l potatoes?

a. cruel. b. serious. c. strict. d. cold.

2. from the passage, we know monkey bars can help a child train ______.

a. the skill to throw and catch things

b. the speed of one’s hand movement

c. the strength and skill to hang and sway

d. the bodily skill to rotate round a bar

3. what does the sentence “i saw her ‘we’ll see about that’ look” imply?

a. mom believed every aim could be achieved if you stuck to it.

b. the race across monkey bars was not difficult enough for a child to give up.

c. mom was determined to prove she herself was better than the teacher.

d. what the child had said brought mom great attraction and curiosity.

4. when the child looked down at the kids, they were standing with their mouths open because ______.

a. they felt sorry for what they had done before

b. they were afraid the author might fall off and get hurt

c. they wanted to see what the author would do on the bars

d. they were astonished to find the author’s progress

5. the most probable conclusion we can draw after reading the passage is ______.

a. the last incident was sad enough to make mom weep

b. the child’s experience reminded mom of that of her own

c. mom could solve any problem except the one in the last paragraph

d. in fact mom suffered more in the process of the child’s growth

【答案与解析】文章讲的是一位母亲是如何帮助自己缺一只手的儿子解决成长中的问题。

1. c。推理判断题。从他妈妈的话and don’t ever use that as an excuse for anything again可知他妈妈对他要求很严，即答案选c。

2. c。推理判断题。从had each of us race across the monkey bars, swinging from one high steel rod to the