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】

试题分析：这是一个英文版的狼来了的故事。文中的主人公喜欢跟人开玩笑，但是在一次自己差点因此送命之后，就再也不和人开玩笑了。

1.C细节理解题。根据第一段When I was young, I liked to play jokes on people I knew, 描述，可知当作者年轻时，他喜欢跟认识的人开玩笑。故选C。

2.B细节理解题。通读整篇短文可知当小男孩和母亲玩的时候，他开他母亲的玩笑。 故选B。

3.B细节理解题。根据第二段All my friends came to help me,描述，可知朋友们第一次听到我喊“救命”时，都过来帮助我。故选B。

4.C细节理解题。根据文中 I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time nobody came to help me. 可知，再次喊朋友帮忙的时候，没有人帮忙。故选C。

5.D主旨大意题。通读整篇短文可知如果有人总是说谎，别人就会不相信你了。故选D。

考点：故事类短文阅读。