“Tom! There was no answer. “Tom! Still no answer. “Where’s that boy gone? Tom! T

 “Tom!”

    There was no answer.

    “Tom!”

    Still no answer.

    “Where’s that boy gone? Tom!”

    The old lady looked all around theroom. She looked under the bed, but found only the cat.

    “If I catch that boy, …” shemurmured to herself.

    She opened the door and looked outinto the garden.

    “Tom!” she shouted.

    Then she heard a slight noisebehind her. She turned round just in time to catch the boy as he came out of acupboard.

    “And what have you been doing inthere?”

    “Nothing,” said the boy.

    “Nothing! Look at your hands andyour mouth! What is that stuff?”

    “I don’t know, Aunt.”

“Well, I know. It’s a jam. I’ve told you forty timesthat if you touched that jam, I’d skin you.

Give me that stick.”

    “Look out, Aunt! Look behind you!”

    The old lady turned round and Tomwas out of the door in a flash, over the garden fence and away.

    “Damn that boy! Will I never learn?He’s always playing tricks on me. And he seems to know just now how far he cango, too. But I can’t take a stick to him. I really can’t. After all, he’s mydead sister’s boy. Ah well, he’ll play truant today and I’ll have to make himwork tomorrow.”

At supper Aunt Polly tried to trick Tom into admittingthat he hadn’t gone to school.

    “It was rather hot today, wasn’tit, Tom?”

    “Yes,” answered Tom.

    “You didn’t have to open your shirtcollar where I sewed（缝） it, then.”

    Tom was confident, now. He openedhis jacket. His collar was securely sewed.

    “Oh Tom,” said Aunt Polly. “You’rea good boy really.”

    She was sorry that she had beenwrong about him.

    “But Aunt,” came a voice. It wasSidney, Tom’s younger brother. “Didn’ t you sew Tom’s collar with white cotton?Look! Now it’s black.

    Tom was already running out of the door.

                                    ---The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

1.The underlined word “skin” probably mean in thepassage?

A.praise             B.cheat                            C.touch                    D.beat   

2.Which of the following words can be best used todescribe Tom?

A.stupid             B.clever                       C.naughty           D. brave

3.What can be inferred from Sidney’s words in thepassage?

A. Tom made his jacket dirty on purpose.

B. Tom didn’t go to school that day.

C. Tom was a dirty boy.

D. Sidney hated Tom so he wanted to punish him.

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to thepassage?

A. Tom’s mother passed away.                            

B. Tom’s aunt was a good sewer.

C. Tom was good at sports.

D. Aunt Polly felt sorry for his misunderstanding toTom.

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【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

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