Last year, I met a little boy to whom my heart went out. He would talk to me every single day, and always seemed to have a smile on his face. His problem was that he stuttered (口吃) extremely badly when he tried to talk. It was really hard to understand what he was saying, although he loved to tell big tales!
One morning, I was talking to the teachers who ran the school store. The boy stopped by and said hello to all of us. Afterwards they told me that the boy would stop every day to ask if they would be there the next day. But of course, he never had money to buy anything.
I decided that I would get him a little something just as a surprise. So I picked out a pencil, a rubber, and a small notebook for just $1.00. I cannot describe the look on his face when I gave him the three little things. Then, without a stutter, he loudly said, "Thank you so much!" and just kept repeating, "Thank you! Thank you!" He gave me a big hug before going off to class.
I was touched to see someone appreciate something that much. As he walked off, he was showing his new stuff to other kids walking to class. I have to say that I have never spent a dollar that would mean so much to me.
小題1:Why did the boy never buy anything from the store?
A．Because he couldn’t make himself understood.
B．Because the teachers were unwilling to sell him anything.
C．Because he couldn’t afford anything.
D．Because he could never decide what to buy.
小題2:What do we learn from the third paragraph?
A．Actually the boy had no stutter at all.
B．The boy was too excited to stutter at the moment.
C．What the author had bought helped the boy speak normally.
D．The author wanted to find out whether the boy really had a stutter.
小題3:Which would be the best title for the passage?
A．A Stuttering Boy
B．Kindness Can Do Wonders
C．One Dollar Can Buy Anything
D．The Best Dollar I Have Spent
小題4:What is the boy’s attitude to his life?
A．a(chǎn)ctiveB．passiveC．disappointedD．fearful

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:A

試題分析：
小題1:C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段最后一行But of course, he never had money to buy anything.說明C正確。
小題2:B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段最后兩行Then, without a stutter, he loudly said, "Thank you so much!" and just kept repeating, "Thank you! Thank you!" He gave me a big hug before going off to class.說明他很興奮，說話也不口吃了，故B正確。
小題3:D 主旨大意題。文章主要講述了我花一美元的錢給一個口吃的小男孩買了東西，他非常高興，口吃也沒有了。這給我?guī)砹撕艽蟮目鞓贰９蔇正確。
小題4:A 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段1,2行He would talk to me every single day, and always seemed to have a smile on his face.說明他總是臉上有笑容，故對生活是很積極樂觀的。故A正確。
點評：文章介紹了我花一美元的錢給一個口吃的小男孩買了東西，他非常高興，口吃也沒有了。這給我?guī)砹撕艽蟮目鞓�。本文�?nèi)容較為簡單，以細節(jié)題的考查為主，在第一遍閱讀短文的時候要做好標識和符號，減少回讀的次數(shù)，提高閱讀的速度和效率。
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D．but the siren and the flashing light still worked
小題4:Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A．How to Drive quicklyB．How to Avoid accidents
C．A quick Way Home? By An Ambulance D．A Safe way Home? Non-Stop

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