When it is Tom’s turn for a cut, Mr. Smith places a wooden board covered with a piece of red leather across the arms of the chair, so that the barber doesn’t have to bend to cut the boy’s hair.
“Hey, young man, you’re , you won’t need this soon, you’ll be able to sit in the chair.” the barber says.
“Wow,” says Tom, turning round to look at his dad. “Dad, Mr. Smith said I could be sitting in the chair soon, not just on the !”
“So I hear,” his father replies. “I expect Mr. Smith will start me more for your hair then.”
In the Tom sees a little head sticking out of a long nylon cape. Occasionally he glances at the barber as he works. He smells a(n) of smelly sweat and aftershave as the barber moves around him, combing and cutting.
Tom feels like he is in another world, except for the sound of the barber’s shoes rubbing on the plastic carpet and the of his scissors. In the from the window he could see through the window, a few small clouds moved slowly through the frame, moving to the of the scissors’ click.
Sleepily, his eyes dropping to the front of the cape where his hair softly as snow and he sitting in the chair just like the men and older boys, the special left leaning against the wall in the corner.
When Mr. Smith has , Tom hops down from the seat. , he sees his own thick, hair mixed among the browns, greys and blacks of the men who have sat in the chair before him. For a moment he wants to reach down and the broken blonde hair, to them from the others, but he does not have time.
They reach the pavement outside the shop. “I tell you what, boy, let’s get some fish and chips to take home, your mum from cooking tea,” says Tom’s dad.
Tom is excited and catches his dad’s hand. He is surprised to find, warming in his father’s palm, a handful of his own .
1.A. building up B. sending up C. bringing up D. shooting up
2.A. desk B. board C. couch D. sofa
3.A. paying B. blaming C. charging D. accusing
4.A. mirror B. book C. shelf D. catalogue
5.A. steals B. discovers C. returns D. transforms
6.A. lack B. memory C. mixture D. expression
7.A. helpless B. noiseless C. fearless D. thoughtless
8.A. control B. direction C. effect D. click
9.A. immigration B. opposition C. reflection D. assumption
10.A. rhyme B. trail C. pattern D. sound
11.A. falls B. covers C. melts D. explodes
12.A. considers B. succeeds C. approves D. imagines
13.A. package B. bench C. scissors D. carpet
14.A. treated B. compromised C. finished D. entertained
15.A. Looking into B. Looking forward C. Looking up D. Looking down
16.A. blonde B. red C. black D. white
17.A. send for B. find out C. gather up D. show off
18.A. punish B. separate C. deliver D. confirm
19.A. persuade B. save C. excuse D. relax
20.A. money B. tip C. fish D. hair
1.D
2.B
3.C
4.A
5.A
6.C
7.B
8.D
9.C
10.D
11.A
12.D
13.B
14.C
15.D
16.A
17.C
18.B
19.B
20.D
【解析】
試題分析：父親帶兒子去理發，理完，然后回來，就這樣一個如此簡單的故事，作者卻把父子之間的愛與溫情描寫得那么動人，如此自然，宛若天成。文章向我們展現的是一個無比真實的生活世界，小孩渴望著長大，大人卻想留住他們童真的時光。一種淡淡的希望，一種淡淡的喜悅，又是淡淡的憂傷。在那樣一個陽光明媚的日子，父與子走在大街上，在愛中沉醉著，在愛中期望著……
