Question

Aunt Polly had told Tom to paint the whole fence (柵欄)in front of the house. He thought of the other boys out for the day enjoying themselves and he felt very unhappy. Then he had an idea! He picked up the brush and started painting slowly and carefully. Soon, his friend Ben Rogers appeared, eating an apple. Tom pretended (假裝) not to see him.
“Tom!” Ben said. “Why are you working?”
“Oh, it’s you, Ben,”Tom said, “I didn’t notice you.”
“I’m gong for a swim,” Ben said, “but you don’t’ want to come. You want to work, don’t you? It’s much nicer!” Ben laughed loudly. Tom looked seriously at Ben and said. “What is work? What do you call work?”
“Isn’t that work?” Ben asked.
“Well, no. Does a boy get the opportunity to paint a fence every day? You’ve never painted a fence, have you? Auntie says I have to do it with great care!’
“Pleas, Tom. Let me do a little,” said Ben.
“No, Ben. If you do, you’ll do it wrong. You can’t paint very well. If it was the back fence wouldn’t mind, but it isn’t.”
“I won’t do it wrong. I’ll be really careful. I’ll give you my apple.” Tom gave him the brush and paint with a sad face, but in his heart he was glad, His trick had worked.
After Ben got tired and left, other boys came along and Tom said the same things to them. Soon, the whole fence was painted white, but not by Tom. He felt very clever because he had discovered something important about the way people are. People only want what they can’t have or want to do what they shouldn’t do

1. 1.
   Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “opportunity” on this passage?
   1. A.
      Reward
   2. B.
      Interest
   3. C.
      Abilityy
   4. D.
      Chance
2. 2.
   Why did Tom pretend not to see Ben?
   1. A.
      Because he wanted Ben to believe that the was enjoying the work
   2. B.
      Because he would like to try his best to attract Ben’s attention
   3. C.
      Because he did not want Ben to see the fact that he had to work
   4. D.
      Because he was afraid that Ben might laugh at him if the saw him
3. 3.
   What can we infer (推斷) from the story?
   1. A.
      Aunt Polly gave Tom a lot of pocket money for what he had done
   2. B.
      Ben and the other boys might feel unhappy when they found out the troth
   3. C.
      Tom believed that he had discovered how to deal with different people
   4. D.
      Everyone thought Tom clever when they realized what had happened

Answer 1

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短文大意:這篇短文中的湯姆自己不愿意刷墻,就利用了伙伴們的好奇心理,自己既得到了好處有讓別人替自己干了活.
1.聯(lián)系上下文描述,可知此處指的是每天刷圍墻的機(jī)會.故選D,機(jī)會.
2.聯(lián)系下文Tom gave him the brush and paint with a sad face, but in his heart he was glad, His trick had worked.描述,可知他這樣做主要是為了讓本認(rèn)為他對這項工作很感興趣,故選A.
3.根據(jù)最后一段He felt very clever because he had discovered something important about the way people are. 描述,可知選C,湯姆相信他找到了如何與不同的人打交道