4．Aunt Polly was sitting napping（打盹），the cat on her lap，when Tom came in．She was surprised to see him； she had expected him to have deserted his work a long time ago．
"Can I go and play now，Auntie？"he asked．
"What？Already？How much have you done？"
"It's all done，Auntie．"
"Don't lie to me，Tom．"
"I'm not lying，Auntie．Honest．It's all done．"
Aunt Polly still did not believe him．She got up and went out to see for herself．When she saw the perfect white fence，her astonishment was indescribable．
"Well，I never!You can certainly work when you want to!Yes，of course you can go and play．"
She was so overcome by his splendid work that she took him into the kitchen and gave him one of the best apples．As he was running down the garden，he saw Sid and managed to hit him with a few hard pieces of earth before disappearing over the fence．
"Just to teach him a lesson for telling about the black cotton．"he said to himself．
Walking past Jeff Thatcher's house，he saw a new girl in the garden．She had long yellow hair and blue eyes and was dressed in a white summer dress．She was the most beautiful creature Tom had ever seen．A certain Amy Lawrence immediately went out of his heart：he thought he loved her more than anything else in the world-in fact，he had only won her a week before．Then，in one instant，he forgot her completely．When this angel（天使） noticed him，Tom began showing off in all sorts of ways to impress her-doing unbelievable gymnastic performances．When she threw a flower over the fence，Tom ran to pick up and put it inside his shirt，next to where he thought his heart must be．
But he didn't leave the fence．He remained there，hoping to see her at the window，but in vain．
After supper he went out again．At ten o'clock，he stood under the upstairs window with a lighted candle，lay down on the grass and decided to die at her feet．Suddenly a bucket（水桶） of water was poured upon him．Tom arrived home wet all over．
25．Why was Aunt Polly surprised to see Tom come in？B
A．Tom had given up his work half way．
B．Tom had worked so long．
C．Tom was lying to her．
D．Tom should have done his work earlier．
26．What had Tom been asked to do before he was allowed out？C
A．Cook in the kitchen．B．Do gymnastics performances．
C．Paint the fence white．D．Hang out with his girl friend．
27．We can learn from the passage thatD．
A．Aunt Polly quite appreciated whatever Tom did
B．Tom enjoyed making fun of Sid
C．Tom was deep in love with Amy Lawrence
D．Tom's new love didn't seem to go well．
分析 本文主要讲述了汤姆在完成把栅栏刷白的工作后，出去玩，遇到了一个他见过的最漂亮的女子，为了吸引女孩的注意，他做了各种各样的高难度体操表演．但这段恋情并不顺利，他想再看到女孩，但都徒劳无功．晚上十点钟，他站在楼下窗口处点燃蜡烛来，躺在草地上，决定死在她的脚下．突然一桶水浇了下来．汤姆全身湿透回到了家．
解答 25．答案B．推理判断题．根据文章第一段Aunt Polly was sitting napping（打盹），the cat on her lap，when Tom came in．She was surprised to see him； she had expected him to have deserted his work a long time ago．知，汤姆已经工作很长时间了．故选B．
26．答案C．推理判断题．根据文章中When she saw the perfect white fence，her astonishment was indescribable．知，玻莉姨妈看到完美的白色栅栏，她很惊讶．可推断出汤姆被要求将栅栏刷白．故选C．
27．答案D．推理判断题．根据文章最后一段After supper he went out again．At ten o'clock，he stood under the upstairs window with a lighted candle，lay down on the grass and decided to die at her feet．Suddenly a bucket（水桶） of water was poured upon him．Tom arrived home wet all over．可以推断出，汤姆的新恋情并不顺利．ABC均不正确．故选D．
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