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 本文主要講述了湯姆在完成把柵欄刷白的工作后，出去玩，遇到了一個他見過的最漂亮的女子，為了吸引女孩的注意，他做了各種各樣的高難度體操表演．但這段戀情并不順利，他想再看到女孩，但都徒勞無功．晚上十點鐘，他站在樓下窗口處點燃蠟燭來，躺在草地上，決定死在她的腳下．突然一桶水澆了下來．湯姆全身濕透回到了家．
解答 25．答案B．推理判斷題．根據文章第一段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，湯姆已經工作很長時間了．故選B．
26．答案C．推理判斷題．根據文章中When she saw the perfect white fence，her astonishment was indescribable．知，玻莉姨媽看到完美的白色柵欄，她很驚訝．可推斷出湯姆被要求將柵欄刷白．故選C．
27．答案D．推理判斷題．根據文章最后一段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．可以推斷出，湯姆的新戀情并不順利．ABC均不正確．故選D．
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