题文
At noon the rush hour had passed. There were few guests (顾客) in the snack bar. It was not crowded. When the boss was about to take a break to read a newspaper, in came an old lady and a little boy.
“How much money is a bowl of beef soup?” the grandma sat down, counted the money in her purse and ordered a bowl of beef soup. The grandma pushed the bowl to the little boy, who swallowed (吞咽) his saliva (口水), looking at his grandma and saying, "Grandma, did you really have lunch?" "Of course." His grandma chewed (咀嚼) a piece of radish (萝卜泡菜) slowly. Very quickly, the little boy ate up the meal.
Seeing this. the boss went over to them and said, "Old lady, congratulations, you are lucky to have the free food, for you are our 100th guest."
Afterwards, over a month or more, one day, the small boy squatted (蹲) across the snack bar, where he seemed to be counting something, which shocked the boss when he happened to look out office window.
When the small boy saw a guest walk into the snack bar, he would put a small stone into the circle he drew, but the lunch time had almost passed, the small stones he put into the circle were hardly 50.
The boss was quite worried and called up all his old guests. The guests started coming one after another.
"81, 82, 83… " the small boy counted faster and faster. At last, when the 99th small stone was put into the circle, the little boy hurried to pull his grandma's hand and went into the snack bar.
"Grandma, this time it's on me," the little boy said proudly. The grandma who had become the real 100th guest was served a bowl of beef soup by her grandson. As his grandma as before, the little boy chewed a piece of radish in his mouth.
小题1:Grandma ordered only one bowl of beef soup because __________.A．Grandma only liked radishB．Grandma didn't like beef soupC．Grandma loved her grandson more than herselfD．There was only one bowl of beef soup left in the snack bar at that time小题2:What do you think of the boss of the snack bar?A．Impatient.B．Warm-hearted.C．Very rich.D．Hard-working.小题3:Why did the boy put the small stones into the circle he drew?A．He played games with his friends.B．He was asked to count the guests for the boss.C．He wanted to get the free beef soup for his grandma.D．He only wanted to know the number of the small stones.小题4:Which can be the best title of the passage?A．The 100th guestB．A snack barC．A boy counting stonesD．A poor grandma
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A
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解析
这篇短文描述了发生在一家饭店的故事。热心的老板为了让一位老人喝上一碗牛肉汤，编造了一个善意的谎言，演绎出了老板以及这对祖孙之间善良的人性之美。
小题1:通过阅读短文第二段我们可以知道，这位奶奶很爱自己的小孙子，故选C。
小题2:根据Seeing this. the boss went over to them and said, "Old lady, congratulations, you are lucky to have the free food, for you are our 100th guest."及下文描述可知，老板说的免费的食物是老板骗老奶奶的一句话，他这样说只是为了让这个老人安心的吃上一碗牛肉汤。故选B，热心的。
小题3:根据"Grandma, this time it's on me," the little boy said proudly. The grandma who had become the real 100th guest was served a bowl of beef soup by her grandson.可知小男孩是在数什么时候到第一百位顾客，故选C，他想为奶奶得到一碗免费的牛肉汤。
小题4:这篇短文中因为老板随便编造出来的第一百位顾客，让老奶奶得到了一碗免费的牛肉汤，不但表现出了老板的热心，也通过后面的事件进一步揭示出了祖孙之间深深的爱，故选A，第一百位顾客。最符合本文主题思想。
点评：本文浅显易懂，层次分明，学生很容易把握文中中心内容。答题中注意带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据短文中心总结出正确答案。
考点
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人物传记类阅读
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本类型选材主要是名人轶事。
人物传记的叙述线索也常常以时间为序。内容一般不是一个人的生活流水账，而是选取主人公一些重要的人生阶段或生活片段来展开叙述。
阅读时要把握主人公在此阶段发生的事对他本身或他人有什么重要的意义和影响。
