Question

A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper, and handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After mom dried her hands on apron, she read it, and this is what it said:

For cutting the grass: $5.00

For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00

For going to the store for you: $0.50

Baby-sitting my kid brother while you went shopping: $0.25

Taking out the garbage: $1.00

For getting a good report card: $5.00

For cleaning up and raking the yard: $2.00

Total owed: $14.75

Well, his mother looked at him standing there, and the boy could see the memories flashing through her mind. She picked up the pen, turned over the paper he'd written on, and this is what she wrote:

For the nine months I carried while you were growing inside me: No Charge

For all the nights that I've sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you: No Charge

For all the trying times, and all the tears that you've caused through the years: No Charge

For the toys, food ,clothes, and even wiping your nose: No Charge

Son, when you add it up, the cost of my love is: No Charge.

When the boy finished reading what his mother had written, there were big tears in his eyes, and he looked straight at his mother and said, "Mom, I sure do love you." And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote:" PAID IN FULL".

36. The underlined sentence “the boy could see the memories flashing through her mind.” means _______.

A. the boy found something in his mother’s body burning

B. the boy thought his mother was considering how much she should pay him

C. the boy didn’t thought his mother would give him money

D. the boy thought that his mother recalled something of the past

37. When the mother wrote “No charge” on the paper, she really meant that_____.

A. the boy needn’t pay the money

B. the boy should pay the money

C. what she has done for the boy is uncountable

D. she didn’t know how much she should pay the boy

38. Why did the boy cry?

A. Because he couldn’t get money from his mother.

B. Because he felt shameful to ask his mother for money.

C. Because his mother beat him up.

D. Because he also loved his mother.

39.What’s the main idea of the text?

A.Mother’s love for her children is invaluable.

B.The boy shouldn’t have asked his mother for money.

C.The boy’s mother should have given him money.

D.The writer mainly told us a story that a boy asked his mother for money..

Answer 1

36. D推理判斷題. 由下文母親所列生育和撫養(yǎng)兒子過程中的種種和題干中的memories 一詞可知。

37. C推理判斷題。母親對孩子的愛是不求回報(bào)的，也是無價(jià)的。

38. B推理判斷題。兒子感覺到自己對不起母親，為自己的行為感到羞愧而哭的。

39. A主旨大意題。本文的寫作意圖就是要闡明母愛無價(jià)。