Question

Tom was nine years old and he went to a school near his house. He went there on foot and came back home usually at 4 o’clock. But last Monday he was very late. His mother asked, “Why are you so late today, Tom?” “Because my teacher asked me to stay behind (留下)” Tom answered. “Why did the teacher make you stay behind?” the mother asked again. “Because no one could answer the teacher’s question except (除了)me,” Tom said. “What was the question?” his mother asked. “The question was ‘Who broke (打破) the window of the classroom?’” Tom said.
小題1:The school was _____________ Tom’s house.

A．far from

B．near

C．nine meters to

D．behind

小題2:Tom went to school _________________.

A．on foot

B．by bus

C．by bike

D．by car

小題3:Last Monday Tom came home __________________.

A．earlier

B．hungry

C．late

D．happy

小題4:---Why did Tom stay behind after school? ---Because_________________.

A．he did something wrong

B．he did something right

C．he liked to stay there longer

D．his mother asked the teacher to do so

小題5:His mother might (可能) be very ________________when she heard about that.

A．hungry

B．pleased

C．happy

D．angry

Answer 1

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:D

                                                                               
試題分析：
小題1:通過he went to a school near his house可知，學校就在湯姆家附近。所以本題選B。
小題2:通過He went there on foot 可知，Tom步行去上學。所以本題選A。
小題3:通過But last Monday he was very late可知，上個星期一，他回家晚了。所以本題選C。
小題4:通過Because no one could answer the teacher’s question except (除了)me,和The question was ‘Who broke (打破) the window of the classroom?可知，Tom因為打壞了玻璃，而被老師留下。也就是Tom做錯了事。所以本題選A。
小題5:根據題意可知，當她聽到兒子打壞了玻璃后，不可能會高興happy/pleased，也不可能是餓angry ,只能是生氣。所以本題選D。
點評：本文講述了Tom因打壞玻璃而被老師留下，導致回家晚了，而他是如何告訴他媽媽的故事。閱讀時，文章的最后以句很是關鍵，所以應該盡量讀懂。前三個小題比較簡單，可知文中直接找到答案，而后兩個題需要根據文章的意思加以推測。