Question

【题目】 One day a man gave his son some wood to saw (锯; 锯子). The boy did not want to do such work, so after his father had gone away, he threw the saw down, and it broke.

"I did not break the saw," said the boy to himself, "it broke itself." He tried to deceive himself with words, but he knew in his heart that they were false words, and he was afraid to meet his father.

One day a mother said to her son, who had just returned from school, "It is six o'clock. Your school closes at four -where have you been, my boy?"

"Oh, mother," said Ned, "when we play at ball, we forget everything else. We do not think of the time, or of coming home. Is tea ready?"

The boy 's mother was cheated. Ned's answer led her to think that he had been playing with his friends. But he had not been playing at all.

He had been “kept in” by his teacher, because he had not learned his lessons. He did not like to tell his mother that. He wished her to think that he had been playing.

“What a shame it is for you to try to cheat your mother," said something in Ned's heart, as he sat down to his tea.

"I don't care," said the boy to himself, “I don't care. I did not tell a lie- I did not say that I was playing. "

If we use words which are about to cheat, we tell a lie. Ned's lie was a very bad one, for it looked so like the truth. A lie that looks like the truth is the worst kind of lie.

【1】Who broke the saw actually?

A. The father.B. The boy.C. The mother.D. Nobody.

【2】The underlined word "deceive" probably means“

A. 鼓励B. 鞭策C. 欺骗D. 惩罚

【3】What time did the school close?

A. At 14:00.B. At 15:00.C. At16:00.D. At17:00.

【4】The boy got home at six on that day, because he_

A. played at ballB. was busy with his lessonsC. forgot the timeD. was asked to stay by the teacher

【5】What does the writer mainly want to tell us?

A. A truth is a real lie.B. What looks like a truth is a lie.

C. A truth that looks like a lie is a lie.D. A lie that looks real is the worst lie.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】C

【4】D

【5】D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了小男孩犯了错，或者想隐瞒某事时总会向父母撒谎，而且甚至想用语言把自己也骗过去，但这是不对的。

【1】细节理解题。根据The boy did not want to do such work, so after his father had gone away, he threw the saw down, and it broke，可知是男孩弄坏了锯子，故选B。

【2】词义猜测题。根据划线词所在句句意“他努力用话语________自己，但是他心中知道这些话都是错的”，可以猜测此处是“欺骗”的意思，故选C。

【3】细节理解题。根据It is six o'clock. Your school closes at four，可知学校下午四点放学，故选C。

【4】细节理解题。根据He had been “kept in” by his teacher, because he had not learned his lessons，可知他被老师留堂了，故选D。

【5】文章主旨题。根据全文的内涵，以及A lie that looks like the truth is the worst kind of lie，可知作者想告诉我们听起来很像事实的谎言是最坏的谎言，人们不该说谎，故选D。