Question

【題目】(an extract from Probuditi!)

Calvin waited outside Trudy’s bedroom. Then it happened—a scream, a very loud scream. Calvin ran to his room and dived into bed.

He heard Mama coming down the hall.

“Did you do this?” his mother asked. Calvin looked out from under the covers. His mother stood over him, holding a rubber spider.

“Do what?” he asked.

“You put that thing in my bed,” Trudy told him, stepping out from behind Mama.

“Don’t think that just because it’s your birthday you can get away with something like this,” Mama scolded (責罵).

“You do want your present, don’t you?” That wiped the smile off Calvin’s face.

“Course I do,” he said.

“Then you apologize (道歉).”

Calvin dropped his head. “Sorry Trudy,” he muttered (嘟囔).

“Here,” Mama said. “Happy birthday.” At the breakfast table she handed Calvin an envelope. Inside were tickets to the matinee show of Lomax the Magnificent, the world-famous magician and hypnotist. “You’ve got two tickets there,” Mama said, “and I know someone who’d really love to go along.” She smiled at Trudy.

“You don’t mean here, do you?” Calvin asked, eyeing his little sister.

“Well, that would be really nice. But those tickets are yours. If you want to ask somebody—” Calvin didn’t wait for his mother to finish. He rushed out of the house to cell Rodney, his pal next door, that the two of them were going to see Lomax the Magnificent.

【1】Who screamed at the beginning?

A. Calvin. B. Calvin’s sister. C. Calvin’s friend. D. Calvin’s mother.

【2】Calvin apologized to Trudy ________.

A. unwillingly B. truly C. happily D. excitedly

【3】Calvin received his present ________.

A. in the kitchen B. in his bed C. inside the theatre D. outside his house

【4】Calvin’s mother Rally wanted Calvin to ________.

A. ask his friend to the show B. find out what his friend thought

C. do what she thought was right D. watch the show without his sister

【5】What is the best title for this passage?

A. Trudy’s Spider B. Mother’s Tickets

C. Calvin’s Birthday D. Rodney’s Present

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】A

【4】C

【5】C

【解析】本篇文章難度適中。本篇文章主要講述加爾文通過惡作劇提醒母親今天是他的生日。母親給了他兩張票讓他去看表演，母親本來希望他帶他的妹妹去，但是他并沒有。

【1】根據(jù)Calvin waited outside Trudy’s bedroom. Then it happened—a scream, a very loud scream可知，故選B。

【2】根據(jù)Calvin dropped his head. “Sorry Trudy,” he muttered (嘟囔)可知，故選A。

【3】“Here,” Mama said. “Happy birthday.” At the breakfast table she handed Calvin an envelope. Inside were tickets to the matinee show of Lomax the Magnificent, the world-famous magician and hypnotist可知，故選A。

【4】根據(jù)“Don’t think that just because it’s your birthday you can get away with something like this,” Mama scolded (責罵). “You do want your present, don’t you?” That wiped the smile off Calvin’s face以及“You’ve got two tickets there,” Mama said, “and I know someone who’d really love to go along.” She smiled at Trudy可知，他的媽媽想讓加爾文做她認為正確的事情。故選C。

【5】本文主要介紹加爾文用惡作劇來提醒媽媽給他生日禮物，最后他的媽媽給他兩長電影票作為生日禮物。所以標題應為加爾文的生日，故選C。