Question

【题目】 Once when I was a child, my father and I were waiting to buy tickets for the circus(马戏团). Finally, here was only one family between the ticket office and us.

There were eight children in this family and they were all probably under the age of 12. You could tell they didn’t have a lot of money. Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean. The children talked excitedly about the clowns(小丑).It was clearly a very important day out for them. The father and mother seemed happy as they could be.

The ticket lady asked how many tickets the father wanted, he proudly answered, "Please let me buy eight children's tickets and two adults 'tickets, so I can take my family to the circus."

The ticket lady told him the price.

The man's wife lowered her head. There wasn't a smile on the man's face any more. He quietly asked, How much did you say?"

The ticket lady again told him the price

The man didn't have enough money. But how could he tell his kids the bad news?

Seeing what was happening, my dad took a $20 note from his pocket and dropped(丢) it on the ground（we were not rich ourselves at all!) He then tapped the man on the back and said, "Excuse me, sir, you dropped this"

The man understood my father was helping him. He held the note and looked straight into my dad’s eyes, and in tears replied, "Thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family."

【1】Why did the writer say "Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean”?

A.To show the mother looked after the children well.

B.To show the mother worked hard.

C.To show cheap clothes could be popular.

D.To show the family was very rich.

【2】Why was the poor man unhappy after he spoke with the ticket lady?

A.Because he dropped his money.

B.Because there were no tickets for them

C.Because the tickets were too expensive.

D.Because he didn't have money at all.

【3】Why was the poor man in tears at the end of the story?

A.Because he found his money.

B.Because he wanted to ask for help.

C.Because he was thankful to the writer's father.

D.Because he told his kids the bad news.

【4】Which of the following is most probably TRUE according to passage?

A.The poor family saw the circus that night.

B.The two families became good friends

C.The writer's father got much money

D.The writer saw the circus that night.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要讲的是作者的父亲帮助帮助一家人的故事。这是一个有着八个孩子的家庭，父母带孩子们去看马戏，可是票价太贵。正在这位父亲遭难之际，我的父亲故意丢下20美元，来帮助这一家人，最后这一家人如愿以偿的看上了马戏，而我们也因为帮助别人感到很高兴。

【1】推理题。根据“Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean”的意思是“他们的衣服昂贵，但是很干净”由此可推知，孩子们被妈妈照顾得很好，故选A。

【2】细节理解题。根据文章倒数第三段中的“The man didn't have enough money”可知，在和售票员说话不开心了是因为他没有足够的钱，票太贵了，故选C。

【3】细节理解题。根据文章最后一段中的“He held the note and looked straight into my dad’s eyes, and in tears replied, "Thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family”可知，这个穷人眼含泪水是因为他对作者的父亲很感激，是感激的泪水，故选C。

【4】细节理解题。根据文章最后一段中的“Thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family”以及作者的父亲帮助了那家人，可推知，那家人那天晚上看了马戏团表演，所以A说法是正确的；文章没有提到两家人最后成为了朋友，所以B说法是错误的；根据文章倒数第二段中的“we were not rich ourselves at all”可知，我们也不是很富裕，文章也没有提到作者的父亲得到了很多钱，所以C说法是错误的；文章提到作者的父亲拿出了20美元帮助了一家子人以及作者的家庭不是很富裕，所以作者可能那天晚上没有看马戏团表演，而且文章没有提到作者那天晚上是否看了马戏团表演，所以D说法是错误的，故选A。