The war was the most peaceful time of my life.The window of my bedroom faced southeast.I always woke with the first light,feeling myself rather like the sun,ready to shine and feel joyful.Life never seemed so simple and clear and full of possibilities as then.I put my feet out from under the bedclothes—I called them Mrs Right and Mrs Left,telling them to discuss the problem of the day.At least Mrs Right did;she easily showed her feeling,but I hadn’t the same control of Mrs Left,so she was always showing agreement.

They discussed what Mother and I should do during the day,what Santa Claus should give a fellow for Christmas,and what steps should be taken to brighten the home.There was that little matter of the baby,for example.Mother and I could never agree about that.Ours was the only house in the neighborhood without a new baby,and Mother said we couldn’t buy one till Father came back from the war because they cost seventeen and six.That showed how foolish she was.The Geneys up the road had a baby,and everyone knew they couldn’t afford seventeen and six.It was probably a cheap baby,and Mother wanted something really good,but I felt she was too hard to please.The Geneys’ baby would have done us fine.

Having settled my plans for the day,I got up,put a chair under my window,and lifted the window high enough to stick out my head.The window overlooked the front gardens of the homes behind ours.

After that I went into Mother’s room and climbed into the big bed.She woke and I began to tell her of my plans.By this time,though I never seemed to have noticed it,I was feeling very cold in my nightshirt,but I warmed up as I talked until I fell asleep

 
beside her.I woke again only when I heard her below in the kitchen,making breakfast.

51.Why does the writer say the war was the most peaceful time of his life?

A.Because he was a small child and had little to worry about.

B.Because his home was far away from the war.

C.Because he knew his father was a soldier and could protect him.

D.Because he believes sometimes war is better than peace.

解析： 本题是分析判断题，通读全文后我们会发现作者的童年是无忧无虑的。

答案：A

52.Who do you think Mrs Right and Mrs Left were?

A.They were the writer’s neighbors.

B.They were the writer’s aunts.

C.They were the writer’s mother’s friends.

D.They were the writer’s feet.

答案：D

53.Mother refused to buy a baby for the writer because ______.

A.she did not want to spend the money

B.she wanted something really good but couldn’t afford it

C.she did not want two babies at home

D.she needed her husband’s advice

解析： C项和D项文章都没涉及，故排除。虽然文章提到了A项和B项，但是A项是母亲说出的理由，而B项是作者的推测。

答案：A

54.What do you know about the Geneys?

A.They were rich and could afford a baby.

B.They were not so hard to please as the writer’s mother.

C.They had a baby which cost seventeen and six.

D.They were as poor as the writer’s family,if not poorer.

解析： 细节理解题，第二段能找到排除或肯定各选项的句子。

答案：D

55.What can we infer from the passage?

A.The writer feels sorry for his poor childhood.

B.The writer believes he had a happy childhood although the family was poor.

C.The writer will never forgive his mother for not buying him a baby.

D.The father never returned from the war.

解析： 综合分析题，D项文章没涉及;文章最后一段描述了作者同他母亲的亲密关系，排除C项;文章的字里行间，处处流露了作者对童年的美好回忆，而不是遗憾，排除A项，所以正确答案为B项。

答案：B