12-year-old John Thomas Robertson is a born train fan. "I’ve liked trains p

12-year-old John Thomas Robertson is a born train fan."I’ve liked trains probably from the day I was born," he told GoodMorning America. "When I was very little," he said, "my grandpagot me a train model. I would just watch it go round for hours and hours."

When Robertson finally had the opportunity to ride ona train, he felt great. His journey was so mind-blowing that he couldn’tkeep it to himself: he decided to take all his classmates to go on a ride withhim. When he found that some of his classmates couldn’t pay the fare, hecollected cans (罐子) and bottles and raised more than $1,000for them.

That trip was such a happy one that he made it ayearly action. "It never gets boring for some reason; it’s just fun,"he said. "It really lets people get away from their busy life and havefun.

Every October, Robertson takes a new group of childrento ride on the train —but now, he has a problem. Several disabled children wererefused because the train was not accessible (可用的) todisabled people. "He was angry to think that children of his own agecouldn’t ride a train," his mother said.

But he wouldn’t say no: he recently sent a letter tothe train office for help. To his surprise, the leader, Ty Pennington, acceptedthe letter in person. He said that he and his workers would work on making atrain accessible to disabled people.

1.The first time John Thomas Robertson took a train,________.

A．he wasfrightened by it

B．he acted as adriver

C．he watched itfor hours

D．he fell inlove with it

2.The author says John Thomas Robertson is a borntrain fan, because he ________.

A．was greatlyattracted to trains since early childhood

B．said so inGood Morning America

C．took a groupof disabled children to travel by train

D．was taken toa train the day he was born

3.The underlined words "mind-blowing" can bereplaced by ________.

A．important         B．terrible           C．amazing           D．disappointing

4.The disabled children were refused to get on thetrain because _________.

A．the trainsthen weren’t accessible to the disabled

B．Robertson hadnot saved enough money for the tickets

C．they couldn’t afford the train tickets

D．the driverwould not allow them to do so

5.According to the last paragraph, we can see thatRobertson is a ________ child.

A．helpful andcrazy                       B．kind andclever

C．kind butboring                         D．lazy but kind

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【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.B

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