Question

Amanda Clement grew up in Hudson，South Dakota．Baseball was always her favorite sport．Once in a while her brother Hank and his friends would let her play first base in their games．More often，however，they asked her to umpire(裁判) for them，because they knew her calls would be fair and there would be no arguing．

One day in 1904，Amanda and her mother traveled to Hawarden，Iowa，to watch Hank play for the home team against Hawarden．When they arrived at the ball field，two local teams were waiting to play a preliminary(预备) game．The umpire hadn’t arrived，so Hank argued that the teams should let his sister serve as umpire．The players finally agreed．

Amanda，then sixteen and standing five feet，ten inches tall，made perfect calls．She was so good that players for the main game asked her 10 umpire for them and even offered to pay her．Thus，at sixteen，Amanda Clement became the first paid female baseball umpire on record．She is honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown，New York．

1.Hank and his friends often asked Amanda to umpire for them because

A．they wanted to make her happy

B．she called them brothers

C．no one else wanted to do it for them

D．she knew the rules well and was fair

2.Amanda went to Hawarden in order to

A．serve as umpire

B．make money

C．watch her brother play

D．help the local teams

3.Amanda most probably learned how to umpire a baseball game

A．in her P．E．classes at school             B．in an umpire training school

C．by watching and playing the games          D．from her mother，a baseball umpire

4.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A．Amanda Clement．First Female Umpire

B．A Family of Baseball Fans

C．Baseball Games in Hawarden，Iowa

D．The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了Amanda最喜欢体育运动，她的哥哥和朋友经常邀请她去当棒球裁判，她熟悉比赛规则并且她是公平的，她通过经常观看比赛和参加比赛而获得的对棒球运动的了解。她成了第一个女棒球裁判。

1.细节理解题。根据More often，however，they asked her to umpire(裁判) for them，because they knew her calls would be fair and there would be no arguing．她了解规则并且是公平的，故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据Amanda and her mother traveled to Hawarden，Iowa，to watch Hank play for the home team against Hawarden．故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据Once in a while her brother Hank and his friends would let her play first base in their games．和Amanda and her mother traveled to Hawarden，Iowa，to watch Hank play for the home team against Hawarden．Amanda通过观看和打球来学会当裁判，故选C。

4.标题归纳题。根据at sixteen，Amanda Clement became the first paid female baseball umpire on record．故选A。

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