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It was a hot, humid day, and my brother Walt and I had decidedthat the only way to survive it would be to go swimming in a deep swimming holeacross Mr. Blickez’s pasture(牧場(chǎng)) and throughsome woods.
The only problem with our plan was that this pasture was guardedby a huge, mean Hereford bull. Mr. Blickez had told us that Elsie was themeanest bull in the township, maybe even the county, and we believed him. Butthe hotter it got, the more we thought there was something doubtful about hisclaim. For one thing, we remembered Mr. Blickez liked telling tall tales; foranother, Elsie seemed like an odd name for a bull.
Finally, I talked Mom into asking permission for us to walkthrough the pasture, but then another problem surfaced. Mom said she would talkto Mr. Blickez if we would take our cousin Joanie along with us. Joanie wasalmost two years older than me and a head taller. If her teasing ever gotaround my grade school, it would be all over for me. In fact, I still had aheadache from a quarrel with her that morning. “I’m not going swimming withthat dumb girl cousin.” I told my mom.
“Either Joanie goes with, or you stay home alone,” Mom said inher serious tone. I gave in and we set out. On our way across the pasture, Waltyelled suddenly. Elsie had approached him quietly and was licking(舔) his back.Joanie and I dove under the wire fence, but while I was on the ground I lookedup and saw that Elsie wasn’t a big mean bull after all. She was going to keeplicking my brother’s back as long as he stood still.
We had many good days growing up and visiting our secretswimming hole guarded by the so-called “big mean bull”. And as it turned out, fora girl cousin, Joanie hasn’t been too bad. She’s been one of my best friendsover the years.
（1）What’s the second problem the author has to face?
A.His mother insisted on his cousin going with him.
B.His cousin made jokes on him in his grade school.
C.He quarreled with his cousin and had a headache.
D.His mother failed to ask permission for him.
（2）What does the author think of Elsie in the end?
A.Aggressive.
B.Unkind.
C.Bad-tempered.
D.Friendly.
（3）What’s the passage mainly about?
A.The bull guarding Mr. Blickez’s farm.
B.The story of visiting the swimming hole.
C.How friendly the so-called mean bull was.
D.How the author changed his attitude to Joanie.

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）A
（2）D
（3）B
【解析】本文介紹了作者和Walt一起去Mr. Blickez’s的牧場(chǎng)中一個(gè)swimming hole游泳的故事，起初Mr. Blickez時(shí)候這個(gè)swimming hole由“big meanbull”看守，后來(lái)他們發(fā)現(xiàn)“big mean bull”很友好。
(1)A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段前兩句Finally, Italked Mom into asking permission for us to walk through the pasture, but thenanother problem surfaced. Mom said she would talk to Mr. Blickez if we wouldtake our cousin Joanie along with us.可知我成功說(shuō)服媽媽允許我們步行經(jīng)過(guò)牧場(chǎng)，但是第二個(gè)問(wèn)題出現(xiàn)了，她堅(jiān)持要求我們帶著堂姐Joanie。故A正確。
(2)D 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段第三句On our wayacross the pasture, Walt yelled suddenly. Elsie had approached him quietly andwas licking(舔) his back.和最后一句She was goingto keep licking my brother’s back as long as he stood still.可知起初Elsie靠近Walt并舔他的時(shí)候，他很害怕，大聲尖叫起來(lái)。但是后來(lái)Elsie并沒(méi)有傷害他，而是一直在舔Walt，這說(shuō)明Elsie并咬人，反而很友好。再根據(jù)最后一段第一句We had manygood days growing up and visiting our secret swimming hole guarded by theso-called “big mean bull”.說(shuō)明由所謂的“big meanbull”看守的游泳池里玩的日子很值得回憶，再次證明它很友好。故D正確。
(3)B 主旨大意題。本文屬于記敘文，主要介紹了作者和Walt一起去Mr. Blickez’s的牧場(chǎng)中一個(gè)swimming hole游泳的故事，起初Mr. Blickez時(shí)候這個(gè)swimming hole由“big meanbull”看守，后來(lái)他們發(fā)現(xiàn)“big mean bull”很友好。故B項(xiàng)正確。A項(xiàng)中farm與文章主旨無(wú)關(guān)，CD只是文章在部分內(nèi)容。故B正確。