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2乘以3得8

赵新

我7岁还没上学，不识字也不识数，当然更不会算账。村里人说我是个傻二小。

有一年，我家的斜对面开了一家小小的杂货铺，卖针头线脑、纸张文具，也卖些吃的喝的。掌柜的是我的本家赵泰爷爷，一个很斯文的白胡子老头。开张那天，他先放了两挂鞭炮，然后在大门上贴了一副鲜红的对联。我问他这对子上写的什么，他告诉我，上联是“有酒今日醉”，下联是“没钱你别来”。我问他啥意思，他说，傻二小，回家问你爹去吧！

回到家里，我把那副对联给爹念出来了，问爹这是啥意思。

爹是农民，满头黄尘，一脸汗水。抽了一袋旱烟后爹说，二小，他那副对子一是鼓动人们买他的东西，手里有钱要舍得花；二是说他做买卖不赊账，没钱别进他的铺子。爹说赵泰这个人虽然识文断字，可是很小气，很抠，财迷脑瓜。爹还说他应该有个“不赊不欠”的横批！

爹说对了，不一会儿赵泰爷爷就把横批贴出来了，只不过是“概不赊欠”！我很佩服爹的智慧和眼光，尽管爹一字不识。爹笑着告诫我，你这个爷爷把一枚钱看得比磨盘还重，可别去买他的东西，小心糊弄你！

那天我们家里来了客人，爹要点火做饭时，突然发现没了洋火（火柴）。爹不敢怠慢和冷落亲戚，就交给我两毛钱，让我去买洋火。爹告诉我二分钱一盒洋火，买三盒，剩下的钱一分也不能花，要如数拿回来。爹说了这么几句，让我赶紧跑着去。

进了赵泰爷爷的铺子时，那位白胡子老头正趴在柜台上噼里啪啦打算盘。他头戴一顶瓜皮帽，身穿一件蓝布长衫，鼻梁上架了一副眼镜，比学校的老师还显得有文化、有尊严。他把算盘推到一边，俯下身来摸着我的头说，人家别的孩子都上学了，你为什么不上？我说，爷爷，我不识数！他说，你小子不上学，不就越来越笨吗？我说，爹不让我上学，说掏不起书钱！他说，你爹糊涂！掏不起书钱不会借？他还让你当一辈子傻二小呀？他猛地把柜台一拍，短见，你爹真正是短见！

赵泰爷爷的脸红了，雪白的胡子也抖动起来。他坐下去歇息一阵才问我买什么，身上带了多少钱。他很认真地告诉我，洋火是二分钱一盒，三盒，用乘法算，二乘以三得八。你身上带着两毛钱，用减法算，两毛减去八分，我应该再找给你一毛钱。你听明白了吗？听不明白，回家问你爹去！我一点也不明白，他一会儿乘法一会儿减法，我的脑袋早大了。

那天晚上，爹好一阵激动，好一番感慨，好一番叹息！

爹先是批评赵泰爷爷，这个赵泰，想钱想疯了吧？不顾仁义道德，不看同宗同家，光天化日之下欺负我们，他的良心呢？他可真会打算盘哪！一盒洋火二分钱，三盒应该是六分钱，从哪里跑出来的二乘以三得八啊？两毛钱减去六分钱应该是一毛四分钱，他多收了咱们四分钱。四分钱是个小数吗？两盒洋火呀！

爹接着批评我，你真是个傻二小！你就不会算一算？木头啊你！  

昏黄的油灯下，爹流泪了。他的泪水掉下来，砸得桌面啪啪响。

我说，爹，那你找他去，让他把钱退回来！

爹说，他是我的长辈，我怎么去找他呀？他财迷脑瓜，他会耍手段，他要是不认账呢？撕破了脸面，吵闹起来，岂不让人笑话？罢罢罢，忍了吧，和为贵。你明天上学去吧，爹给你借钱去！

第二天我就上学了。我发现我不笨，老师教的字，我都会写；老师讲的话，我都能记住。

一天傍晚，赵泰爷爷穿着那件长衫到我家里来了。爹礼貌地接待了他，给他递了一袋烟，端了一碗水。他对爹说，听说你让二小上学啦？爹说，是呀，没钱我可以借，我们不能再受别人的欺负啦！爷爷笑了，你忙吧，我走啦！爹说，我这可是被人逼的呀！

赵泰爷爷走后，爹在水碗底下发现了四分钱！爹的手一抖，碰洒了那碗还在冒着热气的水。

爹是在30多年之后去世的，那时候我在报社做记者。临终前爹对我说，二小，你还记得你赵泰爷爷吗？那个白胡子老头，在咱们村开杂货铺子的？我说，记得，记得很清楚呢！

爹说，喝水不忘挖井人。多亏了他呀！以后每年的清明节，你一定要到他的坟头上磕三个头去。人家为了谁呢？

爹走了，那是个秋天，一个高粱红了、谷子黄了的日子。

小题1:下列对小说有关内容的分析和概括，最恰当的两项是（5分）( )( )

A．小说标题新颖简洁又独具匠心，通过一个错误的算式激发了读者的阅读兴趣，它是行文的线索，也揭示了小说的主题。

B．小说写到赵泰穿着“长衫”，比学校的老师还显得有文化，表现了赵泰盛气凌人的姿态，婉转地表达了对赵泰的讽刺。

C．“他的泪水掉下来，砸得桌面啪啪响”，运用了夸张的手法，表现了“爹”对于赵泰不看同宗、贪图小利的痛心。

D．本文多处运用了生动的细节描写，不仅突出了人物形象，也暗示了特定的时代背景，使情节真实可信。E．作者善于设置悬念，赵泰的爱财、“骗财”到后来真相大白以及父亲的愤怒、感激等情节，环环相扣，引人入胜。

小题2:“那天晚上，爹好一阵激动，好一番感慨，好一番叹息！”请结合文意说说“爹”激动什么？感慨什么？叹息什么？（6分）

小题3:文章结尾一段，作者特别强调“爹”走的时候，是一个“高粱红了，谷子黄了”的日子，有何作用？请结合文意简要分析。（6分）

小题4:关于这篇小说的主人公，有人认为是赵泰爷爷，也有人认为是“爹”。你同意哪种观点？谈谈你的理由。（8分）

Questions 6-10 are based on Passage Two:Passage TwoEducating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world. Women’s education may be unusual territory for economists, but enhancing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics, with its emphasis on incentives, provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of an education.Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else’s family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school- the prophecy becomes self-fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious circle of neglect.An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle.Few will dispute that educating women has great social benefits. But it has enormous economic advantages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages rise by lo t0 20 percent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant impact on health practices, including family planning.

By saying "... the prophecy becomes self-fulfilling..." (Lines 4-5, Para. 2). the author means that ( ).

A．girls will turn out to be less valuable than boys

B．girls will be capable of realizing their own dreams

C．girls will eventually find their goals in life beyond reach

D．girls will be increasingly discontented with their life at home