Question

Family traditions were important in our house, and one was more appreciated than our annual trip to the woods for the perfect Christmas tree.

“Dad, can we watch when you trim(修剪) it?” my eldest son ,John ,asked on the way home.

“I won’t be cutting this year,” my husband said.” You and your brother Dan are old enough to measure things, fit the tree to the stand and do it by yourselves. Think you boys can handle it?”

They seemed to grow six inches in their chairs at the thought of such an amazing responsibility. “We can handle it,” Dan promised. We won’t let you down.”

A few days before Christmas, Dan and John rushed in after school. They gathered the tools they’d need and brought them out of yard, where the tree waited. I left the older boys to their work and brought David inside for his early supper. A moment later I heard the happy sounds as the boys carried the trees into the living room. Then I heard the sound become dead silence. I hurried out to them. The tree was too short. John crossed his arm tight across his chest. His eyes were filled with angry tears.

The tree was central to our holiday, but it was not what I worried about. I didn’t want the boys to feel ashamed every time they looked at it. We had a terrible problem on our hands. I couldn’t lower the ceiling, and I couldn’t raise the floor either. There was no way to repair the damage. If I couldn’t fix the problem, maybe I could get creative with it. A thought came to my mind, which turned to the solution.

I followed them back into the living room.. “We can’t make the tree taller,” I said. “But we can put it on a higher position.”  Dan turned his head sideways, measuring the distance with his eyes . “We can put it on the coffee table and put the lights and decorations on before we lift it up . Thus, we won’t need a ladder. It just might work! Let’s try it!”

When my husband got home and looked at the big tree on top of the coffee table, Dan and John held their breath.

“What a good idea!” he declared, as if the boys had gone beyond all his expectations. “Why didn’t I ever think of such a thing ?”

John broke into a grin. Dan’s chest swelled with pride. David squealed.

1.Who trimmed the Christmas trees this year?

A. David        B. The writer

C. The children D. The writer’s husband

2.By “ grow six inches” ( Paragraph4), the writer means that the children might feel _____.

A. excited   B. nervous   C. terrible   D. worried

3.What was the writer worried about according to Paragraph 6?

A.The Christmas tree    B. The husband’s health

C. The holiday          D. The boys’ pride

4.How was the short tree turned into a perfect one?

A. By making it taller      B. By lowering the ceiling

C. By placing it on a table  D. By raising the floor

5.What the writer’s husband said in the end shows that ________.

A. he expected too much of the children

B. he was satisfied with what the children had done

C. it was stupid of the children to think of such an idea.

D.the children shouldn’t have given up the responsibility

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要讲了这个圣诞节，Dan 和John修剪圣诞树。可兄弟俩把圣诞树搬到客厅，发现树被修剪的太短了，作者与孩子们共同想出一个办法，作者丈夫回家后，很欣赏兄弟两的杰作。

1.:细节题：根据A few days before Christmas. Dan and John rushed in after school. They gathered the tools they'd need and brought them out to the yard .where the tree waited.可知今年，是Dan 和John修剪圣诞树。故选C。

2.推测题：根据Dan and John seemed to grow six inches in their chairs at the thought of such an amazing responsibility. "We can handle it." Dan promised. "We won't let you down." .可猜出"grow six inches"暗含的意思是兄弟两感觉很骄傲，故选A。 故选A。

3. I didn’t want the boys to feel ashamed every time they looked at it.可知作者不想看见孩子们每次看见圣诞树的时候就感觉惭愧，这样就打击了孩子们的自豪感。根据段落意思可推出答案。故选D。

4.

5. a good idea!” 和最后一段John broke into a grin. Dan’s chest swelled with pride.可知爸爸说的好主意和两个孩子一个咧嘴笑，一个胸中充满自豪，可知爸爸是满意孩子们所做的事。故选B。

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