Question

On Saturday morning, every boy in town was happy, except Tom Sawyer. Tom was     by his aunt for causing some trouble. And he had to paint their fence(篱笆) which was 30 yards long. He knew other boys would     him. He didn’t want to become a joke, so he thought hard. Then he came up with an idea and     his brush to start the work.

A moment later, Ben Rogers came with an apple in his hand.

“You did something wrong again, right?” Ben asked.

“Of course not. I’m enjoying myself. Does a boy get a     to paint a fence like this everyday?” Tom said   and went on painting.

Ben watched in silence for a while and became more and more     . “Tom, will you let me have a try?” He asked.

But Tom     , “Sorry, but Aunt Polly trusted me to do the painting. She said only I could do the job     .”

“Oh, please, Tom,” said Ben. “I’ll be really careful. I’ll give you half my     . Wait,I’ll give you all of it.”

“That’s a deal,” said Tom. “But you must be careful.”

Tom gave Ben his brush with worry on his face   joy in his heart. He sat down and started to eat the apple.

When Ben got     , Billy was waiting for his turn. He gave Tom a kite for the chance to paint. Behind Bill, there were many others…

Soon Tom got lots of “treasure”, and the fence got three coats of paint. Aunt Polly was so pleased that she gave Tom a big apple!

1.A. chosen       B. guided         C. praised         D. punished

2.A. connect with B. laugh at       C. wait for         D. take care of

3.A. picked up    B. brought up     C. gave up         D. kept up

4.A. competition B. journey       C. decision         D. chance

5.A. nervous      B. interested      C. lonely           D. sleepy

6.A. refused      B. agreed         C. stopped         D. succeeded

7.A. sadly           B. comfortably   C. perfectly       D. poorly

8.A. brush           B. kite           C. apple          D. toy

9.A. but           B. so            C. and            D. or

10.A. worried       B. sick          C. relaxed         D. Tired

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.C

9.A

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了《汤姆索亚历险记》中汤姆被姑姑惩罚刷墙，但是汤姆通过自己的诡计，成功地让其他的小朋友帮助他做了所有的工作的故事。

1.D考查动词及语境理解。 chosen 选择；guided引导；praised表扬；punished惩罚。根据前文“ every boy in town was happy, except Tom Sawyer. ”可知，汤姆索亚的姑姑因为他造成的麻烦而惩罚他。结合选项可知应选D。

2.B考查动词短语及语境理解。connect with与……联系；laugh at嘲笑；wait for等候……；take care of照顾。根据后文“He didn’t want to become a joke,”可知，这里指的是他知道其他的孩子会嘲笑他。结合选项可知选B。

3.A考查动词短语及语境理解。 picked up捡起；brought up 提出；gave up 放弃；kept up保持，继续。根据上文“Then he came up with an idea”可知，这里指的是他有了主意，便捡起刷子开始工作。故应选A。

4.D考查名词及语境理解。competition 竞赛；journey旅行；decision决定；chance机会。根据语境可知，这里指的是一个男孩有机会像这样每天刷栅栏吗？故应选D。

5.B考查形容词及语境理解。nervous 紧张的；interested感兴趣的；lonely孤独的；sleepy困倦的。根据后文本对汤姆的请求可知，这里指的是本越来越感兴趣。故应选B。

6.A考查动词及语境理解。refused拒绝；agreed同意；stopped停止；succeeded成功。根据后文汤姆的话可知汤姆拒绝了。故应选A。

7.C考查副词及语境理解。sadly 悲伤地；comfortably舒服地；perfectly完美得；poorly 可怜地。根据语境可知，这里指的是波利姑姑信任他让他做粉刷，她说只有他才能把这项工作做的完美。故应选C。

8.C考查名词及语境理解。brush 刷子；kite 风筝；apple苹果；toy玩具。根据上文本手里拿着一个苹果可知句意：我将给你半个苹果，等等，我全给你。结合选项可知应选C。

9.A考查连词及语境理解。but但是；so 所以；and 并且；or或者，否则。根据语境可知，这里指的是汤姆脸上担忧但是心里高兴地给了本他的刷子。根据上下文，这里存在转折关系，故应选A。

10. 担心的；sick不舒服的；relaxed放松的；tired疲惫的。根据语境可知，这里指的是当本累了，比尔在等着轮到他。故应选D。

考点：考查故事类短文。