Question

Mr. Jenkins is a farmer. One day he drove his truck to town and on the way his truck knocked down a boy and hurt him. He took the boy to a hospital and he paid a lot of money for that, but the boy’s parents wanted to get more money from him, so they said their son couldn’t lift（举起） his right arm above his head.

Mr. Jenkins’ lawyer came and asked the boy some questions. “Now, my boy,” he said, “Mr. Jenkins’ truck knocked you down in the street.”“Yes, sir,” he said. “And you can’t lift your right arm now?”“Yes, sir,” he said. “Could you show me how high you can lift your right arm?” Slowly the boy lifted his right arm before his nose. “Poor boy,” said the lawyer, “And how high could you lift before the accident?”“Oh, I could lift it very high.” Said the boy, and the right hand went up high above his head.

1.Mr. Jenkins’ truck knocked down ________.

A. a lawyer            B. a boy’s father         C. a boy

2.The boy’s parents wanted to get ________ from him.

A. more trucks              B. more money          C. more monkeys

3.Mr. Jenkins’ lawyer asked the boy to ______.

A. ask some questions       B. answer some questions    C. lift his left arm

4.The boy said he couldn’t lift his _________ now.

A. right arm                B. left arm            C. right foot

5.There is _______ wrong with the boy.

A. something              B. anything                C. nothing

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文描述了詹金斯先生在一次事故中撞到了一个小男孩，结果这个小男孩的父母想要的讹詹金斯先生一笔钱，最后在律师的巧妙盘问下，揭穿了他们的谎言。

1.根据第一段and on the way his truck knocked down a boy and hurt him.描述，可知选C。

2.根据第一段but the boy’s parents wanted to get more money from him,描述，可知选B。

3.根据第二段Mr. Jenkins’ lawyer came and asked the boy some questions.及下文描述，可知选B。

4.根据“And you can’t lift your right arm now?”“Yes, sir,” he said 描述，可知选A。

5.根据and the right hand went up high above his head.可知这个男孩什么问题都没有。故选C。

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