Question

【題目】 Once when I was a child, my father and I were waiting to buy tickets for the circus(馬戲團(tuán)). Finally, here was only one family between the ticket office and us.

There were eight children in this family and they were 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(小丑).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 adults '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 wasn't a smile on the man's face any more. He quietly asked, How much did you say?"

The ticket lady again told him the price

The man 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(丟) it on the ground（we were not rich ourselves at all!) He then tapped the man on the back and said, "Excuse me, sir, you dropped this"

The man understood my father was helping him. He held the note and looked straight into my dad’s eyes, and in tears replied, "Thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family."

【1】Why did the writer say "Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean”?

A.To show the mother looked after the children well.

B.To show the mother worked hard.

C.To show cheap clothes could be popular.

D.To show the family was very rich.

【2】Why was the poor man unhappy after he spoke with the ticket lady?

A.Because he dropped his money.

B.Because there were no tickets for them

C.Because the tickets were too expensive.

D.Because he didn't have money at all.

【3】Why was the poor man in tears at the end of the story?

A.Because he found his money.

B.Because he wanted to ask for help.

C.Because he was thankful to the writer's father.

D.Because he told his kids the bad news.

【4】Which of the following is most probably TRUE according to passage?

A.The poor family saw the circus that night.

B.The two families became good friends

C.The writer's father got much money

D.The writer saw the circus that night.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要講的是作者的父親幫助幫助一家人的故事。這是一個(gè)有著八個(gè)孩子的家庭，父母帶孩子們?nèi)タ瘩R戲，可是票價(jià)太貴。正在這位父親遭難之際，我的父親故意丟下20美元，來幫助這一家人，最后這一家人如愿以償?shù)目瓷狭笋R戲，而我們也因?yàn)閹椭鷦e人感到很高興。

【1】推理題。根據(jù)“Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean”的意思是“他們的衣服昂貴，但是很干凈”由此可推知，孩子們被媽媽照顧得很好，故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段中的“The man didn't have enough money”可知，在和售票員說話不開心了是因?yàn)樗麤]有足夠的錢，票太貴了，故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段中的“He held the note and looked straight into my dad’s eyes, and in tears replied, "Thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family”可知，這個(gè)窮人眼含淚水是因?yàn)樗麑ψ髡叩母赣H很感激，是感激的淚水，故選C。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段中的“Thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family”以及作者的父親幫助了那家人，可推知，那家人那天晚上看了馬戲團(tuán)表演，所以A說法是正確的；文章沒有提到兩家人最后成為了朋友，所以B說法是錯(cuò)誤的；根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段中的“we were not rich ourselves at all”可知，我們也不是很富裕，文章也沒有提到作者的父親得到了很多錢，所以C說法是錯(cuò)誤的；文章提到作者的父親拿出了20美元幫助了一家子人以及作者的家庭不是很富裕，所以作者可能那天晚上沒有看馬戲團(tuán)表演，而且文章沒有提到作者那天晚上是否看了馬戲團(tuán)表演，所以D說法是錯(cuò)誤的，故選A。