Question

Jim is a young farmer. He was once put into prison( 監獄).

One day, he got a letter from his mother. “ I’m so worried about our farm,”she wrote.”it’s time to plant potatoes. I can’t dig (挖 ) all the fields(田地 ) by myself.”

Jim read the letter and became sad. “ What can I do?” he thought. Then he had a good idea. He wrote to his mother,” don’t dig the fields. There is much money in the earth. Don’t plant potatoes until I come home.”

Some days later, Jim got another letter from his mother. It said, “ Two days ago, about ten men came to our farm and dug all the fields. I can’t understand it. It seemed that they were looking for something. What should I do?”

Jim smiled when he read his mother’s letter. He wrote a letter to his mother at once. It was very short. Guess what it would say.

1.Jim’s mother was much worried about___________.

A. him????????????? B. their farm

C. the potatoes??????? D. the money

2.In the letter to his mother, Jim told his mother not to______.

A. dig the fields???????????? B. dig for the money

C. ask others for help???????? D. go to the prison to see him

3.Jim’s mother told him that about ten men came to dig their fields. These men might be_____.

A. farmers????? B. Jim’s friends?? C. prison guards( 監督員)????? D. Jim’s brothers

4.What would it say in Jim’s second letter?

A. I will go out of prison very soon.

B. You can plant potatoes now, dear mother.

C. I can’t help you, dear mother.

D. The guards will plant potatoes.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.D

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題解析:本文大意：吉姆是個年輕的農民，一次他被送進了監獄。一天，他收到了他媽媽的信，信中說她很擔心他們的農場，只她一個人翻不了地。吉姆讀信后很難過，然后有了一個好主意。在在回信中告訴媽媽不要翻地，在土里有很多錢，等他回去再種土豆。幾天后，吉姆又收到媽媽的信，告訴他兩天前大約十個人來到農場翻了所有的地，不明白為什么，好像他們在找什么東西。吉姆讀信時笑了，馬上給媽媽寫了一封信。

1.細節理解題。根據I’m so worried about our farm我非常擔心我們的農場，可知答案選D。

2.細節理解題。根據 don’t dig the fields. 不要翻動，可知答案選D。

3.細節理解題。根據He was once put into prison一次他被送進了監獄，可知答案選D。

4.推理判斷題。根據What should I do?我應該怎么做，Jim smiled when he read his mother’s letter吉姆讀信時笑了，馬上給媽媽寫了一封信，可知答案選C。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。