Question

    (an extract from Probuditi!)

Calvin waited outside Trudy’s bedroom. Then it happened—a scream, a very loud scream. Calvin ran to his room and dived into bed.

He heard Mama coming down the hall.

“Did you do this?” his mother asked. Calvin looked out from under the covers. His mother stood over him, holding a rubber spider.

“Do what?” he asked.

“You put that thing in my bed,” Trudy told him, stepping out from behind Mama.

“Don’t think that just because it’s your birthday you can get away with something like this,” Mama scolded (责骂).

“You do want your present, don’t you?” That wiped the smile off Calvin’s face.

“Course I do,” he said.

“Then you apologize (道歉).”

Calvin dropped his head. “Sorry Trudy,” he muttered (嘟囔).

“Here,” Mama said. “Happy birthday.” At the breakfast table she handed Calvin an envelope. Inside were tickets to the matinee show of Lomax the Magnificent, the world-famous magician and hypnotist. “You’ve got two tickets there,” Mama said, “and I know someone who’d really love to go along.” She smiled at Trudy.

“You don’t mean here, do you?” Calvin asked, eyeing his little sister.

“Well, that would be really nice. But those tickets are yours. If you want to ask somebody—” Calvin didn’t wait for his mother to finish. He rushed out of the house to tell Rodney, his pal next door, that the two of them were going to see Lomax the Magnificent.

1.Who screamed at the beginning?

A.Calvin. B.Calvin’s sister. C.Calvin’s friend. D.Calvin’s mother

2.Calvin apologized to Trudy ________.

A.unwillingly B.truly C.happily D.excitedly

3.Calvin’s mother Rally wanted Calvin to ________.

A.ask his friend to the show B.find out what his friend thought

C.do what she thought was right D.watch the show without his sister

4.What is the best title for this passage?

A.Trudy’s Spider B.Mother’s Tickets

C.Calvin’s Birthday D.Rodney’s Present

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.C

【解析】

这篇文章是选取自Probuditi，主要介绍Calvin在妹妹的床上放了一个橡皮蜘蛛，用这个恶作剧来提醒妈妈，应该给他生日礼物。妈妈让他道歉，并给了他生日礼物，Calvin很高兴，因为他终于可以看最喜欢的演出了。

1.推理判断题。根据短文中“You put that thing in my bed,” Trudy told him, stepping out from behind Mama可知，Trudy说Calvin在她的床上放了一个橡皮蜘蛛，所以被吓到的是Trudy。选B。

2.细节理解题。根据短文中“You do want your present, don’t you?” That wiped the smile off Calvin’s face. “Course I do,” he said. “Then you apologize (道歉).” Calvin dropped his head. “Sorry Trudy,” he muttered (嘟囔).可知，Calvin是在妈妈的威胁下对Trudy道歉，所以他是不情愿的，故选A。

3.推理判断题。根据最后一段“Well, that would be really nice. But those tickets are yours. If you want to ask somebody—”可知，Calvin的妈妈希望他能做她认为正确的事，故应选C。

4.主旨大意题。根据文意可知，这篇短文讲述的是Calvin在妹妹的床上放了一个橡皮蜘蛛，用这个恶作剧来提醒妈妈，应该给他生日礼物。妈妈让他道歉，并给了他生日礼物，Calvin很高兴。全文围绕Calvin过生日发展的，故最佳答案为C“Calvin的生日”。