Question

Tommy is from a poor family. His father is a worker and he is often ill. Tommy hopes to be an artist, but everybody says it is not possible for him to be an artist and makes fun of his family and his dream. But Tommy never gives up.

   One day, he heard there was a drawing competition the following week, and anyone aged 13 and up was welcome. The winner would get 10,000 dollars and some art equipment(设备). He thought for a minute and decided to take part in the competition.

   That week seemed like the longest week in his life. Every day when he got home from school, a pencil and a piece of paper were the first things in his hands. He practiced drawing for a long time. Then, the day of the competition came. He finished his drawing quickly.

   After two weeks, Tommy got a letter. Tommy was too afraid to open the letter. At last he opened it slowly. Just as he read the first sentence, he began crying. However, they were not tears(眼泪) of sadness. They were tears of happiness.

根据短文内容选择最佳答案

1.Tommy hopes to be _____.

A. a worker    B. a doctor    C. a writer    D. an artist

2.The underlined words “makes fun of”means _____ in Chinese.

A. 嘲笑    B. 支持    C. 夸奖    D. 创造

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Young boys can take part in the competition.

B. The winner could get about 5,000 dollars.

C. The winner could get some art equipment.

D. Young girls couldn’t take part in the competition.

4.Before the competition, when Tommy came back home, the first thing he did was___.

A. cooking dinner for his father    B. practicing drawing

C. finishing his homework    D. watching news about the competition

5.From the end of the story we can know that_____.

A. Tommy was sad, because he didn’t win the competition

B. Tommy was happy, because he won the competition.

C. Tommy could never become an artist.

D. Tommy didn’t win the competition, but he was still happy.

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.B

【解析】短文大意：汤米来自一个贫穷的家庭，他希望成为一个艺术家，但每个人都说他不可能成为一个艺术家，取笑他的家庭和他的梦想。有一天，他参加了一个比赛，在比赛中他画的很快，当他收到了一封信，知道自己获胜的消息后流出了幸福的泪水。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段句子Tommy hopes to be an artist.汤米希望成为一个艺术家，可知汤米的梦想是成为一个艺术家。故答案选D。

2.词义猜测题。根据上文everybody says it is impossible（不可能）for him to be an artist，每个人都说他不可能成为一个艺术家，可知每个人都说他不可能成为一个艺术家，结合选项，所以下面说的应该是嘲笑他的梦想，因此这里makes fun of应该是嘲笑的意思，故选A。

3.细节判断题。根据第二段句子The winner would get 10，000 dollars and some art equipment （设备. 获胜者将得到10000美元和一些艺术设备，可知获胜者可以得到一些艺术设备，故选C。

4.细节理解题。根据第三段句子Every day when he got home from school，a pencil and a piece of paper were the first things in his hands.每天放学回家，第一件事情是手里拿着一支铅笔和一张纸来练习画画，可知是练习画画。故答案选B。

5.细节推理题。根据最后一段句子However, they were not tears（眼泪）of sadness…They were tears of happiness. 然而，他们不是悲伤的眼泪…他们是幸福的眼泪。可知可以判断出他应该是赢得了比赛的胜利，故答案选B。

点睛：阅读理解中考查的题型主要有细节理解题、主旨大意题、推理判断题（普通推断、推断文章出处）、词义猜测题等题型。在解答词义猜测题时，由于短文中出现了部分生词，在不允许查字典的情况下，只能运用“猜测词义法”来猜测单词的意思。猜词的技巧有多种，可以通过因果关系，对比关系猜词；也可以通过同义词，反义词或构词法猜词，以及上下文的句意去判断，如第2小题，可以通过上下文语境，运用逻辑推理能力，准确猜出词义。