Question

It was a dark and stormy night. I was about to go to bed when I heard a tapping sound on my window. “Who’s there?” I shouted. Suddenly there was a flash of lighting; I saw a face at the window. It looked like an alien that I have seen on the television show.

I felt very scared. I ran to my bed and pulled my blanket(毛毯) over my head. I started to shout for my parents but there was no reply. Then I remembered that they were at a dress party.

After a while my head showed up out of my blanket but it was too dark to see anything. Then I heard footsteps. They were getting louder and louder. It was dark but I knew the way to drawer where I kept my camera. I ran there and took out my camera and started to take pictures in the direction of the window. Soon the footsteps died off, maybe because of my taking picture.

The grandfather clock struck…It was 12 midnight. I went back to my bed and tried to sleep. But I couldn’t sleep. I felt too frightened. I sat up; my mind was full of thoughts. Time passed, one o’clock, two o’clock, ... Finally, I fell asleep.

I woke up only after eight and decided to find out the truth. I found some footprints outside my bedroom window. I measured them with a tape(卷尺) and found them to be exactly the same size as my father’s shoes. The footprints ended at the door of my house. I then went to town to get the film developed(洗胶片). But when I saw the photos, they were black and I could hardly see anything. Then I remembered that I did not use the flash.

When I reached home, I told my father the whole matter and he started to laugh. I also started laughing when he told me that he had dressed up as an alien for the party.

1.The writer ______ when a face appeared at the window.

A. was tapping the window

B. was watching a flash of lighting

C. was about to go to bed

D. was watching TV

2.What’s the right order during the night?

a. shouted for parents

b. sat up on the bed

c. heard the footsteps

d. took the pictures

e. covered the head

A. bcaed B. eacdb

C. bacde D. ecbad

3.What does the underlined phrase “died off” mean?

A. 逃跑 B. 死掉 C. 消失 D. 重现

4. Why did the writer’s father laugh?

A. He had heard a strange dream for the kid.

B. He thought the writer was a coward (胆小的) kid.

C. He thought he dressed up as an alien successfully.

D. He found out the truth about the alien last night.

5.What’s the best title for this passage?

A. A Terrifying Dream

B. A Scary Night

C. The Frightened Kid

D. The Allen’s footprints

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：在一个暴风雨的黑夜，我想睡觉时听到窗户上的敲击声，看到一个像电视里外星人的脸，非常害怕，开始喊父母，却没有回应，才想起来他们去参加化妆舞会了。后来，我拿起相机朝窗户方向拍照。第二天拿卷尺量窗户外的脚印却发现尺寸和父亲的鞋子一样。回到家后告诉父亲整件事，他笑了，当他告诉我他在化妆舞会上打扮成一个外星人时我也笑了。

1.根据文章第一段“I was about to go to bed when I heard…”，故选C。

2.细节理解题。文章第二段、第三段和第四段对过程进行了详细的描述。根据文章描述的顺序，可知选B。

3.词义猜测题。后文有提示，可能是由于我拍照的原因，故猜测词义为“消失”。故选C。

4.作者知道是父亲化妆成外星人后笑了，而父亲觉得自己化妆的很成功并真能以假乱真使孩子以为是外星人而发笑。故选C。

5.主旨大意题。本文描述了作者所遭遇的一个恐怖的夜晚，故选B。

考点：故事类阅读。