Question

【题目】 Saturday was a beautiful day. It was summer and the sun was hot and there were flowers in all the gardens. It was a day for everybody to be happy.

Tom Sawyer came out of his house with a brush and a big pot of _____ paint in his hand. His aunt asked him to paint the fence(栅栏). He looked at the fence, it was three metres high and thirty metres _____ . He put his brush in the paint and painted ______ of the fence, put down his brush and sat down. There were ______ of work in front of him and he was the _____ boy in the village.

After ten minutes, Tom had an idea, a _____ idea.

He took up the brush again and began to work. He saw his friend Joe in the street, but he didn’t look at him. Joe came up to Tom and looked at the fence.

“I am sorry, Tom.”

Tom said _____. The paint brush moved _____.

“Working for your aunt?” said Joe. “I am going down to the river. I am sorry you can’t come with me.”

Tom put down his brush. “You call this work?” he said.

“Painting a fence?” said Joe. “Of course it’s work!”

“Perhaps it is and perhaps it isn’t. But I _____ it. I can go to the river any day. I can’t paint a fence very often.”

Then Tom painted very _____ and carefully. He often stopped, moved back from the fence and looked at his work with a smile. Tom seemed to enjoy _____ while painting. Joe began to get very _____, and wanted to paint. Tom gave him the brush. For the _____ time that day he was a very happy boy.

More friends came to _____ Tom, but soon they all wanted to paint, too. By the afternoon, the fence – all thirty metres _____ it — was a beautiful white. Tom Sawyer can go out to play finally.

【1】A.blackB.blueC.redD.white

【2】A.wideB.longC.tallD.short

【3】A.someB.muchC.mostD.any

【4】A.secondsB.minutesC.daysD.hours

【5】A.cutestB.happiestC.unhappiestD.worst

【6】A.awfulB.cheerfulC.meaningfulD.wonderful

【7】A.somethingB.nothingC.anythingD.everything

【8】A.here and thereB.up and downC.right and leftD.day and night

【9】A.likeB.hateC.finishD.choose

【10】A.quicklyB.easilyC.exactlyD.slowly

【11】A.herselfB.themselvesC.himselfD.itself

【12】A.interestedB.interestingC.amazingD.amazed

【13】A.firstB.secondC.thirdD.fourth

【14】A.look atB.laugh atC.point atD.shout at

【15】A.onB.ofC.inD.with

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【6】D

【7】B

【8】B

【9】A

【10】D

【11】C

【12】A

【13】A

【14】B

【15】B

【解析】

文章主要讲述了聪明的Tom是如何让别的孩子帮助他做粉刷篱笆的工作的故事。

【1】句意：汤姆索亚从家里出来，手里拿着一把刷子和一大罐白色油漆。

black黑色；blue蓝色；red红色；white白色；根据后文中it — was a beautiful white.可知，是拿的白色漆，故选D。

【2】句意：它高3米，长30米。

wide宽；long长；tall高；short短；根据前面的fence可知，衡量是从长和高来衡量的，所以这里指代的是长，故选B。

【3】句意：他把刷子放进油漆里，刷了一些篱笆。

some一些；much很多；most大部分；any任何；根据句意理解可知，这里表达的是“粉刷了一些”，故选A。

【4】句意：他前面有几个小时的工作。

seconds秒；minutes分钟；days天；hours小时；根据后文中By the afternoon the fence – all thirty metres ___15___ it — was a beautiful white.可知，粉刷栅栏的工作要花费几个小时，故选D。

【5】句意：他是村里最不快乐的男孩。

cutest最可爱的；happiest最快乐的；unhappiest最不开心的；worst最坏的；根据前文Saturday was a beautiful day.和There were ___4___ of work in front of him可知，周六原本是快乐的，但是汤姆却还要工作，所以对他来说是不开心的，故选C。

【6】句意：十分钟后，汤姆有了一个主意，一个很棒的主意。

awful糟糕的；cheerful快乐的；meaningful有意义的；wonderful绝妙的；根据文中Then Tom painted very ___10___ and carefully. He often stopped, moved back from the fence and looked at his work with a smile. Tom seemed to enjoy ___11___ while painting.可知，这是一个很美妙的主意，故选D。

【7】句意：汤姆什么也没说。

something一些事情；nothing没有事情；anything任何事情；everything一切；根据后文“Working for your aunt?” said Joe. “I am going down to the river. I am sorry you can’t come with me.”都是乔说的话，可知，汤姆什么也没说，故选B。

【8】句意：刷子上下移动。

here and there到处；up and down上上下下；right and left左右方；day and night日日夜夜；根据前句it was three metres high及常识可知，粉刷篱笆应该是上下刷漆，故选B。

【9】句意：但我喜欢。

like喜欢；hate讨厌；finish完成；choose选择；根据后文Then Tom painted very ___10___ and carefully. He often stopped, moved back from the fence and looked at his work with a smile可知，汤姆很喜欢这个工作，故选A。

【10】句意：汤姆刷得又慢又仔细。

quickly快速地；easily容易地；exactly准确地；slowly慢慢地；根据文中He often stopped, moved back from the fence and looked at his work with a smile.可知，汤姆刷的很慢，故选D。

【11】句意：汤姆在粉刷时似乎很享受。

herself她自己；themselves他们自己；himself他自己；itself它自己；根据句意理解可知，主语是Tom，构成一个短语enjoy oneself，故选C。

【12】句意：乔开始变得很感兴趣。

interested感兴趣的；interesting有趣的；amazing令人惊讶的；amazed感到惊讶的；根据后文wanted to paint可知，推测出他对这个感兴趣了，故选A。

【13】句意：那天他第一次是一个非常快乐的男孩。

first第一；second第二；third第三；fourth第四；根据上文he was the ___5___ boy in the village.可知，这是他最不开心的一天，而此处有人帮他做事，所以应该是他第一次感到开心，故选A。

【14】句意：更多的朋友来嘲笑汤姆。

look at看；laugh at嘲笑；point at指向；shout at对……大喊；根据后文but soon they all wanted to paint, too.可知，刚开始是嘲笑汤姆，后来就也想粉刷，故选B。

【15】句意：到了下午，篱笆——整整三十米——变成了美丽的白色。

on在……（具体时间）；of……的；in在……（泛指的时间）；with有……；根据句意理解可知，这里表达的是“篱笆的……”，应该用of，故选B。