Jessie felt her life so boring one summer day. She was tired of watching TV, she read all her books, and her friends were on vacation. She wanted something different to do. Suddenly, she saw the lawn mower（割草機(jī)）sitting in the yard.
“Mom," she shouted, ‘‘I think I will mow the lawn." Her mom ran into the yard and said,“Oh no, you don't. You're too young to mow the lawn."
“I'm fourteen years old and know how to do it," Jessie said. "Besides, it would help Dad out, and he won't have to worry about it over the weekend."
Mom thought for a while and then decided to let Jessie give it a try. After all, she was home and would keep an eye on her. Jessie already knew how to start the lawn mower from watching her dad. Jessie checked the gas（汽油）to make sure it was full, and put on her gardening gloves to protect her hands. Mom watched from the kitchen window. Jessie really does know how to mow the lawn. She was very careful around the flowers and trees. When she finished, she felt so good, but she was so hot. Mom brought her some ice tea and said, "You really did a great job. Dad will be very surprised."
Later that day, Dad came home and said to Jessie's mom, "You didn't have to mow the lawn. I was going to do it on Saturday. It looks great. Thanks."
"I didn't mow it. Jessie did."
"Wow, our little girl is growing up!" Dad told Jessie what a great job she had done.
"It was fun, and I will do it again next week," said Jessie.
The neighbor next door came by and asked Jessie if she wanted to mow his lawn and make some money. "Sure!" said Jessie. Jessie began mowing his lawn. Two other neighbors asked so, then another three. Jessie was now mowing lawns for them all and making some money. She was no longer bored! "I won't have time to spend my money," she laughed to herself.
【小題1】 In order to do something different, Jessie decide to _______.

A．read books B．travel
C．mow the lawn D．watch TV
【小題2】The phrase "keep an eye on" in the sentence。"After all, she was home and would keep an eye on her." means _______.
A．保護(hù) B．注視 C．培養(yǎng) D．瞄準(zhǔn)
【小題3】Before Jessie mowed the lawn, she. _______.
A．read some instructions B．washed her hands
C．bought some gas D．put on her gloves
【小題4】The text mainly tells us that_______.
A．doing something helpful can make people happy
B．mowing the lawn is a good way to make money
C．neighbors should learn to help each other
D．children should help their parents at an early age


【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：杰西在暑假期間。她感覺到厭煩看電視了，她讀了所有的書，她的朋友都去度假了。她想做一些不同的事情，她想為家中的草地割草，因?yàn)樗鸭抑械牟莸卮驋叩暮芎�，所以很多鄰居都請她幫助，最后大家都很開心。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：為了做一些不同的事，杰西決定做什么？聯(lián)系原文第一段中，杰西厭煩了看電視，因此他打算去做割草，因此選擇第三項(xiàng)。故選C
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：在這個(gè)句子中，短語"keep an eye on"的意思？聯(lián)系原文：After all, she was home and would keep an eye on her.句意：畢竟，她在家，她用她的眼睛注視著。聯(lián)系下文體現(xiàn)為注視之意。故選B
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：杰西在割草之前，她將要做什么？聯(lián)系原文：Jessie checked the gas（汽油）to make sure it was full, and put on her gardening gloves to protect her hands. 句意：杰西檢查了汽油確保它是満的，戴上了工作手套。明確選項(xiàng)是第四項(xiàng)。故選D
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：短文的中心思想是什么？通過短文的描述，杰西的做法告訴一點(diǎn)，做一些幫助別人的事能使人們開心，因此選擇第一項(xiàng)。故選A
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