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     Aunt Polly told Tom to paint the whole fence (栅栏) in front of the house. He thought of the other boys out for the day enjoying themselves and he felt very unhappy. Then he had an idea!He picked up the brush and started painting slowly and carefully. Soon,his friend Ben Rogers appeared,eating an apple. Tom pretended (假装) not to see him.

    “Tom!” Ben said. “Why are you working?”

    “Oh,it's you,Ben ,” Tom said ,“I didn't notice you."

    “I'm going for a swim”’ Ben said ,“but you don't want to come. You want to work,don't you? It's much nicer!” Ben laughed loudly. Tom looked seriously at Ben and said ,“What is work? What do you call work?”

    “Isn’t that work?” Ben asked.

    “Well,no. Does a boy get the opportunity to paint a fence every day? You’Ve never painted a fence,have you? Auntie says I have to do it with great care! ”

    “Please,Tom. Let me do a little”’ said Ben.

    “No,Ben. If you do,you’ll do it wrong. You can't paint very well. If it was the back fence,it wouldn’t mind,but it isn’t. ”

    “I won’t do it wrong. I'll be really careful. I'll give you my apple. ” Tom gave him the brush and paint with a sad face,but in his heart he was glad. His trick had worked.

     After Ben got tired and left,other boys came along and Tom said the same things to them. Soon,the whole fence was painted white,but not by Tom. He felt very clever because he had discovered something important about the way people are. People only want what they can't have or want to do what they shouldn’t do.

() 1. Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “opportunity” in this passage?

   A. Money. B. Interest. C. Ability. D. Chance.

() 2. Why did Tom pretend not to see Ben?

   A. Because he wanted Ben to believe that the was enjoying the work.

   B. Because he would like to try his best to attract Ben's attention.

   C. Because he did not want Ben to see the fact that he had to work.

   D. Because he was afraid that Ben might laugh at him if the saw him.

() 3. What can we infer (推断) from the story?

   A. Aunt Polly gave Tom a lot of pocket money for what he had done.

   B. Ben and the other boys might feel unhappy when they found out the truth.

   C. Tom believed that he had discovered how to deal with different people.

   D. Everyone thought Tom clever when they realized what had happened.

Answer 1

C

阅读提示：文中讲述了男孩汤姆要刷栅栏，而他的朋友们却在玩乐， 然后他想出了一个“办法”，让他的朋友们帮他刷栅栏的故事。汤姆 通过自己的小聪明而使自己轻松了。

1. D细节推理题。根据句意“一个男孩每天有刷栅栏的机会吗?” 可知opportunity在文中表示“机会”。

2. A逻辑推理题。根据下文中汤姆耍聪明骗取本刷栅栏可知答案。

3. C主旨大意题。从文章最后一段最后两句汤姆的感悟得出答案。