Question

    When I was a little girl, I was foolish enough to believe everything adults said. Even I was scared to death by a word my mother said.

It all started when my elder brother came home with a heavy bag of cherries(樱桃)a friend gave him. In order to spend a pleasant afternoon, my sister suggested we have a competition to see who could eat the most cherries in as short a time as possible and be the winner. We all jumped at her idea, and the competition began in no time. Our action had to be fast and we must know how to bite in the middle of the cherry to chew and spit the seed out losing no time. I realized that this wasn't a good game to play. And I suddenly found that I have swallowed more than one seed down to my stomach. Then Mother came and laughed and said to me, "tonight when you sleep, a cherry tree will grow out from your head." I was jittery and scared. I believed every word she said at that age. I was rather frightened that night thinking how I was going to make it to school the next morning if I had a tree on top of my head or how I would leave this world just like that because of the cherry seeds in my stomach. I couldn't sleep the whole night.

Well, the next morning, I woke up to my surprise, and discovered nothing had changed. My head was normal as it was. But one thing remains unchanged until this day. My love for cherries stays forever.

1.Why did they start the cherry eating competition?

A.Because they wanted to challenge their friends.

B.Because their mother asked them to do that.

C.Because they wanted to have a happy afternoon.

D.Because they just wanted to please their brothers.

2.The underlined word "jittery" (Para 2) probably means"____".

A.pleased B.disappointed

C.lucky D.nervous

3.From the mother's words we can learn that____.

A.She was just joking. B.She wanted to help the writer

C.She didn't know what to do D.She was too strict with her children

4.Why did the writer believe her mother's words?

A.Because her mother asked her to do that.

B.Because she was too young at that time.

C.Because her brother had the similar experience before.

D.Because she wanted to have a good relationship with her mother.

5.In this passage the writer wants to ___.

A.Introduce a kind of fruit to readers B.Show her anger to her mother

C.Show the reason why she hates the fruit D.Tell an interesting story of her childhood

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。本文主要讲述了作者小时候经历的一件趣事：她吃了太多樱桃，妈妈说会从她头顶找出樱桃树，她信以为真，担惊受怕了一晚上。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第二段的In order to spend a pleasant afternoon, my sister suggested we have a competition to see who could eat the most cherries in as short a time as possible and be the winner.可知为了度过一个快乐的下午，作者的妹妹建议进行一个比赛，看谁在最短时间内吃最多的樱桃，那么这个人就是获胜者，即他们进行吃樱桃比赛是为了度过一个有趣的下午。C. Because they wanted to have a happy afternoon. (因为他们想要度过一个快乐的下午)符合以上说法，故选C项。

2.词义猜测题。根据文章第二段的Mother came and laughed and said to me, "tonight when you sleep, a cherry tree will grow out from your head." I was jittery and scared.可知作者的妈妈笑了并对作者说，晚上睡着时会从作者的头上长出一棵樱桃树。作者听了感到jittery和害怕。结合上下文语境，尤其是scared可推测划线部分的意思是“担心的/焦虑的”。故选D项。

3.推理判断题。根据文章第二段的Mother came and laughed and said to me, "tonight when you sleep, a cherry tree will grow out from your head." (妈妈过来笑着对我说：“今天晚上你睡觉时，一颗樱桃树会从你头上长出来。”)可推测妈妈是开玩笑的。A. She was just joking. (她是开玩笑的)符合以上推测，故选A项。

4.细节理解题。根据文章第二段的I believed every word she said at that age. (在那个年纪我相信妈妈说的每个字)可知作者相信妈妈所说的，是因为她那时还小。B. Because she was too young at that time. (因为她那时还太小)符合以上说法，故选B项。

5.主旨大意题。根据文章的主要内容，尤其是第二段的It all started when my elder brother came home with a heavy bag of cherries(樱桃)a friend gave him. (事情始于我的哥哥回家带了一大口袋朋友送给他的樱桃)可知通过本文作者给我们讲述一个她小时候吃樱桃时发生的有趣的故事。D. Tell an interesting story of her childhood (讲述一个她童年时期的故事)符合以上说法，故选D项。