Question

Robert is sixteen now. He’ll finish middle school in two years. His father has a shop and gets much money. He hopes his son can go to university, so he lets him study hard. But the young man likes to play cards. He has to go out when his parents fall asleep.

One night, when Robert came back, his father happened to see him. The old man was very angry and told his son to live upstairs (楼上). Robert had to go up and down quietly. Of course it troubled him. He thought and thought but didn’t find a way.

Last evening Robert listened carefully. And he was sure his parents went to sleep, he went out to play cards with his friends. He won some money and was happy. After he got back, he took off his shoes and was going upstairs. He heard a noise in his parents’ bedroom. He stood behind the door and saw a man come out. He understood it was a thief. He stopped him at once. The man was very afraid and brought out all the things he stole (偷) in the room.

“Tell me how you didn’t wake my parents up,” said Robert. “Or I’ll take you to the police station!”

1.Robert’s father wants Robert ______ when he finishes middle school.

A. to work in his shop

B. to be a good helper

C. to study in a university

D. to catch up with his classmates

2.Robert has to go out at night because ______.

A. his friends have no time in the daytime

B. he can’t go out to play cards until his parents fall asleep

C. he can’t win any money in the daytime

D. his parents let him do so

3.Robert listened carefully because he wanted to make sure ______.

A. he woke his parents up B. someone came in

C. it was raining hard outside D. his parents went to sleep

4.The underlined word “thief” in Chinese means ______.

A. 门卫 B. 小偷 C. 保安 D. 亲戚

5.Robert stopped the thief at once because he wanted ______.

A. to stop playing cards

B. to know how to make more money

C. the thief to teach him how to steal

D. to learn how he couldn’t wake his parents up

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文主要讲述的是Robert为了偷溜出去玩而闹出来的幽默小故事。本文需要在理解原文的基础上做出合适的选择。

1.

2.

3.

4.Thief，小偷的意思。短文第三段说到，小偷看到Robert后吓得把所有东西都拿了出来，所以也可以推测出这个词的意思。故选B。

5.故选D。

考点：故事类阅读。