Stanley Yelnats was given a choice. The judge said, “You may go to prison, or you may go to Camp Green Lake.” Stanley was from a poor family. He had never been to camp before. So, Stanley Yelnats seems set to serve an easy sentence, which is only fair because he is as innocent as you or me. But Stanley is not going where he thinks he is.
Camp Green Lake is like no other camp anywhere. It is a place that has no lake and nothing green. Nor is it a camp, at least not the kind of camp kids look forward to in the summertime. It is only a desert wasteland, dotted with countless holes dug by the boys who live at the camp.
The trouble started when Stanley was accused of stealing a pair of shoes donated by basketball great Clyde “Sweetfeet” Livingston to a celebrity auction (名流拍卖会). In court, the judge doesn’t believe Stanley’s explanation that the shoes fell from the sky onto his head. And yet, that’s exactly what happened. Strangely, though, Stanley doesn’t blame the judge for falsely convicting (宣告有罪) him. Instead, he blames the whole thing on his “no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-
stealing-great-great-grandfather.” Thanks to this distant relative, the Yelnats family had been cursed (诅咒) for generations. For Stanley, his current troubles are just a natural part of being a Yelnats.
At Camp Green Lake, the warden (看守) makes the boys “build character” by spending all day, every day, digging holes: five feet wide and five feet deep. It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize there’s more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is searching for something, and before long Stanley begins his own search — for the truth. Fate is to find a solution to it all — the family curse, the mystery of the holes. The great wheel of justice has ground slowly for generations, but now it is about to reveal its verdict (裁决).
【1】Stanley Yelnats went to Camp Green Lake to__________________.
A．enjoy the summertime B．show his innocence
C．Serve his sentence D．make a choice
【2】We can learn from the passage that Stanley__________________.
A．stole the shoes for his relative
B．got the shoes by accident
C．donated the shoes to an auction
D．blamed the judge for the sentence
【3】In fact，the warden made the boys dig holes to________________.
A．kill the time B．build character
C．break the family curse D．look for something
【4】In which section of a newspaper does this passage probably appear?
A．Law． B．Geography．
C．News． D．Literature．
答案
【1】C
【2】B
【3】D
【4】D
解析
试题答案解析：本文主要讲述了少年斯坦利被冤枉偷了足球明星的球鞋而来到绿湖营少年管教所，终日从事一项惨无人道的苦役——在干涸如岩的湖床上顶着烈日挖洞。出人意料的是，挖洞竟挖出了一个天大的秘密：在这片荒凉的土地下，埋藏着几个家族上百年盘根错节的恩怨。斯坦利和他的伙伴零蛋在不堪忍受苦役和虐待的逃亡过程中结下了生死情谊，并最终揭露了绿湖营“挖洞”的大骗局，化解了家族之间的恩怨诅咒……
【1】C 细节理解题，从本文中第一段最后一句Stanley Yelnats seems set to serve an easy sentence，which is only fair because he is as innocent斯坦利 Yelnats 似乎设置为一个简单的句子，只是公平，因为他是无辜的。可知选C。
【2】B 细节理解题，本文中第三段第二句In court，thejudge doesn’t believe Stanley’S explanation that the shoes fell from the sky onto his head．在法庭上，法官并不相信斯坦利这双鞋从他的头上的天空落下的解释。可以说明斯坦利是偶然得到这双鞋的。故选B。
【3】D 细节理解题，从本文中第四段第二句The boys are digging holes because the warden is searching for something，男孩子们在挖坑，因为看守要寻找一些东西。可以知道选D。
【4】D 推理判断题，本文最后一段the mystery of the holes．洞的传说，再结合文章的内容，由一双鞋子引起的系列事情，牵出家族恩怨等，可以推断这是一篇文学性文章，故选D。