Question

When Mr. Brown entered the classroom that Friday morning, he stopped at the blackboard. For there, on the blackboard, were words in huge red letters: BROWN IS STUPID!

Mr. Brown thought for a moment. This could only have been the work of one of the four boys who had been kept in after school the day before.

Mr. Brown turned the blackboard around so that the words could not be seen. Half an hour later,Mr. Brown wrote four names on the board: Gerald, Alex, Michael and Laurie. Then he said, “I want these four to stay in the classroom. The rest of you may go to the playground.”

The four boys came to the blackboard. “One of you has written a most impolite remark on the blackboard,” he stared （盯着看）at them and thundered, “which one of you did it?”

The four boys gathered closer together, afraid of what was to come.

“Was it you, Gerald?”

Gerald shook his head. “No, it was not me, Sir,” he gave the teacher a most sincere look in his wide eyes.

“What do you have to say, Alex?”

“I don’t know anything about it, Sir,” said Alex, and his ears turned red.

Michael had a bright idea. “Perhaps someone broke in during the night,” he said. “And when he saw the lovely red chalk lying there, he wrote something on the blackboard.”

“Is that the best you can think so, Michael?” asked the teacher.

“I only thought ...”

“And what about you, Laurie?”

Laurie said in a rather low voice, “I didn’t do it, Sir. I don’t even know what it says on the blackboard.”

“You really don’t know what’s written there?” Mr. Brown asked. “And I don’t think dear Gerald knows either.”

“No, Sir. No idea.”

“Michael, Alex, can either of you tell me what it says on the blackboard?”

“No, Sir!” the two boys answered together. Brown walked forward and his fingers seized(揪住) a schoolboy. He said in his kindest and softest voice to the other three boys, “Very well. I only punish the one who has been telling lies, and you three may go to the playground!”

1. What did Mr. Brown write on the blackboard?

A. BROWN IS STUPID

B. WHICH ONE DID IT

C. The rules of the class

D. The names of the four boys

2. Which of the following can be put into “______” in Paragraph 3?

A. all the students arrived

B. all the children laughed

C. the four students ran away

D. the headmaster came in

3. The underlined word “thundered” in Paragraph 4 most probably means “______”.

A. asked softly B. said slowly

C. spoke happily D. shouted loudly

4.Who has been telling lies?

A. Gerald B. Alex C. Michael D. Laurie

5.The word that can best describe Mr. Brown is “______”.

A. honest B. smart

C. hard-working D. warm-hearted

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

1.1】细节理解题。根据短文Mr. Brown wrote four names on the board: Gerald, Alex, Michael and Laurie. 布朗先生在黑板上写了四个名称:杰拉尔德,亚历克斯,迈克尔和劳里。故选D。

2.2】推理判断题。A：所有的学生到了B：所有的学生笑了C：所有的学生逃跑了D：所有的学生走进来了。根据短文理解选A。

3.3】thundered词义是打雷。he stared （盯着看）at them and thundered,老师盯着学生，大声地喊道。 根据短文大意，应该是大声喊叫，故选D。

4.4】细节理解题。根据短文大意，四个孩子回答了老师的问题。只有Michael说出了答案，可以推断她是做贼心虚。故选C。

5.5】推理判断题。根据短文大意，主要介绍的是Mr. Brown破案的小故事。所以选选B。

考点：记叙文类短文阅读。