Question

A Trip into a Young Farmer’s Mind Chickens that can talk? Cows that can dance? They are all in Louis Black’s comic books(漫画书). Louis Black was born on a farm. The quiet young man spent most of his life helping his parents on the farm. When he was nine, he started to draw the animals on the farm. Later, he put them into his comic books in his own funny way. They were enjoyed by his family but never shown to people outside the farm. The shy farmer’s comic books became famous only after he died. He passed on in a fire three years ago, when he was only 35. In order to remember him, his family showed his comic books in the town museum, and people liked them very much. Now the original(原始的) pictures of Louis Black’s farm animals can be seen at the City Art Center for one month. Come and visit the beautiful world of Louis Black!

【小题1】At what age did Louis begin to draw the animals on the farm?

A．At 9.

B．At 13.

C．At 23.

D．At 35.

【小题2】The underlined part “passed on” is closest in meaning to “______”.

A．sat

B．rose

C．died

D．stood

【小题3】Which is the right order of the following what happened?
a. His books became popular.          b. His family enjoyed his books.
c. He passed on in a fire.             d. He started to draw animals.
e. He was born on a farm.   

A．a-b-c-d-e

B．e-b-d-a-c

C．e-d-b-c-a

D．b-d-c-e-a

【小题4】What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To plan a trip to visit a farm.	B．To tell people about an art show.
C．To attract people to the farm.	D．To share ideas of drawing comic books.

Answer 1

【小题1】A
【小题2】C
【小题3】C
【小题4】B

解析试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了有关一个艺术展的故事，出生在农场的路易斯，他花费了大量的时候在农场里帮助他的父母亲，他用自己的方法画着各种动物并把它们放进了漫画书里，最后他的漫画书被人们所喜欢。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据文章第二段内容：When he was nine, he started to draw the animals on the farm.可知路易斯九岁的时候在农场开始画动物，故选择A。
【小题2】语义猜测题。根据对文章内容的理解，可知passed on表示“去世”，故选择C。
【小题3】细节理解题。根据对整篇文章内容的理解，可知他出生在农场→开始在农场画动物→他的父母亲喜欢他的漫画书→他去世于一场火灾→他的书非常流行，故选择C。
【小题4】主旨大意题。根据对整篇文章内容的理解，可知这篇文章主要告诉人们一个有关艺术展的故事，故选择B。
考点：人物传记类短文阅读。