Question

A nine-year-old kid was sitting at his desk when suddenly there was a puddle (水坑) between his feet and the front of his trousers was wet. He thought his heart was going to stop because he couldn’t possibly imagine how this had happened. It had never happened before, and he knew that when the boys found out, especially Jack,  he would never hear the end of it. When the girls found out, especially Martha and Jackie, they would never speak to him again as long as he lived.

He prayed this prayer, “Dear God, I need help now! Five minutes from now I’m dead meat!” He looked up from his prayer and here came the teacher with a look in her eyes that said he had been discovered. As the teacher was walking toward him, a classmate named Susie was carrying a goldfish bowl full of water. Susie lost her balance in front of the teacher and dumped (倒) the bowl of water in the boy’s lap. The boy pretended to be angry, but all the while was saying to himself, “Thank you, Lord!”

Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule (嘲笑), the boy was the object of sympathy (同情). The teacher rushed him downstairs and gave him gym shorts to put on while his trousers dried out. All the other children were on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk. Martha even gave him her own candy. The sympathy was wonderful. But as life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his had been turned to someone else—Susie. She tried to help, but they told her to get out.

When school was over, the boy walked over to Susie and whispered, “You did that on purpose, didn’t you?” Susie whispered back, “I wet my trousers once, too!”

1.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means _______.

A．the boys would never play with him

B．the boys would treat him as usual

C．he would hardly hear any praise from the boys

D．he would be laughed at by the boys endlessly

2.After Susie dumped water in his lap, the boy was in a state of _______.

A．disappointment     B．relief             C．anxiety           D．anger

3.What did the other kids do after the incident?

A．They offered him dry clothes.

B．They laughed at the boy rudely.

C．They helped the boy do the cleaning.

D．They urged the boy to get out angrily.

4.Why did Susie dump water in the boy’s lap?

A．The boy asked her to do so.               B．She just did it by accident.

C．The teacher told her to do so.              D．She knew the boy’s trouble.

5.Besides Susie, _______ also knows what had really happened to the boy.

A．Martha           B．Jack              C．the teacher        D．the boys

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了一个小男孩在上课的时候，弄湿了裤子，结果他的同学Susie很巧妙地帮助他解了围的故事。

1.D 细节题。根据第一段最后一句When the girls found out, especially Martha and Jackie, they would never speak to him again as long as he lived.可知如果别的孩子知道这件事情会一直嘲笑他的。故D正确。

2.B 细节题。根据第二段最后一句. The boy pretended to be angry, but all the while was saying to himself, “Thank you, Lord!”可知他表面上装着很生气，实际上他很感谢对方给自己解围了。故B正确。

3.C 细节题。根据第3段2，3行. All the other children were on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk. Martha even gave him her own candy.可知别的学生都主动来帮助他处理。故C正确。

4.D 推理题。根据文章最后后段When school was over, the boy walked over to Susie and whispered, “You did that on purpose, didn’t you?” Susie whispered back, “I wet my trousers once, too!”可知Susie以前也弄湿过自己的裤子，所以她故意这样做来帮助他解围。故D正确。

5.C 细节题。根据文章2,3段The teacher rushed him downstairs and gave him gym shorts to put on while his trousers dried out.和 He looked up from his prayer and here came the teacher with a look in her eyes that said he had been discovered. 可知老师实际上已经知道了所有的一切情况。故C正确。

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