Question

“The brat（捣蛋鬼）！” Said Alice. She ran into her house with her kids.

Every time Gina walked down the street, her neighbors ran away. Gina was the only child of her parents. Her parents never refused her anything. And Gina, in turn, always made sure that she would gets whatever she wanted.

One day Gina’s mother noticed that her daughter didn’t have any friends. Every child knows that Gina is clever but they just don’t want to play with her.

Things changed when Rita joined Gina’s class. Rita was new to the city and too shy to make any friends. Gina bossed her around as she always does. But Rita doesn’t mind.

“Rita cried today in front of the class. Rita went to do her math exercises on the blackboard. She wasn’t able to do them although the teacher had explained carefully. Everyone laughed at her.”  Gina told her mother after school. “Why don’t you try to explain to her simply,” asked her mother.

“Mommy, I don’t want to waste time.”

“But Rita is your friend and if you don’t help her, who will?”

Very unhappy, Gina helped Rita. Gina has the gift(天赋) of explaining things simply. Rita understood the math questions and the teacher praised her in front of the class. Rita told everyone what a good friend Gina is. From that day Gina and Rita became good friends. And no one called Gina “the brat” any more.

1.We can infer(推断) from the passage that Alice was            .

A. Gina’s mother    B. Gina’s classmate

C. a woman Gina don’t know    D. one of Gina’s neighbors

2.One day Gina’s mother found out that her daughter’s problem. What was the problem?

A. They bought her too many things.

B. Gina was not good at her lessons.

C. Gina had no friends and no child wanted to play with her.

D. Gina was too shy to make any friends.

3.The underlined word “bossed” means         in Chinese.

A. 听从    B. 指挥    C. 佣人    D. 老板

4.According to the passage, which is the right order?

a.Rita cried in front of her classmates.

b.Rita didn’t under the math question.

c.The teacher explained the question to Rita.

d.Rita’s classmates laughed at her in class.

A. c-b-d-a    B. d-b-c-a    C. a-d-c-b    D. b-a-d-c

5.No one called Gina “the brat” any more because          .

A. Gina had the gift of making friends easily

B. the teacher praised Gina in front of the class

C. Rita told everyone Gina was a good friend

D. Rita wasn’t as clever as Gina.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】这篇短文讲述了Gina这个孩子从一开始没有朋友，被人们叫做“捣蛋鬼”，后来帮助新来的Rita并和她成了好朋友，再也没有人叫她捣蛋鬼了。

1.推理判断题。根据短文的开头“The brat（捣蛋鬼）！” Said Alice. She ran into her house with her kids. Every time Gina walked down the street, her neighbors ran away可知，Alice看到在大街上看到Gina，就和孩子们跑进了家里，还说Gina是捣蛋鬼。每次Gina在大街上走路的似乎，她的邻居们都会跑开。这说明Alice也是她的邻居，故应选D。

2.细节理解题。根据短文中One day Gina’s mother noticed that her daughter didn’t have any friends. Every child knows that Gina is clever but they just don’t want to play with her.可知，Gina的妈妈发现她没有朋友，没有孩子想要和Gina一起玩。故应选C。

3.词义猜测题。根据句子的结构可知，boss在这里是一个动词，不是名词老板的意思。再根据文意可知，Gina是一个很聪明的孩子，但是没有人喜欢跟她玩，因此我们猜测Gina是一个很强势的孩子，所以她指挥新来的Rita去这儿或那儿，而不会去听从一个新来的学生。故应选B。

4.细节理解题。根据短文中“Rita cried today in front of the class. Rita went to do her math exercises on the blackboard. She wasn’t able to do them although the teacher had explained carefully可知，Rita的老师跟她解释了数学题，但是她还是不明白，她去黑板前面做题，因为不会而受到了同学们的嘲笑，所以她哭了。由此可知应选A。

5.细节理解题。根据短文中Rita told everyone what a good friend Gina is. From that day Gina and Rita became good friends. And no one called Gina “the brat” any more.可知，Gina帮助Rita解决了数学难题，Rita告诉每个人Gina是一个很好的朋友，所以没有人再叫Gina“捣蛋鬼”了。故应选C。

点睛：这篇短文讲述了Gina这个孩子从一开始没有朋友，被人们叫做“捣蛋鬼”，后来帮助新来的Rita并和她成了好朋友，再也没有人叫她捣蛋鬼了。短文是记叙文，内容贴近学生生活，开头部分稍微难懂一些，但是看了下文就会慢慢理解这是怎么回事。题目的设置以细节理解题为主，第1小题和第3小题稍有难度，第小题，询问的是Gina和Alice的关系，在短文的开头提到了这两个人名，原文中有一个关键词her neighbors ran away，由此可知，他们是邻居关系。第3小题是一个词义猜测题，boss这个单词学生们并不陌生，但是在这里显然它不是老板这个意思，在句中它是一个谓语动词，因此C和D就可以排除。根据文意可知，Rita是一个新来的学生，Gina是不会听从一个新来的学生的，所以A也不对，应选B。