Question

     Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson River must remember the Catskill Mountains. They are a branch of the great Appalachian family, and can be seen to the west rising up to a noble height and towering over the surrounding country. When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print their beautiful shapes on the clear evening sky, but sometimes when it is cloudless, gray steam gathers around the top of the mountains which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will shine and light up like a crown of glory (華麗的皇冠).

     At the foot of these mountains, a traveler may see light smoke going up from a village.

     In that village, and in one of the houses (which, to tell the exact truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years ago, a simple, good-natured fellow by the name of Rip Van Winkle.

     Rip's great weakness was a natural dislike of all kinds of money-making labor. It could not be from lack of diligence (勤勞), for he could sit all day on a wet rock and fish without saying a word, even though he was not encouraged by a single bite. He would carry a gun on his shoulder for hours, walking through woods and fields to shoot a few birds or squirrels. He would never refuse to help a neighbor, even in the roughest work. The women of the village, too, used to employ him to do such little jobs as their less helpful husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to everybody's business but his own.

      If left to himself, he would have whistled ( 吹口哨) life away in perfect satisfaction; but his wife was always mad at him for his idleness (懶散). Morning, noon, and night, her tongue was endlessly going, so that he was forced to escape to the outside of the house -- the only side which, in truth, belongs to a henpecked husband.

68. Which of the following best describes the Catskill Mountains?

   A. They are on the west of the Hudson River.

   B. They are very high and beautiful in this area.

   C. They can be seen from the Appalachian family.

   D. They gather beautiful clouds in blue and purple.

69. The hero of the story is probably_____________.

A. hard-working and likes all kinds of work

B. idle and hates all kinds of jobs

C. simple, idle but very dutiful

D. gentle, helpful but a little idle

70. The underlined words "henpecked husband" in the last paragraph probably means a man who

             .

    A. likes hunting                                    B. is afraid of hens

    C. loves his wife                                   D. is afraid of his wife

71. What would be the best title for the text?

   A. Catskill Mountains.                              B. A Mountain Village.

   C. Rip Van Winkle.                                D. A Dutiful Husband.

Answer 1

68..B

解析：細節題。文章第一段說“...and can be seen to the west...like a crown of glory”說明 Catskill Mountains不僅很高還很美麗，因此 B 為正確選項。

69 D

解析：細節題。文章最后兩段敘說了 Rip 樂于助人，有紳士風度，可就是有點懶散，因此 D 是最佳選項。

70 .D

解析：聯系上下文，文章最后一段中“...so that he was forced  to escape...”。說明畫線部分的意思是“怕妻子的丈夫”或“妻管嚴”，因此 D 為最符合題意。

71 C

解析：綜合理解題。仔細閱讀全文后，可知道本文講述的是一個叫 Rip的人，因此應該選 C。