Question

　　“You're just in time, Joe. We're going to play cowboy and Indians, and you can be the Indians. ” one of my cousins said.

“How many Indians?” I asked.

“Oh, about a thousand. ” he answered, and before I could say no, I was pushed out into the night and became a thousand Indians. Two minutes later I was running in the fields with a group of cowboys behind. The shouts of “After them. Let's catch the killers! ” and others such TV-play language came into my ears as I ran round a corner and hurried into my Grandpa's car.

　　“We've got him, boys go and catch him! ”

　　But no one wanted to come to get me. All of my cousins except one were always very friendly with me. It was quiet outside. And I went out of the car to have a look.

　　Just then I heard a shout, “Bring the rope and we can burn him. ”

　　“Only Indians burn people. Cowboys, ” I stopped just in time. I had almost said, “Cowboys hang people. ”

　　I was tied to a tree, and the cowboys were looking for some wood when my dear mother called, “We're leaving now. ”

　　“Untie me. ” I shouted. “We're going. ”

　　“Why did Bobby want matches?” Mum asked when we were in the car. “He was asking Dad whether he had any.”

　　“Oh, he was just going to－matches? MATCHES? Are you sure he wanted matches?”

　　Mother was quite sure, and I didn't say any more.

1．How many children played the Indians?

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A．One thousand

B．One hundred

C．One group

D．One

2．Why did Joe's cousin say that Joe was Just in time? Because

________ .

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A．there were not enough children for the game

B．the game was just going to start

C．none of his cousins wanted to be Indians

D．they were waiting for Joe

3．Joe didn't say “Cowboys hang people out because ________ .

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A．he was tied to a tree

B．that would make things worse

C．he was caught by the cowboys

D．that would make the cowboys angry

4．Which of the following is TRUE？

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A．One of Joe's cousins was looking for matches.

B．Dad didn't want to give the children any matches.

C．Bobby wanted to get some matches from his father.

D．Mum didn't think children should play with matches.

5．The name of the story should be “ ________ ”.

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A．Joe and his cousins

B．Who knows what danger is waiting there

C．Cowboys and Indians is a favorite children's game

D．How cowboys and Indians fought in the past

Answer 1

答案：D;C;B;A;B
提示：

1．此题的迷惑项出得非常好。因为a thousand在文章中不只一次出现，如果不求甚解，未看懂全文，只是以字对字，那么很可能选错。其次，这题还要求学生要看懂问题的真正含义应为有多少孩子扮演印第安人，实际上“and became a thousand Indians”这句，暗示一个人扮演着一千个印第安人。 这就要求学生在考试时不要求快，而要求准，不但要看清原文，还要正确理解问题的含义。 2．这要求学生要具备所学语言国家或民族的文化和历史背景。在美国的这段历史中白种移民向西部扩展，抢占大面积原印第安人的良田，因此经常发生惨案，很不幸的是印第安人的反抗往往被残酷镇压下去了。但是如果只从文章中也可以看出，孩子们不愿扮演这一角色：“…and before I could say no，I was pushed out into the night and became a thousand Indians. ”按照美国这段历史，游戏的结果是印第安人被杀，所以没有孩子愿意扮演这一角色。 3．这题要求学生不但要读懂文章还要有正确的推理。作者说而又止的原因是，要烧死人还要找木头、火柴，这样就可以拖延一段时间，而要吊死人绳子就在他身上，所以，他不愿使事情更糟才止住未讲。 4．这里如果阅读仔细，首先则看出C选项是错项，因为Bobby是问Joe的父亲找过火柴，而不是他自己的父亲。B选项在文章中并未提到。文章中只讲Bobby问Joe的父亲要过火柴，并未提及Joe父亲的态度。而D选项是由推理而得知的，因Joe的母亲在回家的路上问Bobby为什么要找火柴，这显然是她不同意孩子们玩火柴。但文章中没有明确提到。 5．这是在考查学生是否通过阅读能总结出文章的中心思想和作者要表达的重要观点。在文章最后，当母亲对作者关于是否Bobby真的找过火柴的询问做了肯定的答复后，作者什么话也未讲，显然他体会到如果再玩下去是危险的。所以作者在此隐含地点明了主题。