9.It was a hot,humid day,and my brother Walt and I had decided that the only way to survive it would be to go swimming in a deep swimming hole across Mr.Blickez's pasture(牧场) and through some woods.
The only problem with our plan was that this pasture was guarded by a huge,mean Hereford bull.Mr.Blickez had told us that Elsie was the meanest bull in the township,maybe even the county,and we believed him.But the hotter it got,the more we thought there was something fishy about his claim.For one thing,we remembered Mr.Blickez liked telling tall tales; for another,Elsie seemed like an odd name for a bull.
Finally,I talked Mom into asking permission for us to walk through the pasture,but then another problem surfaced.Mom said she would talk to Mr.Blickez if we would take our cousin Joanie along with us.Joanie was almost two years older than me and a head taller.If her teasing ever got around my grade school,it would be all over for me.In fact,I still had a headache from a quarrel with her that morning."I'm not going swimming with that dumb girl cousin."I told my mom.
"Either Joanie goes with,or you stay home alone,"Mom said in her serious tone.I gave in and we set out.On our way across the pasture,Walt yelled suddenly.Elsie had approached him quietly and was licking(舔) his back.Joanie and I dove under the wire fence,but while I was on the ground I looked up and saw that Elsie wasn't a big mean bull after all.She was going to keep licking my brother's back as long as he stood still.
We had many good days growing up and visiting our secret swimming hole guarded by the so-called"big mean bull".And as it turned out,for a girl cousin,Joanie hasn't been too bad.She's been one of my best friends over the years.
24.What's the meaning of the underlined word"fishy"in paragraph 2?C
A.Funny
B.Interesting
C.Doubtful
D.Believable
25.What's the second problem the author has to faceA
A.His mother insisted on his cousin going with him.
B.His cousin made jokes on him in his grade school.
C.He quarreled with his cousin and had a headache.
D.His mother failed to ask permission for him.
26.What does the author think of Elsie in the endD
A.Aggressive.
B.Unkind.
C.Bad-tempered.
D.Friendly.
27.What's the passage mainly aboutB
A.The bull guarding Mr.Blickez's farm.
B.The story of visiting the swimming hole.
C.How friendly the so-called mean bull was.
D.How the author changed his attitude to Joanie.
分析 本文主要是介绍了作者一行去游泳池的故事.
解答 24.C 词义归纳题.根据第二段中前句and we believed him及转折连词 But可知我们考试怀疑他所说的.故选项C正确.
25.A 细节理解题.根据第三段In fact,I still had a headache from a quarrel with her that morning.一句,可知母亲让堂姐跟着他.故答案选A.
26.D 细节理解题.根据倒数第二段中I looked up and saw that Elsie wasn't a big mean bull after all.She was goingto keep licking my brother's back as long as he stood still.Elsie一直在舔舐着我的哥哥,可知她很友好,可知答案D正确.
27.B 主旨归纳题.通读全文可知,本文主要是介绍了作者一行去游泳池的故事.故答案B正确.
点评 本篇文章主要是细节理解方面的题型,需要考生通过跳读迅速找到对应的句子进行详细理解,句子的理解可以结合上下文意思,通过逻辑推理得到.