Question

Saturday morning was bright and fresh. There was a song in every heart, cheer on every face, and a spring in every step.

Tom appeared with a bucket（桶）of white paint in one hand and a brush in the other. His Aunt Polly told him to paint the fence（籬笆）around the garden. It was ninety feet long and nine feet high. He felt very blue.

Then he had a wonderful idea. He picked up his brush and started to work.

Soon Ben came along the road. He was happily eating an apple. He stopped to look at Tom. Tom went on painting and pretended（假裝）not to see Ben.

“I’m going swimming,” said Ben. “Do you want to go swimming, Tom? But I guess you can’t. You have to stay and work, don’t you?”

 “Work?” Tom said. “This isn’t work. I’m enjoying myself. Does a boy get a chance to paint a fence like this every day?”

Ben thought about this. Tom continued painting carefully. Sometimes he stopped, stood back to look at the fence like an artist, and then added（增加）a bit more paint in just the right place. Ben was watching Tom paint with great interest. He was getting more and more eager（渴望的）to have a try himself.

After a while, Ben asked Tom if he would let him paint a little. Tom thought about it, and said, “No, Ben, I can’t. You see. Aunt Polly wants it to be done well. Aunt Polly said that I must paint it with great care.”

“Oh, please, Tom,” begged Ben. “I can do it. I’ll be really careful. Just let me try. I’ll give you half of my apple. Well, I’ll give you all of it!”

“Well, all right, Ben,” said Tom. “You must be very careful.”

He gave Ben his brush with worry on his face but joy in his heart. He sat down under the tree, and started to eat Ben’s apple. All day, boys came to make fun of Tom, but they ended up staying to paint. When Ben got tired, Billy was waiting. He gave Tom a kite for a chance to paint. Then Johnny offered him a basketball, and so on.

By late afternoon Tom had got all kinds of toys, and the fence had got three coats of paint. Later Aunt Polly came to look at the painted fence. She was so pleased with Tom’s work that she gave Tom a large cake!

1.Why did Tom pretend not to see Ben when he came and watched him painting?

A. He saw Ben eating an apple happily.

B. He tried to make Ben interested in it.

C. He didn’t want to go swimming with Ben at all.

D. He didn’t want Ben to share the chance to paint the fence.

2.What does the underlined word “spring” probably mean in Chinese?

A. 春天           B. 彈簧           C. 泉                            D. 活力

3.What do you think of Tom?

A. Honest.           B. Smart.             C. Shy.                   D. Stubborn.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文介紹了小湯姆通過小小的計謀使得好友本幫他一起完成粉刷花園周圍的籬笆，最終得到了阿姨的稱贊的故事，說明了小湯姆的機智、聰明。

1.細節理解題。根據第二段中It was ninety feet long and nine feet high. He felt very blue.最后兩句可知，湯姆的工作很多，他感到很沮喪，第三段中Then he had a wonderful idea.可知湯姆想到了一個好主意，所以他假裝沒看到本的原因在于引起本的興趣，讓他幫忙干工作；故選B。

2.詞義猜測題。根據第一段的內容可知周六早上陽光明媚空氣清新。每個人的心里都在歌唱、臉上洋溢著笑容，接下來自然是做事情每一步驟都有活力，這幾句都是描述積極向上、心情很好的狀況；故選D。

3.細節判斷題。根據全文判斷，湯姆沒有直接叫本給他幫忙，而是通過簡單的小計謀使得本對他的工作感興趣進而幫助他一起刷籬笆來達到自己最后的目的，可知，他是很聰明的；故選B。

考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。