Question

C

     Once when I was young,my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus (馬戲) . Finally,there was only one family between the ticket office and us. This family made a great impression on me.

     There were eight children,all probably under the age of 12. You could tell they didn't have a lot of money. Their clothes were not expensive,but they were clean. The children talked excitedly about the clowns,elephants and other acts they would see that night. I could tell they never saw the circus before. It was clearly a very important day out for them. The father and mother seemed happy as they could be.

     The ticket lady asked how many tickets the father wanted. He proudly answered. “Please let me buy eight children's tickets and two adult tickets,so I can take my family to the circus. ”

     The ticket lady told him the price.

     The man's wife lowered her head. There was no longer a smile on the man's face. He quietly asked, “How much did you say?”

     The ticket lady again told him the price.

     The man clearly didn't have enough money. But how could he tell his kids the bad news?

     Seeing what was happening,my dad took a $ 20 note from his pocket and dropped it on the ground. (We were not rich ourselves at all!) He then tapped the man on the shoulder and said, “Excuse me,sir,you dropped this. ”

     The man understood my father was helping him. He picked up the money,looked straight into my dad's eyes,and in tears replied ,“Thank you,sir,thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family.”Although we did not go to the circus that night,we didn't go without

() 1. Why does the writer say “Their clothes were not expensive,but they were clean”(Paragraph 2) ?

   A. To show the children were well looked after.

   B. To show cheap clothes could be popular.

   C. To show how hard the mother worked.

   D. To show how rich the family were.

() 2. Why was the poor man unhappy after he spoke with the ticket lady?

   A. He had lost his money. B. His children were noisy.

   C. The tickets were sold out. D. The tickets were too expensive.

() 3. Who did the $ 20 note belong to?

   A. The poor man. B. The writer's father.

   C. The poor man's wife. D. The ticket lady.

() 4. Why was the poor man in tears at the end of the story?

   A. He found the money he lost. B. He wanted others to help him.

   C. He made his children unhappy. D. He was thankful for the kindness.

() 5. Which of the following statements is probably true according to the passage?

   A. The poor family saw the circus that night. B. The two families became close friends.

   C. The writer's father earned some money. D. The writer saw the circus that night.

Answer 1

C

閱讀提示：本文是一篇記敘文。講述了作者與父親排隊(duì)買馬戲票，父親幫助一戶貧窮人家買票的故事。

1. A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。“他們的衣服不貴，但是很干凈”，作者在這里是想表達(dá)這一家雖貧窮，但是孩子們穿戴整齊干凈，得到了很好的 照顧，故選A.

2. D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段可知，門票的價(jià)格超出了這個(gè)人的經(jīng)濟(jì)能力，所以他感到不開心。

3. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段可知，這20美元是作者的爸爸自己拿出來幫助這戶人家的，故選   B.

4. D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從全文來看，那個(gè)窮人買不起門票，本來他覺得很郁悶;這個(gè)時(shí)候，“我爸爸”拿出自己的錢幫助他，由此推斷出他 肯定是非常感激“我爸爸”，故選   D.

5. A推理判斷題。文章并沒有提到兩家人成為了好朋友，故13錯(cuò)_;文中只是說“我爸爸”拿錢幫助這家人，并沒有提他掙了錢，故C 錯(cuò);最后一段提到 “ we did not go to the circus that night”，故 D錯(cuò)。