Question

When I was young，I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was cooking and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said: “Tony fell from the open window!” She was very worried and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said: “Don’t worry, I’m just joking.” My mother shouted at me, “If you do it again, I’ll hit you.”
Another day I went swimming with my friends in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning I swam fast and I called out “Help!”. All my friends came to help me. However, they found that I was joking. But half an hour later I wasn’t joking. I was so fast, soon I got tired and couldn’t swim on in water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time nobody came to help me.
In the end they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best lesson in my life. From then on I haven’t joked on anyone.
小題1:When he was young, the writer liked to _______.

A．play with his brother	B．help his mother cook
C．play jokes on people	D．go swimming with his friends

小題2:What happened when the writer was playing with his brother?    ______

A．He got tired.	B．He played a joke on his mother.
C．Tony fell from the open window.	D．His mother hit him.

小題3:In the beginning, all his friends came to help him because he ______.

A．swam fast	B．called for help
C．would sink in water	D．couldn’t swim on in the water

小題4:When the writer called his friends for help for the second time, they ______.

A．took him to the hospital at once

B．came and saved him immediately

C．thought at first he was joking again

D．did nothing because the writer had lied to them

小題5:The story tells us that ________.

A．swimming is dangerous

B．the writer is a naughty boy

C．one can play jokes only on people he knows

D．if someone always tells lies, others won’t trust (信任) him

Answer 1

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:D

短文大意:這是一篇英文版的“狼來了”的故事，告訴我們有時說謊不但害人，還會害己。
小題1:根據第一段When I was young，I liked to play jokes on people I knew,描述,可知當作者小的時候,他喜歡跟人開玩笑.故選C.
小題2:根據第一段Suddenly I ran to my mother and said: “Tony fell from the open window!” She was very worried and ran out of the kitchen.描述,可知他跟母親開了一個玩笑.故選B.
小題3:根據第二段. In the beginning I swam fast and I called out “Help!”. All my friends came to help me.描述,可知在一開始,作者喊了救命,故選B.
小題4:根據最后一段In the end they found I was telling the truth. 描述,可知他的朋友們以為他又是在開玩笑,故選C.
小題5:這篇短文中作者因為開玩笑欺騙朋友,差點丟了自己的姓名.以此告訴我們,一個愛說謊的人,沒有人會信任他.故選D.