Question

One day, Tomas Jefferson, the president of the USA, was crossing a river with a group of travelers. The river was overflowing its banks. So it was very dangerous to cross it on a horse. Each man was fighting for his life! Then another traveler came and he wanted to cross it, too. But he didn’t have a horse. He watched the group and then asked Jefferson to take him. Jefferson agreed immediately. The man climbed on. After they were both safe to the other side of the river, someone asked the man, “Why did you ask present for help? Did you know him?” The man was shocked because he didn’t know Jefferson was the president. “All I know,” he said, “on some of your faces were written the answer NO, but there was the answer YES on his face.”

1.Who was Tomas Jefferson?

    A. He was a businessman.                B. He was a teacher.

    C. He was a captain.                    D. He was the president of the USA.

2. How did they cross the river?

    A. In a boat.                       B. On their horses.

    C. By swimming.                     D. By building a bridge.

3. When the group were crossing the river, ________.

    A. water was flowing out of the river       B. it was windy and very cold

    C. there were many empty boats in the river D. everyone wrote a word on the face

4. At last, __________.

    A. both Jefferson and the man were safe to cross the river

    B. only Jefferson crossed the river

    C. only the man crossed the river

    D. Jefferson’s horse died

5.From the passage, we know that _________.

    A. all the travelers were kind              B. Jefferson was helpful

    C. nobody knew the president                D. the man gave Jefferson some money

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.B

【解析】【主旨大意】文章叙述了美国总统Tomas Jefferson在危难之时帮助别人的故事。

1.细节理解题。从文章的第一句话可知Tomas Jefferson是美国总统。

2.细节理解题。从So it was very dangerous to cross it on a horse.一语可知他们是骑马过河。

3.细节理解题。根据The river was overflowing its banks.一语可知答案为A。

4.细节理解题。从After they were both safe to the other side of the river,一语可知他们俩都安全到过了对岸。

5.主旨大意题。本文主要叙述了美国总统Tomas Jefferson帮助别人的故事。所以B为正确答案。