Family traditions were important in our ho

题目内容：

Family traditions were important in our house, and none was more appreciated than the perfect Christmas tree.

"Dad, can we watch when you trim(修剪) the tree?" My eldest son, Dan, nine, and his seven-year-old brother John, asked.

"I won't be cutting this year," my husband Bob said. "Dan, you and John are old enough to measure things. Do it all by yourselves. Think you boys can handle it?"

Dan and John seemed to grow six inches in their chairs at the thought of such an amazing responsibility. "We can handle it," Dan promised. "We won't let you down."

A few days before Christmas, Dan and John rushed in after school. They gathered the tools they'd need and brought them out to the yard, where the tree waited. I was cooking when I heard the happy sounds as the boys carried the tree into the living room. Then I heard the sound that every mother knows is trouble: dead silence. I hurried out to them. The tree was cut too short. John crossed his arms tight across his chest. His eyes filled with angry tears.

I felt worried. The tree was central to our holiday. I didn't want the boys to feel ashamed every time they looked at it. I couldn't lower the ceiling, and I couldn't raise the floor either. There was no way to undo the damage done. Suddenly, a thought came to my mind, which turned the problem into the solution.

"We can't make the tree taller," I said. "But we can put it on a higher position."

Dan nodded his head sideways. "We could put it on the coffee table. It just might work! Let's try it!"

When Bob got home and looked at the big tree on top of the coffee table, Dan and John held their breath.

"What a good idea!" he declared. "Why didn't I ever think of such a thing?"

John broke into a grin. Dan's chest swelled with pride.

小题1: The underlined part "grow six inches" (Para. 4) implies the brothers felt.

A．proud

B．nervous

C．embarrassed

D．scared小题2:What happened after the brothers moved the Christmas tree into the living room?

A．They rushed to school.

B．They began to decorate the tree.

C．They got angry with each other.

D．They found the tree was cut short.小题3:How could the short tree be turned into a perfect one?

A．By making the tree taller.

B．By lowering the ceiling.

C．By placing it on a coffee table.

D．By raising the floor.小题4:What Bob said in the last but one paragraph (the underlined part)showed.

A．he was a little disappointed

B．he was too stupid to think of the idea

C．he appreciated what the brothers had done

D．he should not have given them the task

最佳答案：

小题1:A

小题2:D

小题3:C

小题4:C

答案解析：

文章介绍圣诞节前每个家庭都要修剪圣诞树的，今年Dan and John的任务就是这个，他们都很高兴很自豪，但是他们却把圣诞树剪的太短了，妈妈想了一个好主意解决了这个问题。

小题1:词义理解题：从后面的at the thought of such an amazing responsibility 一想到这么令人惊叹的责任他们感到很自豪，感觉自己长高了6英寸，选A

小题2:细节题：从第五段的句子;I hurried out to them. The tree was cut too short.可知圣诞树被剪得太短了，选D

小题3:细节题：从倒数第四段的句子：Dan nodded his head sideways. "We could put it on the coffee table. It just might work! Let's try it!"可知他们把剪短的圣诞树放在咖啡桌上，这样就是很完美的高度了，选C

小题4:句意理解题：倒数第二段爸爸说的话：好主意，我怎么没想到呢？说明爸爸很欣赏孩子的工作，选C

考点核心：

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