1.D build up樹立，逐步建立，增強，增進；send up發送；bring up撫養，撫育；shoot up迅速成長。根據上文的描述“塞繆爾斯先生把一塊木板架在椅子扶手上，上面墊著一塊棕紅色皮墊。這樣他給這孩子理發時就不用彎腰了”說明孩子個子不高。根據下文“……很快你就不需要它了。到時你就能坐在椅子上了”推斷“個子長高”，故選D項。“以你現在長個子的速度，很快你就不需要它了。到時你就能坐在椅子上了，”理發師說道。
2.B原詞重現。上文“Mr. Smith places a wooden board”已經提示答案。desk桌子；board木板；
couch長沙發；sofa沙發。“爸爸，塞繆爾斯先生說我很快就能坐在椅子上，不用這個木板了(不用坐在木
板上了)。”
3.C要理解父親這兒說話的幽默。孩子個兒小，理發師給墊了塊木板，因此父親想必理發師會為此“向我多收你理發的錢啊！”。pay付費給某人；charge向某人收費/索要，指控；blame責怪；accuse指控。“我估計，那時塞繆爾先生就會多要你的理發錢了。”
4.A 根據常識可以推斷：這是湯姆在鏡子里看到理發時時的情景。“在鏡子里，他看到一個小腦袋從長長的尼龍披肩上伸出來”。mirror鏡子；book書；shelf書架；catalogue目錄，一覽表。
5.A根據上文的“Occasionally偶爾，間或”可以推測小孩當時頑皮的情形“偷偷(steal)瞥理發師幾眼”。其余的幾個詞“discover發現，return返回，transform改變，變化”都不能描寫當時的情形。
6.C根據下文的“smelly sweat and aftershave(臭汗和剃須水)”說明是兩種味道的混合起來的味道(mixture)。lack缺乏，缺少；memory記憶；expression表情。
7.B 根據下文“except for the sound of the barber’s shoes rubbing on the plastic carpet and the 38 of his scissors. 除了理發師鞋底與地氈摩擦的聲音和剪刀……的聲音外”說明沒有其它什么雜音(noiseless)，故選B項。helpless無助的；fearless無畏的，無懼的，大膽的；thoughtless欠考慮的，輕率的，不體貼人的，沒有思想的。
8.D根據常識“剪刀發出的聲音”應該是“咔嚓(click)”聲。control控制；direction方向；effect影響。下文“moving to the of the scissors’ click.”也有提示，原詞復現。湯姆感覺自己好像來到了另一個世界，除了理發師鞋底與地氈摩擦的聲音和剪刀咔嚓的聲音外，一切都悄無聲息。
9.C 根據下文“he could see through the window”說明是通過“窗戶折射(到鏡子中)”而看到的。immigration移民，移居；opposition反對，敵對；reflect折射；assumption假定，假設。
10.D 根據常識“剪刀”發出的 “咔嚓” 當然是“聲音(sound)”。rhyme韻腳;韻文，節奏；trail足跡，小徑；pattern 模式，花樣，樣品，圖案，榜樣，典范。從鏡子里折射的窗戶影子中,他能看到窗外幾小塊云彩隨著剪刀的咔嚓聲，慢慢地浮過窗框。
11.A根據下文“softly as snow”可知理發師給他理的的頭發“猶如雪花般輕輕地飄落(falls)”。cover覆蓋；melt融化；explode膨脹。
12.D根據下文“sitting in the chair just like the men and older boys”說明“他在想象(imagines)”。 consider考慮；succeed成功；approve贊成，批準。他感覺很困倦，目光投向了披肩的前部，他看到自己的頭發猶如雪花般輕輕地飄落在上面，想象著自己像個男人或者大男孩一樣坐在椅子上，這個特殊的長凳被放在角落里,斜靠在墻上的情景。
13.B這里指的是理發師在椅子上放上一塊木板而形成的“特別的長凳(bench)”。package包裹，包裝袋；scissors剪刀；carpet地毯。他感覺很困倦，目光投向了披肩的前部，他看到自己的頭發猶如雪花般輕輕地飄落在上面，想象著自己像個男人或者大男孩一樣坐在椅子上，這個特殊的長凳被放在角落里,斜靠在墻上的情景。
14.C根據下文“Tom hops down from the seat.”說明“理發已經完成了(finished)”。對待，款待，招待；compromise折中解決，妥協，退讓；entertain熱情款待，使有興趣。史密斯先生給他剪完發，湯姆 從椅子上跳了下來。
15.D跟下一題聯系起來考慮，答案就不難得到。從下文的描述，這兒應該是“朝下看(looking down)”。look into調查；look forward盼望；look up往上看，查找。
16.A原詞復現。從下文講“For a moment he wants to reach down and the broken blonde hair,”可以得出答案。blonde金色的；red紅色的；black黑色的；white白色的。他低頭看去，發現自己濃密、金黃的頭發散落在不久前坐在這把椅子上的人們的褐色、灰白、濃黑的頭發上。
17.C從下文“to them from the others”我們可以推斷“他是想把他自己被剪下的頭發聚集起來(gather up)”。 send for派人去請；find out(經調查了解后)發現；show off炫耀。
18.B從上文“他突然想把自己一綿綿被剪掉的金黃色頭發放在一起”的目的就是 “想把他自己的頭發與其他頭發分開(separate)”。separate... from把……與……分開。punish懲罰；deliver發表，遞送；confirm確認，批準，證實。他突然想把自己一綿綿被剪掉的金黃色頭發放在一起，與其他頭發分開,但是沒有時間了。
19.B根據上文“let’s get some fish and chips to take home”可以推斷“你媽媽就省得(save)做飯了”.
“我說，小伙子，我們一起去買些魚和薯片吧，這樣你媽媽就省得做飯了。”湯姆的父親說。persuade勸服；excuse原諒；relax放松。
20.D這句話是文章的點睛之筆。根據這篇文章的描述，這兒應該是“父親抓了一把孩子頭發”，他想“留住孩子的童真時光”。money錢；tip小費，建議；fish魚；hair頭發。小伙子很興奮，他抓住了父親的手。父親粗糙的手指輕輕地攏住了他的小手，湯姆驚奇地發現，父親溫暖的手掌里竟握著一把自己的頭發。
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