It was not yet eleven o’clock when a boat

题目内容：

It was not yet eleven o’clock when a boat crossed the river with a single passenger who had obtained his transportation at that unusual hour by promising an extra fare.

While the youth stood on the landing-place searching in his pockets for money, the ferryman lifted a lantern, by the aid of which, together with the newly risen moon, he took a very accurate survey of the stranger’s figure. He was a young man of barely eighteen years, evidently country bred（长大的）, and now, as it seemed, on his first visit to town. He was wearing a rough gray coat, which was in good shape, but which had seen many winters before this one. The garments under his coat were well constructed of leather, and fitted tightly to a pair of muscular legs; his stockings of blue yarn must have been the work of a mother or sister, and on his head was a three-cornered hat, which in its better days had sheltered the grayer head of the lad’s father. In his left hand was a walking stick, and his equipment was completed by a leather bag not so abundantly stocked as to inconvenience the strong shoulders on which it hung. Brown, curly hair, well-shaped-features, bright, cheerful eyes were nature’s gifts, and worth all that art could have done for his adornment(装饰).

The youth, whose name was Robin, paid the boatman, and then walked forward into the town with a light step, as if he had not already traveled more than thirty miles that day. As he walked, he surveyed his surroundings as eagerly as if he were entering London or Madrid, instead of the little metropolis（都市）of a New England colony.

小题1:What time of the year was it in this story?

A．Winter.

B．Fall.

C．Summer.

D．Spring.小题2:The boatman was willing to take Robin across the river because ________.

A．he was going to row across the river anyway

B．he saw that Robin was young and rich

C．he would give extra money

D．he felt sorry for him because Robin looked poor小题3:The stockings that Robin wore were obviously _________.

A．well worn

B．very expensive

C．handmade

D．much too big小题4:From the text we can learn that Robin had traveled __________.

A．from London

B．from Madrid

C．from a nearby city

D．over thirty miles小题5:At what time of day did Robin cross the river?

A．Night.

B．Late afternoon

C．Midday.

D．Morning.

最佳答案：

小题1:A

小题1:C

小题1:C

小题1:D

小题1:A

答案解析：

小题1:根据He was wearing a rough gray coat, which was in good shape, but which had seen many winters before this one.及下文对衣服的描写，可知本故事发生在冬季，故选A。

小题1:根据who had obtained his transportation at that unusual hour by promising an extra fare.许诺一个额外的小费。可知选C

小题1:根据his stockings of blue yarn must have been the work of a mother or sister,出自母亲或者姐妹之手，可知是手工制作的，故选C。

小题1:根据as if he had not already traveled more than thirty miles that day. 好像那天他不是已经走了三十多千米。可知选D。

小题1:根据It was not yet eleven o’clock（还不到十一点）及下文the ferryman lifted a lantern 船夫提着一个灯笼，可知指的是晚上十一点，故选A。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。