Question

When I was young,I liked to play jokes on people I knew,especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was cooking and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said ,“Tony fell from the open window!” She was

   very worried and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said, “Don’t worry,I'm just joking.” My mother shouted at me ,“If you do it again,I'll hit you. ”

    Another day I went swimming with my friends in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the

beginning I swam fast and I called out “Help!” All my friends came to help me. However,they found that I was joking. But half an hour later I wasn’t joking. I was so fast,soon I got tired and couldn’t swim on in water. I tried my best to call my friends for help,but this time nobody came to help me.

     In the end they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best lesson in my life. From then on I haven’t joked on anyone.

1 . When he was young,the writer liked to .

   A. play with his brother

   B. help his mother cook

   C. play jokes on people

   D. go swimming with his friends

2. What happened when the writer was playing with his brother?

   A. He got tired.

   B. He played a joke on his mother.

   C. Tony fell from the open window.

   D. His mother hit him.

3. In the beginning,all his friends came to help him

because he .

   A. swam fast

   B. called for help

   C. would sink in water

   D. couldn’t swim on in the water

4. When the writer called his friends for help for the

second time,they .

   A. took him to the hospital at once

   B. came and saved him at once

   C. thought at first he was joking again

   D. did nothing because the writer had lied to them

5. The story tells us that .

   A. swimming is dangerous

   B. the writer is a naughty boy

   C. one can play jokes only on people he knows

   D. if someone always tells lies,others won’t trust (信任) him

Answer 1

1. C 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. D

这是一篇有关撒谎的故事。作者小时候是一个爱开玩 笑的孩子，他经常上演“狼来了”的闹剧，但在一次游泳活动 中，几乎丢掉了性命的作者从撒谎中吸取了一个教训。

详析

1. C细节理解题。根据短文第一段第一句中的play jokes

on people可知，作者小时候是一个爱开玩笑的人。

2. B细节理解题。根据短文第一段第三句可知，作者对妈

妈说他弟弟从开着的窗户中掉了下去，其实，他这是对 妈妈撒谎。

3. B细节理解题。根据第二段的第三句可知，作者的朋友

们去救他是因为他正在呼喊“救命”。

4. C推理判断题。当作者第一次喊“救命”时，朋友们信以

为真，当作者再次喊时，没有一个人来救他，因为他们 以为他又在撒谎。

5. D主旨大意题。本文讲述了作者两个撒谎的故事，尤其

是第二个故事给作者留下了深刻的印象，同时告诉我 们总是撒谎会失去他人对自己的信任。

especially adv.尤其地 joke v.开玩笑

障碍句分析

When I was young,I liked to play jokes on people I knew,especially on my parents and friends.小时候，我喜欢跟 我认识的人开玩笑，尤其是跟我的父母和朋友们幵玩笑。

这是一个含有状语从句的复合句when I was young是一个 时间状语从句，主句中的I knew是一定语从句，修饰people。