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

1.B

2.D

3.B

【解析】

試題分析：星期六的早上, 陽(yáng)光明媚, 空氣新鮮。每個(gè)人的心里都在歌唱、臉上洋溢著笑容，做事情每個(gè)步驟都充滿了活力。本停下來(lái)感興趣地看著湯姆畫畫。湯姆繼續(xù)繪畫并且假裝沒(méi)看見(jiàn)本。 湯姆運(yùn)用聰明的做法，讓小伙伴們主動(dòng)的為他勞動(dòng)，最后還得到了姑媽給的一大塊蛋糕。

1. was watching Tom paint with great interest. He was getting more and more eager（渴望的）to have a try himself.句意： 本停下來(lái)感興趣地看著湯姆畫畫。湯姆繼續(xù)繪畫并且假裝沒(méi)看見(jiàn)本。通過(guò)這一點(diǎn)，體現(xiàn)湯姆想用得不到才是最好的來(lái)激發(fā)他對(duì)這份工作的熱情。明確第二項(xiàng)正確。故選B

2. There was a song in every heart, cheer on every face, and a spring in every step. 句意：每個(gè)人的心里都在歌唱、臉上洋溢著笑容，做事情每個(gè)步驟都充滿了活力，這幾句都是描述積極向上、心情很好的狀況。因此結(jié)合選項(xiàng)第四項(xiàng)符合。故選D

3.

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