Question

Saturday morning was bright and fresh. There was a song in every heart, cheer on every face, and a spring in every step.
Tom appeared with a bucket（桶）of white paint in one hand and a brush in the other. His Aunt Polly told him to paint the fence（篱笆）around the garden. It was ninety feet long and nine feet high. He felt very blue.
Then he had a wonderful idea. He picked up his brush and started to work.
Soon Ben came along the road. He was happily eating an apple. He stopped to look at Tom. Tom went on painting and pretended（假装）not to see Ben.
“I’m going swimming,” said Ben. “Do you want to go swimming, Tom? But I guess you can’t. You have to stay and work, don’t you?”       
“Work?” Tom said. “This isn’t work. I’m enjoying myself. Does a boy get a chance to paint a fence like this every day?”
Ben thought about this. Tom continued painting carefully. Sometimes he stopped, stood back to look at the fence like an artist, and then added（增加）a bit more paint in just the right place. Ben was watching Tom paint with great interest. He was getting more and more eager（渴望的）to have a try himself.
After a while, Ben asked Tom if he would let him paint a little. Tom thought about it, and said, “No, Ben, I can’t. You see. Aunt Polly wants it to be done well. Aunt Polly said that I must paint it with great care.”
“Oh, please, Tom,” begged Ben. “I can do it. I’ll be really careful. Just let me try. I’ll give you half of my apple. Well, I’ll give you all of it!”
“Well, all right, Ben,” said Tom. “You must be very careful.”
He gave Ben his brush with worry on his face but joy in his heart. He sat down under the tree, and started to eat Ben’s apple. All day, boys came to make fun of Tom, but they ended up staying to paint. When Ben got tired, Billy was waiting. He gave Tom a kite for a chance to paint. Then Johnny offered him a basketball, and so on.
By late afternoon Tom had got all kinds of toys, and the fence had got three coats of paint. Later Aunt Polly came to look at the painted fence. She was so pleased with Tom’s work that she gave Tom a large cake!
【小题1】Why did Tom pretend not to see Ben when he came and watched him painting?

A．He saw Ben eating an apple happily.

B．He tried to make Ben interested in it.

C．He didn’t want to go swimming with Ben at all.

D．He didn’t want Ben to share the chance to paint the fence.

【小题2】What does the underlined word “spring” probably mean in Chinese?

A．春天

B．弹簧

C．泉

D．活力

【小题3】What do you think of Tom?

A．Honest.

B．Smart.

C．Shy.

D．Stubborn.

Answer 1

【小题1】B
【小题2】D
【小题3】B

解析试题分析：这是一篇很有趣味性的短文。文中聪明的小男孩汤姆并不喜欢粉刷篱笆。他就故意引起别人来帮助他刷篱笆，最终自己省了力气，还得到了不少的玩具。
【小题1】根据Then he had a wonderful idea.及下文描述，汤姆此举主要就是为了引起本的注意，故选B。
【小题2】联系上文a song in every heart, cheer on every face,可知句意为：每一步都充满活力，故选D。
【小题3】通过阅读短文可以知道汤姆是个聪明的小男孩，故选B。
考点：关于记叙文的阅读
点评：本文趣味性很强，非常适合中学生阅读。各小题出的很有针对性，只要能掌握短文大意，一般就能顺利完成此题。