Question

    One day, Miss Mary asked the class to think of a story with a moral (寓意).

Little Suzy put up her hand. “My dad owns a farm. Every Sunday, we put chicken eggs in our truck and drive into town to sell them at the market. Well, one Sunday we hit a big bump (凸块) and all the eggs flew out of our basket and onto the road.”

When the teacher asked for the moral of the story, Suzy replied, “________.”

Little Lucy went next. “My dad owns a farm, too. Every weekend, we take our chicken eggs and put them in our incubator (孵化器). But last weekend, only eight of our 12 eggs hatched (孵出小鸡).”

Again, the teacher asked for the moral. Lucy answered, “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.”

Next up was little Johnny. “My uncle Ted was drunk one day and he told me a story. He fought in a war many years ago and his plane was shot down over an enemy area. He jumped out of the plane with only a bottle of whiskey, a machine gun and a sword (剑).

On the way down, he drank the bottle of whiskey. Then, he landed right in the middle of 100 enemy soldiers. He shot 70 of them with his machine gun, but then he ran out of bullets (子弹)! So he pulled out his sword and killed 20 more. Then the sword broke, so he killed the last ten with his bare hands.”

The teacher and other students looked shocked (震惊). Miss Mary asked what the moral of this story was.

“Well,” Johnny replied, don’t trust uncle Ted when he’s drunk.”

1.How many children told stories in Miss Mary’s class?

A.Two. B.Three. C.Four. D.Five

2.What was the moral of little Suzy’s story?

A.Better late than never.

B.The early bird catches the worm.

C.Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

D.Better half an egg than an empty shell.

3.What does the underlined word “bare” mean?

A.empty B.big C.only D.dirty

4.From the article (文章), we know that ________.

A.Uncle Ted was a war hero before

B.Lucy’s dad doesn’t know how to use the incubator

C.Suzy’s dad is a careless driver

D.Miss Mary thought the story about uncle Ted was true until the end of the story

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】

这篇短文讲述的是Mary女士在她的课堂上要求学生们分享一下他们觉得有寓意的故事。Suzy，Lucy和Johnny分别讲述了他们的故事，其中Johnny说的故事非常有趣。

1.细节理解题。根据短文第二段“Little Suzy put up her hand.”、第四段“Little Lucy went next.”和第六段“Next up was little Johnny.”可知，Suzy，Lucy和Johnny三名学生分享了他们的故事。因此一共是三个，故选B。

2.推理判断题。A“迟做比不做好”；B“早起的鸟儿有虫吃”；C“不要把所有的鸡蛋都放在一个篮子里”；D“半个鸡蛋胜过一个空壳”。根据短文第三段Suzy讲述的故事可知，她和爸爸在去市场买鸡蛋的路上，撞到了隆起物上，鸡蛋都碎了。因此C选项符合这个故事的寓意。故选C。

3.词义猜测题。根据文意“He jumped out of the plane with only a bottle of whiskey, a machine gun and a sword…He shot 70 of them with his machine gun, but then he ran out of bullets (子弹)! So he pulled out his sword and killed 20 more.”可知，Johnny的叔叔拿着一瓶威士忌、一把枪和一把剑去和敌人打斗，子弹用完了，剑毁了，接下来就只能空手和敌人打了。因此bare意为“空的，赤裸的”，与empty同义。故选A。

4.推理判断题。根据短文中Johnny叙述的故事以及文章最后一段““Well,” Johnny replied, don’t trust uncle Ted when he’s drunk.”可知，老师和同学们都以为Johnny讲的故事是真的。直到最后Johnny说“不要相信Ted叔叔的醉话”，所以他说的这个故事是假的。故选D。