Question

Bruno was a boy of eight. His father worked in a cinema and his mother worked in a

shop. He lived not far from his school. He always walked there and walked home. On his way to school, he had to pass a playground. It was very wet after it rained. One

day, when he got home, his clothes were all wet. His mother became angry and said,

“Don’t play in the water on your way home from school!”On the next day Bruno came home with wet and dirty(脏的)clothes. His mother became even angrier. “I’ll tell your father if you come back wet again,” said his mother. “He’ll punish(惩罚)You, you know.”  The third day the little boy was dry when he came home.  “You’re a good boy today”, his mother said happily. “You didn’t play in the water.”  “No,” the boy said unhappily. “There were too many older boys in the water when I got there this afternoon. There wasn’t any room(空地方)for me at all!”

1.Bruno went to school         every day.

A. by bike    B. by bus    C. by car    D. on foot

2.The playground was between(在……之间) _________________

A. two classrooms    B. the cinema and shop

C. Bruno’s house and school    D. the shop and Bruno’s school

3.The little boy liked to play on the playground_____________

A. when it snowed

B. when there was some water there

C. when the children played football there

D. when his father was busy with his work

4.Bruno was afraid of          the most.

A. the older boys    B. his mother    C. his teacher    D. his father

5.That afternoon, the boy’s clothes were dry because          .

A. nobody made room（地方）for him in the water

B. there was no water on the playground

C. he took off his clothes before he played there

D. he played in the water carefully

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.A

【解析】本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述布鲁诺喜欢玩水，前几天每次回来衣服都是湿的，他的母亲很生气，终于有一天，他的衣服没有湿，他的母亲很高兴，但布鲁诺不高兴了，因为一些大孩子在那里玩，布鲁诺没有地方可以玩了。

1.根据He always walked there and walked home可知，故选D。

2.根据He lived not far from his school. He always walked there and walked home. On his way to school, he had to pass a playground可知，故选C。

3.根据“No,” the boy said unhappily. “There were too many older boys in the water when I got there this afternoon. There wasn’t any room(空地方)for me at all!”可知，故选B。

4.根据“No,” the boy said unhappily. “There were too many older boys in the water when I got there this afternoon. There wasn’t any room(空地方)for me at all!”可知，布鲁诺害怕大孩子，故选A。

5.根据“No,” the boy said unhappily. “There were too many older boys in the water when I got there this afternoon. There wasn’t any room(空地方)for me at all!”可知，故选A。