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合伙人

[美]拉尔夫·摩迪著

范赤丹  戈佑君  译

  我酷爱吃巧克力,其中最喜欢的要算是味道偏苦的那一种了。有一回,妈妈买了一块这样的,引诱得我想入非非。

  恰好那会儿我正在扬谷机边给父亲打下手儿,一个主意从我脑子里闪过:何不悄悄砍下一块儿呢?无疑,这早晚会被母亲发觉,不过我可以趁她尚未猜出是谁所为时就不打自招,说不准还能侥幸免遭皮肉之苦呢?

  我开始伺机行动,刚一瞥见母亲出门喂鸡,我就借口渴要喝水回到屋里,我把巧克力从食品架子上取下来,掏出刀,举起来正要往下砍,忽听得母亲进屋了。我急忙把巧克力塞进前胸衬衫里,慌慌张张离开了房间。我先是溜进谷仓,藏好东西,这才拐到父亲那儿。

  整个下午,我都躲躲闪闪,竭力回避父亲。他一张嘴,我就心惊肉跳,手也不听使唤。父亲询问我,我只能硬着头皮谎称有点儿冷。只要父亲有意或无意往我这儿一瞅,我的心就嗵嗵乱跳。那该死的巧克力呀,真让我心乱如麻、有苦难言。那会儿,只有一个念头在我脑海中盘旋,只要能神不知鬼不觉让它物归原处,我就谢天谢地了。

  直到离开父亲,独自走在去放牛的路上的时候,刚才那烦躁和焦虑的心情才稍微缓和,脑筋又活跃起来,我自我安慰道:这算不上偷窃,我只不过想要一小块儿,可惜运气不佳,偏巧撞上母亲进屋,不得已才揣着逃走,被弄得贼溜溜地不敢见人。看来要想摆脱目前的窘境,只有完好送还了。

  我下决心要说到做到。可一想到巧克力,那甜甜的、苦苦的滋味好像就在舌尖上化开,我的决心又动摇了。我又心存侥幸地想:若是用一把锋利的刀切下半英寸来,母亲兴许不会察觉。

  快走到牛吃草的地方时,我又想起父亲曾说过家里的钱也有我一份,因为我也出了力,流了汗,假设这块巧克力就是用我挣来的钱买的,也能说得过去。我看,就这么着了。可是,当我赶着牛群返回的时候,又踌躇不前,犯起嘀咕来。眼看到了铁道边,我还是拿不定主意。我想这事干脆托付给仁慈的上帝来做主吧。我就从地上捡了一根干树枝。我决定把它往天上抛,然后根据枝头落地时的方向来处置这块巧克力:朝西,二话不说,完璧归赵;朝南,削去半英寸;朝东,说明巧克力是用我自己的那份钱买来的,我可以问心无愧自个儿享用。

  这么想着,我就用力把树枝向上一扔。树枝落在地下,枝头基本朝西,稍稍偏南。

  那天晚上,我在床上翻来覆去睡不着。我竭力回想那根树枝,它到底向南偏了多少度?最后我实在躺不下去了,悄悄从床上爬起来,溜到院子里。我从木头上取下斧子,就到谷仓去取巧克力。我把它拿到仓外放在畜栏底座上。那天晚上,月光如水,周围的一切都看得清清楚楚。

  我举斧正要往下砍,忽然听见父亲叫了一声“儿子”。

  我顿时目瞪口呆,一把抓起巧克力塞到贴身内衣里,赶紧转过身来。父亲抓住我的背带像拎小鸡似的把我提起来,扔到柴地上,狠狠地揍了我一顿。我敢说谁的父亲也没有这样狠的痛打过儿子。

  然后他又把我拎起来,让我站直了,问我该不该挨揍。他说并不是因为我拿走了巧克力,而是不能容忍我鬼鬼祟祟,于这种勾当。“儿子,”他说,“我知家里的钱有你一份,从某种意义上讲巧克力首先是属于你的。如果你直截了当开口要的话,也许我不会拒绝。但是我讨厌你这种不正大光明的行为。你说吧,你是愿意把你那份钱和我的分开呢,还是继续做我的合伙入?”

  直到这时,我才发现我当然不愿意把我的钱跟父亲的分开!当我又回到床上睡觉时,手还生疼生疼的,那是我俩刚才握手言和时,父亲用力很重的缘故。

1.指出文中加粗短语的指代对象。

①第二段中“一个主意从我脑子里闪过”的“一个主意“是指_______________________________________________

②第四段中“那会儿,只有一个念头在我脑海中盘旋”的“一个念头”是指_______________________________________________

2.“合伙人”在文中的含义是什么?

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3.这篇小说的心理活动描写十分出色,下面的这个描写体现了小主人公当时怎样的心理?

  只要父亲有意或无意往我这儿一瞅,我的心就嗵嗵乱跳。

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答案

1.①何不悄悄砍下一块儿呢?

②只要能神不知鬼不觉让它物归原处,我就谢天谢地了。(也可用自己的话表达。)

2.父子和睦相处,共同劳动,共同创造和拥有财富。

3.做贼心虚,唯恐被父亲发现的紧张、慌乱心理。

多项选择题
单项选择题

On May 29, 1973, Thomas Bradley, a black man, was elected mayor of Los Angeles. Los Angeles is the third largest city in the United States, with a population of three million. About sixteen percent of the city’s population are black.
News of this election appeared on the front pages of newspapers everywhere in the United States. Here is how one major newspaper reported the event.
LOS ANGELES ELECTS BRADLEY MAYOR UNSEATING YORTYBLACK WINS 56% OF VOTES
Bradley called his victory over Yorty "the fulfillment of a dream". During his childhood and youth, people had kept telling him, "You can’t do this, you can’t go there, because you are a Negro. " Nevertheless he had won a decisive victory over a man who had been won 43.7 percent.
Los Angeles voters have had many opportunities to judge. Thomas Bradley had to form an opinion of him. The son of a poor farmer Texas, he joined the Los Angeles police force in 1940. During his twenty-one years on the police force he earned a law degree by attending school at night. He was elected to the city council ten years ago.
At the time of the Los Angeles election, three other American cities already had black mayors, but none of those cities had as large a population as Los Angeles. Besides, the percentage of blacks in those other cities was much larger. Cleveland, Ohio, had thirty-six percent black when Carl Stokes was elected mayor of Cleveland in 1967. In the same year Richard Hatcher was elected mayor of Cary. In Newark, New Jersey, sixty percent of the population were black when Kenneth Gibson was elected in 1970. Thus election of a black mayor in those cities was not very surprising.
In Los Angeles thousands of white citizens voted for Thomas Bradley because they believed he would be a better mayor than the white candidate. Bradley had spent forty-eight of his fifty-five years in Los Angeles. Four years ago Bradley lost mayoral election to Yorty. This time Bradley won.

From the passage we can infer that people ______.

A. voted for Bradley because of his black color
B. didn’t care much about his color when they voted
C. voted for him to give a chance to fulfill his dream
D. voted for Bradley because they trust him