Question

On Saturday morning, every boy in town was happy, except Tom sawyer. Tom’s aunt said he had to paint the fence. It was thirty yards long and three yards high! Tom painted a small corner, and then he sat down under a tree to have a rest.

Soon the boy who were free would come along and make fun of him. Just then, he had a wonderful idea. He picked up his brush and went back to work.

  Ben Rogers came along the road. He sang happily, with an apple in one hand.

  “I’m going swimming,” said Ben. “Do you want to come? Oh, but you have to work, don’t you?” “Work?” he said. “I don’t think that this is work. It’s fun. Does a boy get a chance like this every day?”

  Ben thought about this. Tom went on painting. Ben was watching Tom’s every move. He was getting more and more interested.

  After awhile, he said, “Tom, will you let me do some painting?”

  Tom said, “No, Ben, I can’t. You see, Aunt Polly wants it to be done properly. I’m the only one that can do it right.”

  “Oh, please, Tom,” begged Ben. “I’ll be really careful. I’ll give you half of my apple. I’ll give you all of it!”

  “Well, all right, Ben,” said Tom. “But you must be careful.”

  He gave Ben his brush with worry on his face but joy in his heart. He sat down again under the tree, and started to eat Ben’s apple.

  All day, boys passed by and wanted to paint. When Ben got tired, Billy Fisher began to paint. He gave Tom a kite which he liked. Then Johnny Miller gave him twelve marbles, and so on.

  That afternoon, Tom got many toys, and the fence gained three coats of paint. Aunt Polly was so pleased when she saw the painted fence that she gave him a large cake!

1.How did Tom feel when he began to paint the fence?

A. He felt very grateful.    B. He felt responsible.

C. He felt unhappy.    D. He felt energetic.

2.Tom’s wonderful idea was to ________.

A. work as quickly as possible

B. fool other boys into doing his work

C. persuade other boys to work with him

D. offer apples to get help from other boys

3.Tom got a kite from _______.

A. Ben Rogers    B. Billy Fisher

C. Johnny Miller    D. Aunt Polly

4.What does the underlined word “it” refer to?

A. the apple    B. Tom’s every move

C. Ben’s request    D. the fence

5.Aunt Polly was _______ with Tom’s work.

A. satisfied    B. disappointed

C. angry    D. familiar

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.D

5.A

【解析】本文为记叙文。文章主要记叙了汤姆索亚历险记中汤姆被姑姑惩罚刷墙，但是汤姆通过自己的诡计成功地让其他的小朋友帮助他做了所有的工作的故事。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的On Saturday morning, every boy in town was happy, except Tom sawyer. Tom’s aunt said he had to paint the fence.可知，汤姆的姑姑让他刷墙，他很不高兴。故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据汤姆与其他小朋友的对话及其他小朋友们抢着刷墙可推知，汤姆的好主意是哄骗其他小朋友们替他干活。故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的When Ben got tired, Billy Fisher began to paint. He gave Tom a kite which he liked.可知，汤姆从Billy Fisher那里得到了风筝。故选B。

4.推理判断题。根据文章中I’ll give you half of my apple. I’ll give you all of it!（我将给你一半我的苹果。我把它都给你！）可推知，划线词it指代Ben的苹果。故选A。

5.细节理解题。根据倒数第一段中的Aunt Polly was so pleased when she saw the painted fence that she gave him a large cake!可知，Polly姑姑对汤姆干的活非常满意。故选A。

【名师点睛】

细节考查题是阅读理解中很重要的一种题型，做细节理解题关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查题支和原文的异同，常犯错误有：绝对化语言，范围扩大或缩小，以偏概全，张冠李戴等。考生首先要浏览短文后的小题题干，标出关键词（组），带着问题去阅读，能够做到心中有数，目的明确；然后再仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握细节信息，并在标出能得出答案的有效信息。如第1小题“How did Tom feel when he began to paint the fence?”，要求我们找出当汤姆开始刷墙时的情绪是怎么样的。通过第一段中On Saturday morning, every boy in town was happy, except Tom sawyer. Tom’s aunt said he had to paint the fence.可知，星期六的早上，镇上的每个男孩都是高兴的，除了汤姆索亚历；汤姆的姑姑说，他必须去刷墙。由此可知，汤姆不高兴是因为自己要去刷墙，那么刷墙时肯定是不高兴的。于是我们在文章中将这两句话标识出来，作为第一小题答案的依据。同时做阅读理解题时，一定要细心、找准关键词、找准有效阅读区，这样才能准确找到正确答案。