Question

Saturday morning was bright and fresh. There was a song in every heart, cheer on every face, and a spring in every step.
Tom appeared with a bucket（桶）of white paint in one hand and a brush in the other. His Aunt Polly told him to paint the fence（籬笆）around the garden. It was ninety feet long and nine feet high. He felt very blue.
Then he had a wonderful idea. He picked up his brush and started to work.
Soon Ben came along the road. He was happily eating an apple. He stopped to look at Tom. Tom went on painting and pretended（假裝）not to see Ben.
“I’m going swimming,” said Ben. “Do you want to go swimming, Tom? But I guess you can’t. You have to stay and work, don’t you?”       
“Work?” Tom said. “This isn’t work. I’m enjoying myself. Does a boy get a chance to paint a fence like this every day?”
Ben thought about this. Tom continued painting carefully. Sometimes he stopped, stood back to look at the fence like an artist, and then added（增加）a bit more paint in just the right place. Ben was watching Tom paint with great interest. He was getting more and more eager（渴望的）to have a try himself.
After a while, Ben asked Tom if he would let him paint a little. Tom thought about it, and said, “No, Ben, I can’t. You see. Aunt Polly wants it to be done well. Aunt Polly said that I must paint it with great care.”
“Oh, please, Tom,” begged Ben. “I can do it. I’ll be really careful. Just let me try. I’ll give you half of my apple. Well, I’ll give you all of it!”
“Well, all right, Ben,” said Tom. “You must be very careful.”
He gave Ben his brush with worry on his face but joy in his heart. He sat down under the tree, and started to eat Ben’s apple. All day, boys came to make fun of Tom, but they ended up staying to paint. When Ben got tired, Billy was waiting. He gave Tom a kite for a chance to paint. Then Johnny offered him a basketball, and so on.
By late afternoon Tom had got all kinds of toys, and the fence had got three coats of paint. Later Aunt Polly came to look at the painted fence. She was so pleased with Tom’s work that she gave Tom a large cake!
小題1:Why did Tom pretend not to see Ben when he came and watched him painting?

A．He saw Ben eating an apple happily.

B．He tried to make Ben interested in it.

C．He didn’t want to go swimming with Ben at all.

D．He didn’t want Ben to share the chance to paint the fence.

小題2:What does the underlined word “spring” probably mean in Chinese?

A．春天

B．彈簧

C．泉

D．活力

小題3:What do you think of Tom?

A．Honest.

B．Smart.

C．Shy.

D．Stubborn.

Answer 1

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:B

試題分析：這是一篇很有趣味性的短文。文中聰明的小男孩湯姆并不喜歡粉刷籬笆。他就故意引起別人來幫助他刷籬笆，最終自己省了力氣，還得到了不少的玩具。
小題1:根據Then he had a wonderful idea.及下文描述，湯姆此舉主要就是為了引起本的注意，故選B。
小題2:聯系上文a song in every heart, cheer on every face,可知句意為：每一步都充滿活力，故選D。
小題3:通過閱讀短文可以知道湯姆是個聰明的小男孩，故選B。
點評：本文趣味性很強，非常適合中學生閱讀。各小題出的很有針對性，只要能掌握短文大意，一般就能順利完成此題。