Question

This is a true story from Guyana.One day,a boy took a piece of paper from a box.He made a paper ball and pushed it into his nose.He couldn’t get it out.He ran crying to his mother.His mother couldn’t get the paper out,either.A week later,the paper was still in the boy’s nose.His nose began to have a bad smell.

So his mother took the boy to a hospital.The doctor looked up at the child’s nose,but she couldn’t get the paper out.She said she had to cut the boy’s nose to get the paper out.

The boy’s mother came home looking sad.She didn’t want her child to have his nose cut.The next day she took the boy to her friend Sidney who lived in a house with an old lady called May.May wanted to see the child,so the child let her look up his nose.

“Yes,I can see it,” May said.“It will be out soon.”

As she spoke,she shook some black pepper on the child’s nose.The child gave a mighty sneeze(喷嚏)and the paper flew out.His mother was surprised.May told his mother to take the boy to the seaside for a swim,for the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell.

So the lucky boy didn’t have to go to the hospital to have his nose cut.

1.After the boy pushed a paper ball into his nose,　　　.

A. he took it out

B. his mother took it out

C. he did nothing but cried

D. he tried to take it out but failed

2.The paper ball stayed in the boy’s nose for 　　　.

A. almost seven days    B. less than seven days

C. more than seven days    D. exactly seven days

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The doctor helped to take the paper ball out of the boy’s nose.

B. May succeeded in taking the paper out.

C. The boy’s mother found some black pepper to solve the problem.

D. The boy had to have his nose cut at last.

4.The boy should be taken to the seaside for a swim because 　　　.

A. he needed to learn to swim

B. the sea water would wash out the paper ball

C. the sea water would stop the bad smell of his nose

D. he needed a rest

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.C

【解析】

本文为记叙文。一个男孩把一个纸团不小心放在鼻子里。他的妈妈也不能把它弄出来。一个星期后，纸还在男孩的鼻子里。他的鼻子有一股难闻的气味。到医院后，医生说只有割掉孩子的鼻子才能把纸拿出来。后来在一个叫梅的人用胡椒粉帮他拿出了纸团。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段第二句话“He made a paper ball and pushed it into his nose. He couldn’t get it out.” 可推断出，男孩把纸团塞进鼻子里后曾试图把它取出来，但没有成功。可知D项正确。

2.细节理解题。由第一段的最后一句“A week later, the paper was still in the boy’s nose.”和第二和第三段可知，母亲带男孩去看医生时纸团已在孩子鼻子里待了一周，从医院回来后的第二天男孩在梅的帮助下把纸团弄了出来。至此，纸团已在男孩的鼻子里待了一周多了。因此可知C项正确。

3.细节理解题。根据文章第二段可知医生没有拿掉纸团，故A错误，倒数一段前两句话可知，May给这个小男孩往鼻孔里放了一些黑胡椒，小男孩通过打喷嚏让小纸团出来了，由此可知B项正确，C和D项错误。因此B项符合题意。

4.细节理解题。根据文章最后一段最后两句话“May told his mother to take the boy to the seaside for a swim,for the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell.” 他妈妈很惊讶。梅告诉他妈妈带孩子去海边游泳，因为盐水会流到他的鼻子上，止住难闻的气味。分析选项可知C项正确。