no fear，Mother，"Feathertop said in a big voice and blew a big cloud of smoke out of his mouth．
"On your way，"Mother Rigby said，pushing Feathertop out the door．"The world is yours．And if anybody asks you for your name，just say Feathertop．For you have a feather in your hat and a handful of feathers in your empty head．"
   Feathertop found the streets in town，and many people started to look at him．They looked at his beautiful purple coat and his white silk stockings，and at the pipe he carried in his left hand，which he put back into his mouth every five steps he walked．They thought he was a visitor of great importance．
   As Feathertop walked along one of the quieter streets near the edge of town，he saw a very pretty girl standing in front of a small red brick house．A little boy was standing next to her．The pretty girl smiled at Feathertop，and love entered her heart．It made her whole face bright with sunlight．
67．How do you understand Rigby's"another plan"in the second paragraph？B
A．To make Feathertop cleverer．
B．To make Feathertop somebody．
C．To make Feathertop fall in love．
D．To make him talk freely．
68．Who do you think Feathertop is after reading the passage？A
A．A created figure．
B．A noble person．
C．Mother Rigby's pet．
D．A boy of empty head．
69．What does"…you are as good as any of them"in paragraph 8 mean？C
A．you are as perfect as others            
B．you have as much money as others
C．you behave nearly the same as others  
D．you look as if you are the most important
70．In the last but one paragraph people in the streets tended to thinkD．
A．a man of importance must be a heavy smoker
B．a man of importance must communicate with others properly
C．a man of importance must be wonderfully dressed
D．a man of importance must behave differently from others．

Answer 1

分析 本文写了一个稻草人，穿着漂亮的衣服，吸着烟走在了人类的大街上，和人一样去生活的童话故事．

解答 67．B 推理判断题． Feathertop 是一个稻草人，Rigby在下文中对他进行了一系列的训练，可以推断出她的计划是把Feathertop变成一个真正的人，所以答案是B．
68．A 推理判断题．根据文章内容可以看出Feathertop是个稻草人，像人一样去走路，可以推断出他是故事中一个创造出来的童话角色．所以答案选A．
69．C 推理判断题．根据 句子 Mother Rigby gave Feathertop much money． Rigby给了Feathertop很多钱，然后对他说you are as good as any of them，可以推断出她的意思是说Feathertop可以和人一样去花钱生活了，所以答案选C．
70．D 细节理解题．根据句子They thought he was a visitor of great importance．他们认为他是一位非常重要的游客．所以他的行为就会不同于其他的人，故答案选D．

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