Question

Tom was a helpful boy. Every Sunday morning, he walked to the newspaper kiosk (报刊亭) at the supermarket to buy a newspaper for his dad. He liked to leave the house early as it was more peaceful then, with fewer cars in the streets.

One Sunday morning, when Tom arrived at the supermarket, he saw his neighbour, old Mrs. Jackson. She was choosing apples at the fruit shop. Tom greeted her and then went to get his newspaper.

As he was leaving, Tom saw Mrs. Jackson walking in front of him. Her bag looked very heavy.

“Would you like me to carry that for you, Mrs. Jackson?” Tom asked.

“What a helpful boy you are, Tom! Thank you. It is heavy,” she replied.

Tom picked up the heavy bag and began walking slowly home with Mrs. Jackson. The bag seemed to grow heavier with each step. Then, just as they were about to cross the road, it fell off Tom’s hand and dropped on the hard road!

“Oh, no!” cried Tom. “The fruit will be squashed (压扁).”

Mrs. Jackson looked into the bag. “Yes, the fruit does look a bit squashed. But don’t worry, Tom. I like fruit juice. I’ll just make juice instead. Call at my house this afternoon. We’ll have some delicious cold fruit juice together!” she said with a wide smile.

1.Tom went to the newspaper kiosk every Sunday morning to buy a newspaper for ______.

A. his dad    B. his mum

C. his neighbour    D. himself

2.Mrs. Jackson was ______ when Tom arrived at the supermarket.

A. reading a newspaper    B. buying some apples

C. carrying a big basket    D. making some juice

3.The underlined sentence “The bag seemed to grow heavier with each step” in the passage means ______.

A. the bag became heavier and heavier on their way home

B. Tom was strong enough to carry the bag easily

C. Tom was tired and didn’t want to carry the bag any more

D. the bag was so heavy that Tom couldn’t carry it easily

4.We can infer (推断) from the last paragraph that Mrs. Jackson will ______ in the afternoon.

A. buy some delicious juice for Tom

B. sell the squashed apples to others

C. ask Tom to make some juice for her

D. make some juice and share it with Tom

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。汤姆每个星期天早上去报亭给他爸爸买报纸。一个星期天早上当汤姆到达超市时，杰克逊太太正在买一些苹果。汤姆帮助杰克逊夫人拿东西，后来在下午杰克逊夫人邀请汤姆一起分享果汁。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段第二句Every Sunday morning, he walked to the newspaper kiosk (报刊亭) at the supermarket to buy a newspaper for his dad.可知，汤姆每个星期天早上去报亭给他爸爸买报纸。故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段中One Sunday morning, when Tom arrived at the supermarket, he saw his neighbour, old Mrs. Jackson. She was choosing apples at the fruit shop.可知，当汤姆到达超市时，杰克逊太太正在买一些苹果。故选B。

3.句意猜测题。根据划线句子后面的内容Then, just as they were about to cross the road, it fell off Tom’s hand and dropped on the hard road! 然后，就在他们正要过马路的时候，它从汤姆的手中掉了下来，落在了坚硬的路上！由此推知，这个袋子太重了，汤姆搬不动。故选D。

4.细节理解题。根据最后一段中I like fruit juice. I’ll just make juice instead. Call at my house this afternoon.可知，从最后一段我们可以推断，杰克逊夫人会在下午喝点果汁，和汤姆一起分享。故选D。