Question

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

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

That trip was such a happy one that he made it a yearly 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 have fun.

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

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

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

A．he was frightened by it

B．he acted as a driver

C．he watched it for hours

D．he fell in love with it

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

A．was greatly attracted to trains since early childhood

B．said so in Good Morning America

C．took a group of disabled children to travel by train

D．was taken to a train the day he was born

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

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

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

A．the trains then weren’t accessible to the disabled

B．Robertson had not saved enough money for the tickets

C．they couldn’t afford the train tickets

D．the driver would not allow them to do so

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

A．helpful and crazy                       B．kind and clever

C．kind but boring                         D．lazy but kind

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了一个从小就喜欢火车的男孩为了帮助残疾人同学也能坐火车，和铁道官员进行交流来帮助自己的伙伴。

1.D 推理题。根据第一段第3行When Robertson finally had the opportunity to ride on a train, he felt great.说明他第一次乘坐火车的时候就喜欢上火车了，故D正确。

2.A 推理题。根据第一段前3行12-year-old John Thomas Robertson is a born train fan. "I’ve liked trains probably from the day I was born," he told Good Morning America. "When I was very little," he said, "my grandpa got me a train model. I would just watch it go round for hours and hours."说明他从小就喜欢火车，故A正确。

3.C 推理题。根据下句His journey was so mind-blowing that he couldn’t keep it to himself: he decided to take all his classmates to go on a ride with him.说明他的这次旅行非常好，他决定带着所有的同学和他一起去坐火车，故C项正确。

4.A 细节题。根据第二段2,3行Several disabled children were refused because the train was not accessible (可用的) to disabled people说明A正确。

5.B 推理题。根据文章最后一段But he wouldn’t say no: he recently sent a letter to the train office for help. To his surprise, the leader, Ty Pennington, accepted the letter in person. He said that he and his workers would work on making a train accessible to disabled people.说明他为了帮助残疾人同学，和官员交流，说明他很善良也很聪明，能想到好的办法。故B正确。

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