Question

    For some years，my mother worked for a charity as President and Secretary.Selling raffle tickets(兑奖券) was her main means of bringing in the charity’s much­needed funds.We girls would accompany her，selling tickets with great success.My father made and donated beautiful wooden toys，jewellery boxes and other lovely items as prizes.

Now my sister was always coming up with “good ideas”，most of which didn’t work out to plan.But that didn’t deter her.She had many just waiting to be tested.When she was eight and I was just five，we had a wonderful idea for a business adventure.We decided we would sell raffle tickets for charity，and that charity was us!

So one afternoon，we told our mother we were going to play in the park with our cousins as we did most days after school.But instead，we walked around the streets armed with a raffle book，a pen and a large cloth bag to carry the money.

We’d accompanied our mother many times when she sold tickets，so people were familiar with us when we appeared at their doors.Despite the blank looks they received when asking about the prizes on offer，they were very generous.Although there were no actual prizes，our mother’s previous track record enabled us to sell nearly the whole book of raffle tickets.

Like a little pair of lottery(彩票) winners，we walked home and proudly showed off our takings.But our enjoyment of this sudden wealth was short­lived，and our plans for spending it quickly failed.Our angry mother took us back to every ticket buyer，making us apologise and give the money back.Thankfully，our sweet neighbours didn’t make a big deal of our “clever” misbehavior and thus my mother’s

fundraising career could continue safely.We were taught a good lesson by our mother that day.Also I remember my sister’s entrepreneurial(企业家的) spirit dried up a bit after that.

1.What did the author’s father do?

A.He got prizes ready. B.He sold hand­made items.

C.He was in charge of a charity. D.He helped design raffle tickets.

2.What does the underlined word “deter” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.Embarrass. B.Shock.

C.Discourage. D.Mislead.

3.What can be learned about the author and her sister while selling raffle tickets?

A.They ran into their mother.

B.They met some generous strangers.

C.They got lost while walking around the streets.

D.They took advantage of people’s trust in their mother.

4.What lesson did the author and her sister learn?

A.Honesty is the best policy. B.What’s done can’t be undone.

C.Misfortune never comes alone. D.Good advice is beyond all price.

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要描述了作者和妹妹自以为的“小聪明式”售卖慈善奖券的方式受到了母亲的责备，并得到了教训：要以诚信待人。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第一段末句：My father made and donated beautiful wooden toys，jewellery boxes and other lovely items as prizes.（我父亲制作并捐赠了漂亮的木制玩具、首饰盒和其他可爱的物品作为奖品。）可知，作者的父亲准备奖品。故选A项。

2.词义猜测题。根据划线单词所在句子由but连接，表转折，之前的句子：Now my sister was always coming up with “good ideas”，most of which didn’t work out to plan.（现在我妹妹总是能想出“好主意”，但大多数都没有按计划实现。）以及后一句：She had many just waiting to be tested.（她有很多只是等待测试。）可知，作者的妹妹并没有受到计划失败的打击。因此划线单词deter可以理解为discourage（使气馁），故选C项。

3.推理判断题。根据文章第四段：We’d accompanied our mother many times when she sold tickets，so people were familiar with us when we appeared at their doors.Despite the blank looks they received when asking about the prizes on offer，they were very generous.Although there were no actual prizes，our mother’s previous track record enabled us to sell nearly the whole book of raffle tickets.（妈妈卖票的时候，我们陪了她很多次，所以当我们出现在门口时，大家都很熟悉我们。尽管在询问奖品时他们得到的只是茫然的表情，但他们非常慷慨。虽然没有真正的奖品，但我们母亲之前的记录使我们几乎卖出了整本书的奖券。）可知，作者母亲的信用帮助他们卖出了整本书的奖券。选项D They took advantage of people’s trust in their mother.（他们利用人们对他们母亲的信任。）属于合理推断。故选D项。

4.推理判断题。根据文章末段：Thankfully，our sweet neighbours didn’t make a big deal of our “clever” misbehavior and thus my mother’s fundraising career could continue safely. We were taught a good lesson by our mother that day.( 值得庆幸的是，我们可爱的邻居并没有把我们的“聪明”行为当回事，因此我母亲的筹款事业可以安全地继续下去。那天妈妈给了我们一个很好的教训。)可知，作者的母亲给与了他们的“小聪明”教训。他们小聪明就是上文提及的“Despite the blank looks they received when asking about the prizes on offer，they were very generous.Although there were no actual prizes…(尽管在询问奖品时他们得到的只是茫然的表情，但他们非常慷慨。虽然没有真正的奖品……)。因此可知，作者和妹妹得到的教训是要有诚信。故选A项。