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【题目】12-year-old John Thomas Robertson is a born train fan. “I’ve liked trains probably from the day I was born,” he told Good Morning America. “When I was very little,” he said, “my grandpa got me a train model. I would just watch it go round for hours and hours.”

When Robertson finally had the opportunity to ride on a train, he felt great. His journey was so mind-blowing that he couldn’t keep it to himself: he decided to take all his classmates to go on a ride with him. When he found that some of his classmates couldn’t pay the fares, he spent money he had saved by collecting cans（罐子）and bottles and raised more than ＄1,000 for them.

That train was such a happy one that he made it yearly action. “It never gets boring for some reason; it’s just very fun,” he said. “It really lets people get away from their busy life and have fun.”

Every October, Robertson takes a new group of disabled children to ride the train — but now, he has a problem. Several disabled children were refused because the train was not accessible（可用的）to disabled people. “He was angry to think that children of his own age couldn’t ride a train,” his mother said.

But he wouldn’t say no: he recently sent a letter to the train office for help. To his surprise, the leader, Ty Pennington, took the letter seriously. He said that he and his workers would work on making a train accessible to disabled people.

【1】The first time John Thomas Robertson took a train, he_______

A．felt extremely happy. B．was frightened by it.

C．watched it for hours. D．acted as a driver.

【2】John Thomas Robertson is a born train fan, because he _______.

A．was taken on a train the day he was born.

B．his grandpa once worked on the train.

C．took a group of disabled children on board a train.

D．was greatly attracted to trains since early childhood.

【3】The underlined word “mind-blowing” can be replaced by “_______”.

A．exciting B．frightening

C．surprising D．disappointing

【4】The disabled children were refused to get on the train because _______.

A．they couldn’t afford the train tickets

B．Robertson had not saved enough money for tickets

C．the train didn’t have special services for them

D．the workers there would not allow them to do so

【5】According to the passage, we can see that Robertson is a（n）_______ child.

A．honest and crazy B．kind and helpful

C．clever but boring D．lazy but kind

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】

试题分析：文章的主人公John Thomas Robertson是一个火车爱好迷，从小就对火车持有狂热的态度，并通过自己帮助残疾人能够享受到火车的快捷和方便。

【1】A 本题考查细节理解。根据原文When Robertson finally had the opportunity to ride on a train, he felt great.可以看出当时主人公第一次搭乘火车的心情是非常高兴的。

【2】D 本题考查细节理解。根据原文When I was very little,” he said, “my grandpa got me a train model. I would just watch it go round for hours and hours可以看出当自己的外祖父送给他一个车模的时候，他就爱上了火车，所以选择D项。

【3】A 本题考查推理判断。猜测词义要联系上下文语境判断，根据原文When Robertson finally had the opportunity to ride on a train, he felt great.可以看出当他第一次乘坐火车的时候是比较高兴和兴奋的，以至于自己都无法压抑下去。

【4】C 本题考查推理判断。Several disabled children were refused because the train was not accessible（可用的）to disabled people可以看出一些残疾人无法乘坐火车，自然而然是火车上一些设施残疾人是无法享受到的，所以选择C项。

【5】B 本题考查推理判断。根据他自己出钱让那些穷人体验火车，并给相关部门写信，说火车上的设施还不够完善以至于残疾人不能够享受到火车的快捷，所以这一类的举动都是表面出他是一个善良和有帮助的人。