Jayne Fisher watched anxiously as her 17-year-old daughter Katie pulled her lamb（羊羔） into the Madison County Junior Livestock for sale.
Katie was battling cancer. This was her first chance in months to be outdoors having fun, away from hospitals and treatments, and she had come with high hopes for earning some money for her treatment. She had wavered a little on her decision to part with the lamb, but with lamb averaging two dollars a pound, Katie was looking forward to it. So the bidding（出價(jià)began.
That’s when Roger Wilson, the auctioneer(拍賣師), had a sudden inspiration that brought some unexpected results. “We sort of let everybody here know that Katie had a situation that wasn’t too pleasant,” is how he tells it. He hoped that his introduction would push the bidding up, at least a little bit.
Well, the lamb sold for $11.50 a pound, but things didn’t stop there. The buyer paid up, then decided to give the lamb back so that it could be sold again.
That started a chain reaction, with families buying the animal and giving it back, over and over again. When local businesses started buying and returning, the earnings really began to pile up. The first sale is the only one Katie’s mom remembers. After that, she was crying too hard as the crowd kept shouting, “Resell! Resell! ”
Katie’s lamb was sold 36 times that day, and the last buyer gave it back for good. Katie ended up with more than $16,000 to pay her medical expenses——and she still got to keep her famous lamb.
小題1:Katie sold her lamb in order to_______.
A．earn an amount of money to cover her medical expenses
B．help her mother support their family and keep more lambs
C．show her lamb was a famous one and raise some money
D．get some unexpected results from a chain reaction
小題2:Why did families buy Katie’s lamb and return it repeatedly?
A．They had fun in reselling it.
B．The auctioneer ordered them to do so.
C．They wanted to help Katie from the heart
D．Katie’s mother cried for help.
小題3:The word “waver” in the second paragraph probably means _______.
A．a(chǎn)greeB．hesitateC．refuseD．focus
小題4:What is the best title of the passage?
A．Battling cancerB．A warm-hearted auctioneer
C．Bidding from the heartD．A wise lamb

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:C

試題分析：Katie 賣掉羔羊?yàn)榱藪晷╁X夠付醫(yī)療費(fèi)用，人們知道katie賣羔羊是為了治病，所以他們買下羊，又歸還，讓羔羊可以重復(fù)的賣，所以價(jià)格不斷攀升，他們是發(fā)自內(nèi)心的想幫助Katie。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第二段的句子：she had come with high hopes for earning some money for her treatment.可知Katie 賣掉羔羊是為了掙些錢夠付醫(yī)療費(fèi)用的，選A
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第五段的句子：That started a chain reaction, with families buying the animal and giving it back, over and over again. When local businesses started buying and returning, the earnings really began to pile up.可知一些家庭買Katie 的羔羊又重復(fù)歸還，因?yàn)樗麄冎繩atie的現(xiàn)狀，發(fā)自內(nèi)心的想幫助Katie，所以選C
小題3:猜詞題：從文章第二段的句子：She had wavered a little on her decision to part with the lamb,Katie對于要和羔羊分開的決定猶豫了一會，可知“waver”的意思是“猶豫”，選B
小題4:標(biāo)題確定題：從文章的內(nèi)容可知人們知道katie賣羔羊是為了治病，所以他們買下，又歸還，讓羔羊可以重復(fù)的賣，所以價(jià)格不斷攀升，他們是發(fā)自內(nèi)心的想幫助Katie，從心里出價(jià)。選C
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A．provedB．saidC．promisedD．a(chǎn)nswered

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