Question

Little Tom likes cartoons very much. When the cartoons begin on TV, he does nothing before they’re over. Sometimes he’d rather(宁可)wait for a long time and go to bed late. In the morning his mother has to wake him up, or he’ll be late for school.

Yesterday Tom heard there would be an interesting cartoon today. This morning, after he got up, he turned on (打开) the television first, but he didn’t see the program on it. He had to have breakfast and then go to school. After school he ran home when his mother was cooking supper in the kitchen. He went into the sitting room quickly and turned on the television again, but he couldn’t find the cartoon. He walked into the kitchen and asked his mother for help. “It’s only five now,” said the woman, “Your program will be after supper.” Well, let’s have supper right now!”

1.Tom goes to bed late sometimes, so     .

A. his mother has to wake him up

B. he goes to school by bus

C. he can wake himself up in the morning

D. he has to go to school without breakfast

2.      , so he turned on the television after getting up this morning.

A. Tom thought he had some time left

B. Tom wanted to watch the interesting cartoon.

C. Tom wanted to know the important news

D. Tom hoped to watch a sports show

3.Tom was afraid      , so he ran home.

A. he couldn’t watch the interesting cartoon

B. he couldn’t take the last bus

C. he would be hungry

D. he had little time to finish his homework

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.A

【解析】

试题分析：小汤姆非常喜欢看卡通片，有时为了看卡通片，等到很晚才睡觉，早晨妈妈必须把他叫醒，否则就会迟到。

1.A细节理解题。从第一段最后的句子“In the morning his mother has to wake him up, or he’ll be late for school.” 可知，汤姆有时睡觉晚的时候，早晨妈妈必须把他叫醒。故答案为A。

2.B细节理解题。从第二段开头的句子“Yesterday Tom heard there would be an interesting cartoon today. This morning, after he got up, he turned on (打开) the television first”可知，汤姆是想看有趣的卡通片。故答案为B。

3.A细节推理题。从短文中的句子“After school he ran home when his mother was cooking supper in the kitchen. He went into the sitting room quickly and turned on the television again,”可以推测，汤姆心里还是惦记着那个卡通片。担心看不到。故答案为A。

考点：故事类短文阅读。