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It was a hot, humid day, and my brother Walt and I had decidedthat the only way to survive it would be to go swimming in a deep swimming holeacross Mr. Blickez’s pasture(牧场) and throughsome woods.
The only problem with our plan was that this pasture was guardedby a huge, mean Hereford bull. Mr. Blickez had told us that Elsie was themeanest bull in the township, maybe even the county, and we believed him. Butthe hotter it got, the more we thought there was something doubtful about hisclaim. For one thing, we remembered Mr. Blickez liked telling tall tales; foranother, Elsie seemed like an odd name for a bull.
Finally, I talked Mom into asking permission for us to walkthrough the pasture, but then another problem surfaced. Mom said she would talkto Mr. Blickez if we would take our cousin Joanie along with us. Joanie wasalmost two years older than me and a head taller. If her teasing ever gotaround my grade school, it would be all over for me. In fact, I still had aheadache from a quarrel with her that morning. “I’m not going swimming withthat dumb girl cousin.” I told my mom.
“Either Joanie goes with, or you stay home alone,” Mom said inher serious tone. I gave in and we set out. On our way across the pasture, Waltyelled suddenly. Elsie had approached him quietly and was licking(舔) his back.Joanie and I dove under the wire fence, but while I was on the ground I lookedup and saw that Elsie wasn’t a big mean bull after all. She was going to keeplicking my brother’s back as long as he stood still.
We had many good days growing up and visiting our secretswimming hole guarded by the so-called “big mean bull”. And as it turned out, fora girl cousin, Joanie hasn’t been too bad. She’s been one of my best friendsover the years.
（1）What’s the second problem the author has to face?
A.His mother insisted on his cousin going with him.
B.His cousin made jokes on him in his grade school.
C.He quarreled with his cousin and had a headache.
D.His mother failed to ask permission for him.
（2）What does the author think of Elsie in the end?
A.Aggressive.
B.Unkind.
C.Bad-tempered.
D.Friendly.
（3）What’s the passage mainly about?
A.The bull guarding Mr. Blickez’s farm.
B.The story of visiting the swimming hole.
C.How friendly the so-called mean bull was.
D.How the author changed his attitude to Joanie.

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）A
（2）D
（3）B
【解析】本文介绍了作者和Walt一起去Mr. Blickez’s的牧场中一个swimming hole游泳的故事，起初Mr. Blickez时候这个swimming hole由“big meanbull”看守，后来他们发现“big mean bull”很友好。
(1)A 细节理解题。根据第三段前两句Finally, Italked Mom into asking permission for us to walk through the pasture, but thenanother problem surfaced. Mom said she would talk to Mr. Blickez if we wouldtake our cousin Joanie along with us.可知我成功说服妈妈允许我们步行经过牧场，但是第二个问题出现了，她坚持要求我们带着堂姐Joanie。故A正确。
(2)D 推理判断题。根据第四段第三句On our wayacross the pasture, Walt yelled suddenly. Elsie had approached him quietly andwas licking(舔) his back.和最后一句She was goingto keep licking my brother’s back as long as he stood still.可知起初Elsie靠近Walt并舔他的时候，他很害怕，大声尖叫起来。但是后来Elsie并没有伤害他，而是一直在舔Walt，这说明Elsie并咬人，反而很友好。再根据最后一段第一句We had manygood days growing up and visiting our secret swimming hole guarded by theso-called “big mean bull”.说明由所谓的“big meanbull”看守的游泳池里玩的日子很值得回忆，再次证明它很友好。故D正确。
(3)B 主旨大意题。本文属于记叙文，主要介绍了作者和Walt一起去Mr. Blickez’s的牧场中一个swimming hole游泳的故事，起初Mr. Blickez时候这个swimming hole由“big meanbull”看守，后来他们发现“big mean bull”很友好。故B项正确。A项中farm与文章主旨无关，CD只是文章在部分内容。故B正确。