Question

A nine-year-old kid was sitting at his desk when suddenly there was a puddle (some water or liquid) between his feet and the front of his trousers was wet. He thought his heart was going to stop because he couldn’t possibly imagine how this had happened. It had never happened before, and he knew that when the boys found out he would never hear the end of it. When the girls found out, they would never speak to him again as long as he lived.

He prayed this prayer, “Dear God, I need help now! Five minutes from now I’m dead meat! ” He looked up from his prayer and here came the teacher with a look in her eyes that said he had been discovered. As the teacher was walking toward him, a classmate named Susie was carrying a goldfish bowl full of water. Susie tripped （绊倒） in front of the teacher and dumped （倒） the bowl of water in the boy’s lap. The boy pretended to be angry, but all the while he was saying to himself, “Thank you. God! ”

Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule, the boy was the object of sympathy（同情）. The teacher rushed him downstairs and gave him gym shorts to put on while his trousers dried out. All the other children were on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk. The sympathy was wonderful. But as life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his had been transferred （转移） to someone else—Susie. She tried to help, but they told her to get out.

When school was over, the boy walked over to Susie and whispered, “You did that on purpose, didn’t you?” Susie whispered back, “I wet my trousers once, too!”

1.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means ________.

A. the boys would never play with him

B. the boys would treat him as usual

C. he would hardly hear any praise from the boys

D. he would be laughed at by the boys endlessly

2.After Susie dumped water in his lap, the boy was in a state of _________.

A. excitement    B. relief   C. anxiety   D. anger

3.What did the other kids do after the incident?

A. They offered him dry clothes.

B. They laughed at the boy rudely.

C. They helped the boy do the cleaning.

D. They urged the boy to get out angrily.

4.Why did Susie dump water in the boy’s lap?

A. The boy asked her to do so.

B. She just did it by accident.

C. The teacher tripped her on purpose.

D. She knew the boy’s embarrassment.（尴尬）

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章，一个九岁的男孩上课时把裤子弄湿，怕被别人发现，有过同样经历的女孩Susie把一鱼缸水倒在男孩身上，帮他解围，最终得到了同学们的同情和帮助。

1.1】推理判断题。一个九岁的男孩坐在课桌旁，突然发现两脚之间有水或液体，他的裤子前部是湿的。他知道当男孩们发现这事实时，他将再也不会听见这件事的结束

he would never hear the end of it 也就是说他将被男孩们无休止的嘲笑。故选D

2.2】推理判断题。男孩两脚之间有水，他的裤子前部是湿的，他感到尴尬，怕人发现，当老师向他走来时，一个叫Susie的同学把满满的一金鱼缸水倒在男孩的腿上，帮他解了围。根据第二段最后一句，男孩假装生气，但他一直在自言自语说，“Thank you .God!”,男孩对她的同学感激，男孩所处的状态应是缓解、宽慰，故选B

3.3】细节理解题。Susie把水倒在男孩腿上后，他成了同情的对象，根据第三段第三句All the other children were on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk.得知所有其他孩子都在帮助他清理，故选C

4.4】推理判断题。根据最后一段得知，放学后男孩问Susie是否故意把水倒在他腿上，Susie低声说她也曾经把裤子弄湿过，因此她能体会到男孩所处的尴尬状态，故选D

考点：考查故事类阅读。