Question

 

When you are little, the whole world feels like a big playground. I was living in Conyers, Georgia the summer it all happened. I was a second grader, but my best friend Stephanie was only in the first grade. Both of our parents were at work and most of the time they let us go our own way.

It was a hot afternoon and we decided to have an adventure in Stephanie’s basement. As I opened the basement door, before us lay the biggest room, full of amazing things like guns, dolls, and old clothes. I ran downstairs, and spotted red steel can. It was paint. I looked beyond it and there lay even more paint in bright colors like purple, orange, blue and green.

“Stephanie, I just found us a project for the day. Get some paintbrushes. We are fixing to paint.” She screamed with excitement as I told her of my secret plans and immediately we got to work. We gathered all the brushes we could find and moved all of our materials to my yard. There on the road in front of my house, we painted bit stripes (條紋) of colors across the pavement (人行道). Stripe by stripe, our colors turned into a beautiful rainbow. It was fantastic!

The sun was starting to sink. I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car. It was my mother. I couldn’t wait to show her my masterpiece. The car pulled slowly into the driveway and from the look on my mother’s face, I could tell that I was in deep trouble.

My mother shut the car door and walked towards me. Her eyes glaring, she shouted, “What in the world were you thinking? I understood when you made castles out of leaves, and climbed the neighbors’ trees, but this! Come inside right now!” I stood there glaring hack at her for a minute, angry because she had insulted (侮辱) my art. 

“Now go clean it up!” Mother and I began cleaning the road. Tears ran down my cheeks as I saw my beautiful rainbow turn into black cement.  

Though years have now passed, I still wonder where my rainbow has gone. I wonder if, maybe when I get older, I can find my rainbow and never have to brush it away. I guess we all need sort of rainbow to brighten our lives from time to time and to keep our hopes and dreams colorful.

1.What did the writer want to do when his mother came home?

      A. To introduce Stephanie to her.           

B. To prevent her from seeing his painting. 

      C. To put the materials back in the yard.      

D. To show his artwork to her.

2.In his mother’s eyes, the writer_______.

      A. was a born artist                       

B. always caused trouble

      C. was a problem solver                   

D. worked very hard

3.The underlined word “rainbow” in the last paragraph refers to ______.

      A. the rainbow in the sky                  

B. the stripes on the pavement

      C. something imaginative and fun          

D. important lessons learned in childhood

4.It can be learned from the passage that parents should ________.

      A. encourage children to paint             

 B. value friendship among children

      C. discover the hidden talent in children 

D. protect rather than destroy children’s dreams

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

解析：細節理解題。根據第四段“I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car. It was my mother. I couldn’t wait to show her my masterpiece.”可知我當時是很高興的想把我的杰作給母親看。所以選擇D。

2.B

解析：推理判斷題。根據第五、六段可以推斷出，母親特別反感作者的一些行為，所以很生氣，認為她是一個麻煩制造者。

3.C

解析：推理判斷題。根據最后一段作者的感慨“to keep our hopes and dreams colorful”，可以推斷此時作者提到的rainbow不是指自己曾經畫過的街道上的彩虹，而是指自己的人生中的彩虹。

4.D

解析：推理判斷題。從整篇文章開頭敘述作者的開心的畫彩虹的過程，到后來被母親要求把街道清洗干凈，到最后的感慨，表明作者寫作的最終想要表達的目的之一是：父母應該支持孩子的某些創造性的行為，而不是一味的否定。