Question

【題目】"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】這篇文章是從小說中節(jié)選的。我和堂兄弟應(yīng)該在玩一個叫印第安人和牛仔的游戲。我一個人扮演1000個印第安人，而其他的堂兄弟扮演牛仔。然后牛仔開始抓印第安人，因為在這個游戲中我是兇手。我趕緊躲了起來，外面很安靜，我剛想出去看看，就被兄弟們綁了起來，掛在樹上。我就說我要走了，解開我。后來在車上，媽媽問我為什么我的堂兄弟要問我爸爸借火柴，我很驚訝他竟然真的要借來火柴。媽媽肯定，我沉默了，什么都沒說。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。此題的迷惑項出得非常好。因為a thousand在文章中不只一次出現(xiàn)，如果不求甚解，未看懂全文，只是以字對字，那么很可能選錯。其次，這題還要求學生要看懂問題的真正含義應(yīng)為有多少孩子扮演印第安人，實際上“and became a thousand Indians”這句，暗示一個人扮演著一千個印第安人。故選D。

【2】推理判斷題。作者說而又止的原因是，要燒死人還要找木頭、火柴，這樣就可以拖延一段時間，而要吊死人繩子就在他身上，所以，他不愿使事情更糟才止住未講。故選B。

【3】主旨大意題。在文章最后，當母親對作者關(guān)于是否Bobby真的找過火柴的詢問做了肯定的答復后，作者什么話也未講，顯然他體會到如果再玩下去是危險的。所以作者在此隱含地點明了主題。故選B。