Question

This is a true story in Guyana. One day, a child took some silver paper from a cigarette box. He rolled it into a tiny ball and pushed it up his nose. He couldn’t get it out again. He ran crying to his mother. His mother couldn’t get the paper out, either. A week later the paper was still in his nose. His nose began to have a bad smell.

So his mother took his child to the hospital. The doctor looked up his nose. She put a tiny steel rod（钢棒） into his nose and felt the paper. She said she would have to cut his nose to get the paper out.

The child’s mother came home looking sad. She didn’t want her child to have his nose cut. He was a handsome boy and the cut would make him ugly.

Next day, the child’s mother took him to her friend Sidney. Sidney lived in a house with an old woman called May. She asked to see the child, so the child let her look up his nose. He closed his eyes.

“Yes, I can see it,” May said. “It will be out soon!”

As she spoke, she shook black pepper on the child’s nose. He gave a mighty sneeze and the paper flew out. His mother was surprised. May told her to take the boy to the sea for a swim. She said the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell.

So the child didn’t have to go to the hospital and gave his nose cut.

1. How did the silver ball go into the boy’s nose?

A. His mother put it into his nose.

B. The boy himself pushed the ball up his nose.

C. The silver ball rolled into his nose itself.

D. The passage didn’t tell us.

2. Why did the boy’s nose have a bad smell?

A. The ball stayed in his nose for too long.

B. The boy didn't like to wash his nose.

C. His nose is cut and gave a bad smell.

D. Because he had a running nose.

3. In the last paragraph, the underlined word mighty means _____________.

A. 有力的             B. 可能的                  C. 好笑的.      D. 坚硬的

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲的是一个小男孩无意中将烟盒里的银箔纸塞进了鼻子里，他的妈妈试图拿出来，但没有成功。于是她带着孩子去了医院，医生说需要割开鼻子把纸拿出来，但他的妈妈不想这样。第二天他妈妈带他去了一个朋友家。她朋友家有一个老妇人，她在这个孩子的鼻子前撒了一些黑胡椒，这个男孩一打喷嚏，纸就出来了。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段He rolled it into a tiny ball and pushed it up his nose可知，是这个孩子自己把纸塞进了鼻子。故选B。

2.细节理解题。A week later the paper was still in his nose. His nose began to have a bad smell，一周后，纸仍然在他的鼻子里，他的鼻子开始发出臭味。故选A。

3.词意猜测题。根据最后一段的内容我们可以知道，那个老妇人在男孩的鼻子上撒了一些黑胡椒，这个孩子一打喷嚏，纸就出来了，我们可以推断出这个喷嚏应该很有力，纸才会出来。故选A。

考点：故事类短文阅读。