One day, Mary asked her mother, “Mum, what do people mean by saying they have a skeleton(骨架）in the closet(衣櫥)?” Her mother paused thoughtfully and said, “Well, it’s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad’s family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be a skeleton in his family’s closet. He really wouldn’t want any neighbor to know about it.”
“Why pick my family?” Mary’s father said with anger. “Your family history isn’t so good, you know. Wasn’t your great-great-grandfather a prisoner who was transported to Australia for his crimes?” “Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners.” “Gosh, sorry I asked. I think I understand now.” Mary cut in before things grew worse.
After dinner, the house was quiet. Mary’s parents were quite angry with each other. Her mother was ironing clothes and every now and then she glared at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Mary’s closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Mary’s mother sank into a faint(暈倒), waking only when Mary put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.
“What happened? Where am I?” she asked. “You just destroyed the school’s skeleton, Mum,” explained Mary. “I brought it home to help me with my health project. I meant to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.” Mary looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly. “They’re crazy,” she thought.
1.According to Mary’s mother, “a skeleton in a closet” means _______.
A. a family honor B. a family wealth
C. a family story D. a family secret
2.What can we learn about some Australians’ ancestors from Paragraph 2?
A.They were brought to Australia as prisoners.
B. They were the earliest people living in Australia.
C. They were involved in some crimes in Australia.
D. They were not regarded as criminals in their days.
3.Mary’s mother fell down into a faint because she was_________.
A. knocked B. terrified C. injured D. surprised
4.Why did Mary bring a skeleton home?
A. She was curious about it. B. She planned to keep it for fun.
C. She needed it for her school task. D. She intended to scare her parents.
5.Mary’s parents laughed madly at the end of the story probably because________.
A. They were mentally ill.
B. They were over happy.
C. They understood what had really happened.
D. They both thought they had won the quarrel.
1.D
2.A
3.B
4.C
5.C
【解析】
試題分析：文章介紹了和have a skeleton(骨架）in the closet(衣櫥)有關(guān)的詞語的含義，以及講述瑪麗家發(fā)生的和skeleton有關(guān)的有趣的故事。
1.語義猜測 根據(jù)第一段母親所說的話“it’s something that you would rather not have anyone else to know about”“它是一件你不希望其他人所知道的事情”，選擇D
2.細節(jié)推斷：由第二段”Yes，but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners”，“如今的人們說如果你的祖先不是以囚犯的身份到達澳大利亞的話，那么你就不是一個真正的澳大利亞人�！边x擇A
3.細節(jié)理解 由第三段“Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor.”“正當(dāng)她打開門伸進手去掛短裙的時候，一只骨頭胳膊從暗處伸出來然后一堆骨頭摔倒了地板上。”得出媽媽因該是被嚇暈的。選B
4.細節(jié)理解 由最后一段“I brought it home to help me with my health project.”“我把它帶回家是為了幫我搞定我的健康課題”，project此處有“學(xué)校的科研習(xí)作項目, 課題”之意判斷出C選項。
5.推斷題 答案：C 結(jié)合全文理解，開頭講述了Jessica的一個提問“Mum, what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton（骨骼）in the closet（衣櫥）?”引出了父母之間的爭論，之后媽媽被孩子藏在衣櫥中的用來完成學(xué)校課題的骷髏嚇暈過去，最后Jessica解釋時說，“I meant to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.”即本想告訴媽媽衣櫥里的骷髏的情況，可是每當(dāng)提到骷髏和衣櫥的問題后卻總會讓父母之間有摩擦，然而最后真相大白，Jessica的父母都意識到了這是一個誤會，故而狂笑。故而選擇C
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