Question

My mother comes up to my room and tells me that my father has got a new job. That’s why we’re moving. “Don’t you want to know where we’re going?” she asks. “Not really,” I say. She tells me anyway. I pretend not to listen.

Every day my parents tell me something about the town that will become our new home. There is a statue (雕塑) honoring hero, a strawberry festival every year and the mayor(市長) used to be a professional football player. There are oak trees in our new neighborhood, just like the one on our yard. Pictures of these begin to fill in my mind. I start wondering what it might be like to live in such a town. On the day before we leave, I walk in the direction as if I were going to school. When I see the tiny old lady, I tell her goodbye, and she tells me to carry an umbrella when it rains. Her tiny dog holds out a tiny paw to shake my hand. The man at the newspaper store shakes my hand, too. The twins wave to me as they get on the bus. I go home, walking slowly through streets lined with oak trees.

A large truck is parked in front of our house. The movers are carrying boxes while my parents are putting suitcases into our car. Soon our house will be empty, but not for long. I know that somewhere there are parents telling their children about a new town filled with oak trees, a place where they will meet nice people.

1.The writer is moving to a new place because____________________.

A. he doesn’t like his school any more B. his father has had new work there

C. their neighborhood isn’t beautiful enough D. his parents have bought a new big house there

2.The reason that the writer’s parents tell him something about the town they are going to move to is __________________.

A. to remind him to say goodbye to his classmates

B. to let him forget all about moving house

C. to help him stop worrying about the new home

D. to make him decide whether to move house or not

3.Why does the writer take a walk on the day before the family moves?

A. To say goodbye to what has been familiar(熟悉) to him.

B. To visit the statue in the middle of town.

C. To see if the same people are still in the same places.

D. To be away from home when the movers come.

4.From the underlined sentence in the last paragraph, we can infer(推測) that ______________.

A. like the people in the writer’s neighborhood, most people don’t enjoy their homes

B. like the writer’s home, every family has its stories

C. like the writer’s father, parents often get a new job easily

D. like the writer, other children may worry about moving house,too

Answer 1