Question

閱讀下列短文，然后從每小題A、B、C、D四個選項中選出能回答所提問題或完成所給句子的最佳答案。

It was over two months before Christmas when 9-year-old Mary told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. Her old Barbi bike was too old and it often needed repairing. As Christmas came nearer, her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, for she didn’t mention it again.

Then much to our surprise, on December 24th, she said that she really wanted a bike as the Christmas present more than anything else. We didn’t know what to do. It was too late. We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing presents for our children, parents and also friends till midnight. So there was no time to buy the “right bike” for our little girl. Thinking that we might in this way make our child unhappy on Christmas, we felt guilty and sad.

Suddenly my husband came up with an idea. “What if I make a little bike out of the clay (泥土) and write a note that she could trade in (交換) the model bike for a real one after Christmas?” So he spent the next 5 hours working on a small clay bike. On Christmas morning, we were very excited and waited for Mary to open the little box with the beautiful red and white bike and the note. She opened the box and read the note loudly. She looked at me and said, “So, does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real one?” Smiling, I said, “yes.”

Mary had tears in her eyes when she replied, “I would never trade in this beautiful bike that Daddy made for me. I prefer to keep it rather than get a real one.” At that moment, we thought we would have moved the god to buy her every bike on earth.

1.What did Mary want as her Christmas present?

A. A clay model bike. B. An old Barbi bike.

C. A new bike. D. Every bike.

2.Mary’s parents didn’t buy her a bike because she ______.

A. only asked for it again on December 24th

B. didn’t want it any more

C. changed her mind for something else

D. didn’t mention it in the past two months

3.The underlined word “guilty” in the 2nd paragraph means ______.

A. unhappy B. worried C. pleased D. sorry

4.Mary’s father got the idea to ______.

A. spend 5 hours working on the clay

B. make a small bike out of clay

C. paint her old bike red and white

D. put the present into box

5. From Mary’s words in the last paragraph, we know that she ______.

A. still wanted to get a real bike

B. didn’t know the meaning of the note

C. preferred a real bike to the model one

D. was greatly moved by what her father had done for her

Answer 1