Question

One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared.
Her mother said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage!”
“What’s courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed.
“Courage is the brave breath,” her mother answered.
“Mum, do you have courage?”
“Certainly.”
The girl held out her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me.”
After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.
Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of ‘breath’ to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”
In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should defeat(戰勝) is nobody but ourselves.
【小題1】The girl walked back because __________.

A．the bathroom was too far away.	B．her mother wouldn’t go with her
C．she was too afraid of the dark	D．the bedroom door was locked

【小題2】 We learn from the reading that ___________.

A．the girl went to the bathroom by herself	B．the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing
C．the girl’s mother was able to blow brave breath	D．the girl’s mother was very proud of herself

【小題3】To stop “mother’s breath” from running away, the girl __________.

A．held out her little hands	B．clenched her fists
C．talk to her mother	D．held her own breath

【小題4】The writer mainly wants to tell us that ________.

A．adults are always brave enough	B．children learn to be brave quickly
C．the fear in one’s mind is the real problem	D．the mother can deal with anything with breath

【小題5】Which is the best title of the passage?

A．The Fearless Mother	B．One Lonely Girl
C．One midnight	D．The Breath of Courage

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】B
【小題4】C
【小題5】D

解析【小題1】本文第一段最后一句為She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared意思為女孩女孩走回來是由于害怕黑夜，故本題選C。
【小題2】本文倒數第三段有一句為she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.意思為小女孩靠自己的勇氣一個人走到浴室，故本題選A。
【小題3】本文倒數第三段有一句為the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. 小女孩讓媽媽所給的勇氣不要跑掉握緊自己的拳頭，故本題選B。
【小題4】本文最后一段提到害怕在我們的思想里是一個真實的問題，我們戰勝的不是別人，而是我們自己，故本題選C。
【小題5】本文主要談論了我們要有用勇氣去面對一切，戰勝一切，故本題選D。