Question

【題目】Mum, what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton(骨骼) in the closet (衣櫥)?” Jessica asked. “A skeleton in the closet?” her mother thought for a while. “Well, it’s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad’s family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be ‘a(chǎn) skeleton in his family’s closet’. He really wouldn’t want any neighbor to know about it.”

“Why pick on my family?” Jessica’s father said with anger. “Your family history isn’t so good, you know. Wasn’t your great-great-grandfather a prisoner who was brought to Australia for his crimes?” “Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors（祖先） arrived as prisoners.” “Gosh, sorry I asked. I think I understand now,” Jessica cut in before things grew worse.

After dinner, the house was very quiet. Jessica’s parents were still quite angry with each other. Her mother was ironing clothes and from time to time she looked angrily at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Jessica’s closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Jessica’s mother sank in a faint(暈倒), waking only when Jessica put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.

“What happened? Where am I?” she asked. “You just destroyed the school’s skeleton, Mum,” explained Jessica. “I brought it home to help me with my health project. I wanted to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I said something about skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.” Jessica looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly. “They’re both crazy,” she thought.

【1】According to Jessica’s mother, “a skeleton in the closet” means ________.

A. a family honor B. a family secret

C. a family story D. a family treasure

【2】 Why did Jessica bring a skeleton home?

A. She was curious about it.

B. She planned to keep it for fun.

C. She needed it for her school task.

D. She wanted to scare her parents.

【3】 Jessica’s parents laughed madly at the end of the story probably because ________.

A. they realized their misunderstanding

B. they were crazy

C. they were over excited

D. they both thought they had won the quarrel

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：杰西卡拿回家一個(gè)骨骼，放在了衣櫥里。還沒來(lái)的及告訴媽媽，一說(shuō)起衣櫥里的骨骼，就引起了媽媽和爸爸的誤會(huì)。媽媽說(shuō)衣櫥里的骨骼指的是不想讓別人知道的秘密，比如過(guò)去爸爸家的某人因?yàn)橥雕R被捕了，就是他家衣櫥里的骨骼。他真的不想鄰居們知道。爸爸生氣地說(shuō)為什么拿他家舉例子。說(shuō)媽媽家的歷史也不光彩，她的曾曾曾祖父是個(gè)因?yàn)榉缸飵У桨拇罄麃喌姆溉�。媽媽反擊說(shuō)，過(guò)去人們說(shuō)直到爸爸的祖先做為犯人到了澳大利亞他才成為真正的澳大利亞人。晚會(huì)后媽媽熨完衣服把衣服放進(jìn)衣櫥里時(shí)，被一堆白骨嚇暈了。等醒過(guò)來(lái)后，杰西卡向他們解釋把骨骼帶回家是為了自己的健康項(xiàng)目，但她剛一說(shuō)就引起了他們的誤會(huì)。杰西卡的爸媽聽后大笑不止。

【1】B語(yǔ)義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第一段母親所說(shuō)的話“it’s something that you would rather not have anyone else to know about”可知指的是不想讓別人知道的秘密，，所以選B。

【2】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段“I brought it home to help me with my health project.”可知我把骨骼帶回家是為了自己的健康項(xiàng)目，所以選C。

【3】A推斷判斷題。結(jié)合全文理解，開頭講述了Jessica的一個(gè)提問(wèn)“Mum, what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton（骨骼）in the closet（衣櫥）?”引出了父母之間的爭(zhēng)論，之后媽媽被孩子藏在衣櫥中的用來(lái)完成學(xué)校課題的骷髏嚇暈過(guò)去，最后Jessica解釋時(shí)說(shuō)，“I meant to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.”即本想告訴媽媽衣櫥里的骷髏的情況，可是每當(dāng)提到骷髏和衣櫥的問(wèn)題后卻總會(huì)讓父母之間有摩擦，然而最后真相大白，Jessica的父母都意識(shí)到了這是一個(gè)誤會(huì)，所以選擇A。