Question

【題目】Johnny lived with his mother and father in a small town in the mountains.

One day there was an earthquake near the town. Many houses were destroyed. Everyone thought that there would soon be another earthquake.

They were worried that the second earthquake would be worse than the first.

“We must send Johnny to a safe place.” Johnny’s mother said to her husband, “ Many of our friends are sending their children to relatives(親戚)in other towns.”

“We’ll send him to my brother, Peter,” Johnny’s father said, “He lives a long way away.” Johnny will be safe with him.

He telephoned Johnny’s uncle Peter and asked him if he would let Johnny live with him.

“He’s a good boy,” he said, “won’t put you in hot water.”

“All right,” Johnny’s Uncle Peter said, “but I’m not used to children. I live a very quiet and peaceful life.”

“You won’t know Johnny’s in the house,” his father told him.

So Johnny, who was five, went to live with his uncle.

Two days later, his mother and father received a telegram(電報(bào)) from Peter saying “___________. ” After Johnny’s parents knew it, they felt sorry for it.

【1】The underlined word “Put you in hot water” in the passage most probably means _______.

A. give you any trouble

B. keep you in danger

C. boil some hot water for you.

【2】Johnny and his parents lived ________.

A. in a big town

B. near the sea

C. in the mountains

【3】Uncle Peter worried about Johnny coming to live with him because ________.

A.he ws not used to children

B.he was an old man

C.his house was far from Johnny’s.

【4】Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Johnny’s parents sent him away because his uncle wanted to see him.

B.Johnny’s parents received a telephone after Johnny was sent to his uncle’s home two days later.

C.Uncle Peter didn’t like noisy life.

【5】 “__________” can be the missing sentence in the passage.

A. I enjoy the days with Johnny because we have no arguments with each other.

B. I’m returning the child. Please send an earthquake.

C. Your lovely son likes living with me very much.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章講述了約翰尼生活的小城鎮(zhèn)發(fā)生了地震，他的爸爸媽媽擔(dān)心約翰尼在地震中受到傷害，就把他送到了叔叔家，而他的叔叔喜歡安靜平和的生活，但是約翰尼給叔叔帶來的麻煩遠(yuǎn)比地震還要多，所以叔叔又把他送回了。

【1】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)句意：他是一個(gè)好男孩，不會(huì)帶來麻煩，故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 根據(jù)文中Johnny lived with his mother and father in a small town in the mountains.可知Johnny 和父母住在山上，故選C

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中Johnny’s Uncle Peter said, “but I’m not used to children. I live a very quiet and peaceful life.”可知Johnny’的叔叔不習(xí)慣孩子，故選A

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通讀全文可知只有C是正確的，彼得叔叔不喜歡吵鬧的孩子。故選C。

【5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句意兩天后，他的母親和父親收到了一封電報(bào)（電報(bào)）把孩子還給你。故選B.