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.

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

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.

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

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

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.C

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.D

【解析】短文大意:这是一篇英文版的“狼来了”的故事，告诉我们有时说谎不但害人，还会害己。

1.根据第一段When I was young，I liked to play jokes on people I knew,描述,可知当作者小的时候,他喜欢跟人开玩笑.故选C.

2.根据第一段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,可知他跟母亲开了一个玩笑.故选B.

3.根据第二段. In the beginning I swam fast and I called out “Help!”. All my friends came to help me.描述,可知在一开始,作者喊了救命,故选B.

4.根据最后一段In the end they found I was telling the truth. 描述,可知他的朋友们以为他又是在开玩笑,故选C.

5.这篇短文中作者因为开玩笑欺骗朋友,差点丢了自己的姓名.以此告诉我们,一个爱说谎的人,没有人会信任他.故选D.