“Tom!”
There was no answer.
“Tom!”
Still no answer.
“Where’s that boy gone? Tom!”
The old lady looked all around the room. She looked under the bed, but found only the cat.
“If I catch that boy, …” she murmured to herself.
She opened the door and looked out into the garden.
“Tom!” she shouted.
Then she heard a slight noise behind her. She turned round just in time to catch the boy as he came out of a cupboard.
“And what have you been doing in there?”
“Nothing,” said the boy.
“Nothing! Look at your hands and your mouth! What is that stuff?”
“I don’t know, Aunt.”
“Well, I know. It’s a jam. I’ve told you forty times that if you touched that jam, I’d skin you.
Give me that stick.”
“Look out, Aunt! Look behind you!”
The old lady turned round and Tom was out of the door in a flash, over the garden fence and away.
“Damn that boy! Will I never learn? He’s always playing tricks on me. And he seems to know just now how far he can go, too. But I can’t take a stick to him. I really can’t. After all, he’s my dead sister’s boy. Ah well, he’ll play truant today and I’ll have to make him work tomorrow.”
At supper Aunt Polly tried to trick Tom into admitting that he hadn’t gone to school.
“It was rather hot today, wasn’t it, Tom?”
“Yes,” answered Tom.
“You didn’t have to open your shirt collar where I sewed（縫） it, then.”
Tom was confident, now. He opened his jacket. His collar was securely sewed.
“Oh Tom,” said Aunt Polly. “You’re a good boy really.”
She was sorry that she had been wrong about him.
“But Aunt,” came a voice. It was Sidney, Tom’s younger brother. “Didn’ t you sew Tom’s collar with white cotton? Look! Now it’s black.
Tom was already running out of the door.
---The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
小題1:The underlined word “skin” probably mean in the passage?
A．praiseB．cheatC．touchD．beat
小題2:Which of the following words can be best used to describe Tom?
A．stupidB．cleverC．naughtyD．brave
小題3:What can be inferred from Sidney’s words in the passage?
A．Tom made his jacket dirty on purpose.
B．Tom didn’t go to school that day.
C．Tom was a dirty boy.
D．Sidney hated Tom so he wanted to punish him.
小題4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Tom’s mother passed away.
B．Tom’s aunt was a good sewer.
C．Tom was good at sports.
D．Aunt Polly felt sorry for his misunderstanding to Tom.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:A

試題分析：本文講述了Tom寄宿在Polly阿姨家里的事情，Tom非常頑皮，總是逃學總是捉弄Polly阿姨。
小題1:D 推理題。根據(jù)本句“Well, I know. It’s a jam. I’ve told you forty times that if you touched that jam, I’d skin you.可知Aunt Polly警告Tom不要碰jam，否則就要懲罰他，故該詞是指D項含義。
小題2:C 推理題。根據(jù)“Look out, Aunt! Look behind you!”和The old lady turned round and Tom was out of the door in a flash, over the garden fence and away.可知當Aunt Polly要揍他的時候，他耍了一個小把戲，以及他躲在櫥柜里，都說明他是一個很調(diào)皮的男孩。故C正確。
小題3:B 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后3行“But Aunt,” came a voice. It was Sidney, Tom’s younger brother. “Didn’t you sew Tom’s collar with white cotton? Look! Now it’s black. Tom was already running out of the door.可知Tom在聽見Sidney說話以后趕緊逃走，說明他知道Polly阿姨以及知道他沒有上學的事情。故Sidney透露了沒有上學的信息。故B正確。
小題4:A 推理題。根據(jù)After all, he’s my dead sister’s boy可知Tom的媽媽已經(jīng)去世了。Tom隨著Polly阿姨生活。故A正確。
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