Question

【题目】 “How much does it cost to have my shoes shined?” A man in black stood in front of me and asked. Before I could answer, I had started brushing away on his shoes.

“How much do you make a week, boy?” he asked me again. I knew he was laughing at me. All the time I was wondering where I had seen the man. Suddenly I knew I had seen his picture in the post office many times. He was a big swindler—one who cheated money out of others, wanted by the police in many states.

“You know,” he was saying, “it’s imagination people lack. You’ll never get anywhere as a shoeshine boy. Along with imagination, it takes courage. The courage to take a chance. When I was sixteen, I had made $2,500 of my own,” he kept talking away.

That’s when something reminded me. Was it $2,500 or $5,000 or $25,000? I wasn’t sure. I knew a big reward was offered for him.

But what could I do about it? Hit him with a can of shoe polish? A man his size could put me under his power easily.

Suddenly I saw Officer Dailey coming across street. Then, very fast, I began to tie the man’s shoelaces together. The man was watching the officer. “That’s enough, boy!” he said, “I got to be going.”

The policeman was at the window when I shouted, “Officer Dailey, help! This man is a cheat.”

“Shut up,” the man said angrily. I saw a gun in his hand. He was starting to run away when he fell on his face and knocked himself out.

There was a reward of $7,500 for the man,” the officer said. “That’s clever of you.”

“Well, it really wasn’t my idea,” I said. “It was his …”

【1】What did the boy do to make a living?

【2】Where had the boy seen the man in black?

【3】Why was the man wanted by the police in many states?

【4】Was the big reward for the man $2,500, $5,000 or $25,000?

【5】How did the boy stop the man running away?

【6】What do you think the boy would say? Please complete the the last sentence in the passage.

“It was his _________________________________________________________________.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】He shines others’ shoes to make a living.

【2】He had seen the man’s picture in the post office.

【3】Because he cheated money out of others

【4】None.

【5】He tied the man’s shoelaces together.

【6】he told me if you had courage and imagination you could do something big

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了擦皮鞋的“我”运用计谋配合警察将身材高大的歹徒抓获的过程。

【1】细节理解题。根据“How much does it cost to have my shoes shined?”可知，小男孩是靠擦鞋维生的，故答案为：He shines others’ shoes to make a living.

【2】细节理解题。根据“Suddenly I knew I had seen his picture in the post office many times.”可知，小男孩在邮局看到过他的照片，故答案为：He had seen the man’s picture in the post office.

【3】细节理解题。根据“He was a big swindler—one who cheated money out of others, wanted by the police in many states.”可知警察抓他是因为他是诈骗犯，他骗了别人的钱。故答案为：Because he cheated money out of others.

【4】细节理解题。根据“There was a reward of $7,500 for the man”可知奖励是$7,500，不是题干中的$2,500，$5,000 和$25,000，故答案为：None.

【5】细节理解题。根据“Then, very fast, I began to tie the man’s shoelaces together.”可知，他把这个人的鞋带系在了一起，故答案为：He tied the man’s shoelaces together.

【6】细节理解题。根据“Along with imagination, it takes courage. The courage to take a chance.”可知，那个人告诉小男孩要想干大事除了想象力，还需要勇气，冒险的勇气。故答案为“he told me if you had courage and imagination you could do something big”。