Question

Family traditions were important in our house, and none was more appreciated than the perfect Christmas tree.

“Dad, can we watch when you trim(修剪) the tree?” My eldest son, Dan, nine, and his seven-year-old brother John, asked.

“I won’t be cutting this year,” my husband Bob said. “Dan, you and John are old enough to measure things. Do it all by yourselves. Think you boys can handle it?”

Dan and John seemed to grow six inches in their chairs at the thought of such an amazing responsibility. “We can handle it,” Dan promised. “We won’t let you down.”

A few days before Christmas, Dan and John rushed in after school. They gathered the tools they’d need and brought them out to the yard, where the tree waited. I was cooking when I heard the happy sounds as the boys carried the tree into the living room. Then I heard the sound that every mother knows is trouble: dead silence. I hurried out to them. The tree was cut too short. John crossed his arms tight across his chest. His eyes filled with angry tears.

I felt worried. The tree was central to our holiday. I didn’t want the boys to feel ashamed every time they looked at it. I couldn’t lower the ceiling, and I couldn’t raise the floor either. There was no way to undo the damage done. Suddenly, a thought came to my mind, which turned the problem into the solution.

“We can’t make the tree taller,” I said. “But we can put it on a higher position.”

Dan nodded his head sideways. “We could put it on the coffee table. It just might work! Let’s try it!”

When Bob got home and looked at the big tree on top of the coffee table, Dan and John held their breath.

“What a good idea!” he declared. “Why didn’t I ever think of such a thing?”

John broke into a grin. Dan’s chest swelled with pride.

1.The underlined part “grow six inches” (Para. 4) implies the brothers felt         .

A. proud   B. nervous         C. embarrassed          D. Scared

2.What happened after the brothers moved the Christmas tree into the living room?

A. They rushed to school.

B. They began to decorate the tree.

C. They got angry with each other.    

D. They found the tree was cut short.

3.How could the short tree be turned into a perfect one?

A. By making the tree taller.

B. By lowering the ceiling.

C. By placing it on a coffee table.

D. By raising the floor.

4.What Bob said in the last but one paragraph showed         .

A. he was a little disappointed

B. he was too stupid to think of the idea

C. he appreciated what the brothers had done

D. he should not have given them the task

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了兩兄弟幫助爸爸修剪圣誕樹過程中發生的故事。

1.推斷題：根據第四段最后一句“We can handle it,” Dan promised. “We won’t let you down.丹承諾到：“我們會處理好它的，不會讓你失望的。”可知孩子們為能得到這項人物感到恒高興，很驕傲。故選A。

2.細節題：根據第五段第六句The tree was cut too short樹被修剪的太短了，可知D項正確。

3.細節題：根據文章第六段和第七段可知媽媽既不可能降低天花板也不可能升高地板，更不可能使樹再長高，但能把它放在更高的位置上，兩兄弟齊聲說放在咖啡桌上。故選C。

4.推斷題： 根據“What a good idea!”和最后一段“John broke into a grin. Dan’s chest swelled with pride”，可知爸爸說的“好主意”和兩個孩子一個咧嘴笑，一個胸中充滿自豪，可知爸爸是贊賞孩子們所做的事。故選C。

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