What Is a Boy? Between the innocence of babyhood and the seriousness of manhood

What Is a Boy?

Between the innocence of babyhood and the seriousnessof manhood we find a delightful creature called a “boy”. Boys come in differentsizes, weights, and colors, but all boys have the same belief: to enjoy everysecond of every minute of every hour of every day and to fill the air withnoise until the adult males pack them off to bed at night．

Boys are found everywhere—on top of, under, inside of,climbing on, swinging from, running around, or jumping to. Mothers spoil them,little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers love them, and God protectsthem. A boy is TRUTH with dirt on its face, BEAUTY with a cut on its finger,WISDOM with chocolate in its hair, and the HOPE of the future with a snake inits pocket．

When you are busy, a boy is a trouble-maker and anoise. When you want him to make a good impression, his brain turns to jelly orelse he becomes a wild creature bent on destroying the world and himself withit.

A boy is a mixture – he has the stomach of a horse,the digestion of stones and sand, the energy of an atomic bomb, the curiosityof a cat, the imagination of a superman, the shyness of a sweet girl, the bravenature of a bull, the violence of a firecracker, but when you ask him to makesomething, he has five thumbs on each hand.

He likes ice cream, knives, saws, Christmas, comicbooks, woods, water (in its natural habitat), large animals, Dad, trains,Saturday mornings, and fire engines． He is notmuch for Sunday schools, company, schools, books without pictures, musiclessons, neckties, barbers, girls, overcoats, adults, or bedtime.

Nobody else is so early to rise, or so late to supper.Nobody else gets so much fun out of trees, dogs, and breezes. Nobody else canput into one pocket a rusty knife, a half eaten apple, a three-feet rope, sixcents and some unknown things.

A boy is a magical creature—he is your headache butwhen you come home at night with only destroyed pieces of your hopes anddreams, he can mend them like new with two magic words, “Hi, Dad!”

1.The whole passage is in a tone of _________．

A．ambition andexpectation                 B．respect andharmony

C．humor andaffection                     D．confidenceand imagination

2.By saying “he has five thumbs on each hand.”,the author means        .

A．he hasaltogether five fingers              B．he is slow,foolish and clumsy

C．he becomesclever and smart              D．he cuts his handwith a knife

3.According to the writer, boys appreciate everythingin the following except _________．

A．ice cream                             B．comic books

C．Saturdaymornings                      D．Sundayschools

4.What does the writer feel about boys?

A．He feelscurious about their noise．

B．He is fed upwith these creatures．

C．He is amazedby their naughtiness．

D．He feelsunsafe staying with them．

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【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

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