Question

One day, my father and I were in line to buy tickets for the circus(马戏表演). And a family was standing in front of us.

The family had eight children. Their clothes were not expensive but clean．The children talked about the clowns(小 丑), elephants, monkeys and other things excitedly. It was their first time to go to the circus.

The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly answered, “I want eight children’s tickets and two adults’ tickets, so I can take my family to the circus.”

The ticket lady said the price. The man's wife lowered her head and there was no smile on th e man's face. He quietly asked, “How much did  you say?”

The ticket lady said the price again. The man didn’t have enough money. How could he tell his eight kids the bad news? My dad put his hand into his pocket and pulled out a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground．(In fact, we were not rich!) Then my dad said, “Excuse me, sir, this dropped out of your pocket.”

The man knew what was going on. He looked into my dad’s eyes, held my dad’s hand in his, and took the $20 bill. “Thank you, sir, thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family.”

My father and I went back home. We didn’t go to see the circus that night, but we didn’t care.

1.What can children see in the circus?

A. clowns   B. elephants  C. monkeys  D. all of them

2.The father wanted to buy _________ tickets.

A. four    B. six        C. eight   D. ten

3.The underlined words “lower” might mean __________ in the passage.

A. 低头    B. 抬头       C. 跳上     D. 跳下

4.Who saw the circus that night?

A. The man’s family      B. The writer’s family

C. None of them           D. All of them

5.We can infer(推测)that the writer’s father is a ________ person.

A. young           B. handsome           C. lucky         D. kind

Answer

1.D

2.D

3.A

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文讲述的是作者和父亲去看马戏的故事。一天，作者和爸爸去看马戏，好不容易快到他们买票了，却看到前面的那家人因为没足够的钱而要看不成马戏。他爸爸不动声色地把钱给了那家人，达成了那家人的愿望。那晚他们没有看到马戏，但他们并不介意。

1.D细节理解题。题意：孩子们在马戏中可以看到什么？A. clowns小丑；B. elephants大象；C. monkeys猴子；D. all of them以上全部。由第二段第二句：The children talked about the clowns(小 丑), elephants, monkeys and other things excitedly. 可知孩子们可以看到小丑，大象和猴子。故选D。

2.D推理判断题。题意：那位父亲想要买多少张票？A. four四；B. six 六；C. eight八；D. ten十。根据文中The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly answered, “I want eight children’s tickets and two adults’ tickets, so I can take my family to the circus.”可知那位父亲想买10张票。故选D

3.A词义猜测题。题意：文中有下划线的“lower” 可能是什么意思？A. 低头；B. 抬头；C. 跳上；D. 跳下。根据句意：售票员说了价格。男人的妻子垂下头，男人的脸上没有了笑容。可知本题选A。

4.A 推理判断题。题意：那天晚上谁看了马戏表演？A. The man’s family那位男的一家；B. The writer’s family作者一家；C. None of them 他们都没有；D. All of them他们都看了。根据短文内容，可知那一家人在父亲的帮助下看了马戏，作者一家没看。故选A。

5.

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。