Question

【题目】"You're just in time, Joe．We're going to play cowboys 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 other 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．Let's go and catch him!"

But no one wanted to come to get me．All of my cousins except one were always very friendly with．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 get 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?

A. One thousand．

B. One hundred．

C. One group．

D. One．

【2】Joe didn't say "Cowboys hang people．" because

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

【3】The name of the story should be "________"．

A. Joe and his cousins

B. Who knows what danger is waiting there

C. Cowboys and Indians is children's favourite game

D. How cowboys and Indians fought in the past

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】B

【解析】这篇文章是从小说中节选的。我和堂兄弟应该在玩一个叫印第安人和牛仔的游戏。我一个人扮演1000个印第安人，而其他的堂兄弟扮演牛仔。然后牛仔开始抓印第安人，因为在这个游戏中我是凶手。我赶紧躲了起来，外面很安静，我刚想出去看看，就被兄弟们绑了起来，挂在树上。我就说我要走了，解开我。后来在车上，妈妈问我为什么我的堂兄弟要问我爸爸借火柴，我很惊讶他竟然真的要借来火柴。妈妈肯定，我沉默了，什么都没说。

【1】细节理解题。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。故选D。

【2】推理判断题。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。故选B。

【3】主旨大意题。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。故选B。