Question

Mr. Jenkins is a farmer. One day he drove his truck to town and on the way his truck knocked down a boy and hurt him. He took the boy to a hospital and he paid a lot of money for that, but the boy’s parents wanted to get more money from him, so they said their son couldn’t lift（舉起） his right arm above his head.
Mr. Jenkins’ lawyer came and asked the boy some questions. “Now, my boy,” he said, “Mr. Jenkins’ truck knocked you down in the street.”“Yes, sir,” he said. “And you can’t lift your right arm now?”“Yes, sir,” he said. “Could you show me how high you can lift your right arm?” Slowly the boy lifted his right arm before his nose. “Poor boy,” said the lawyer, “And how high could you lift before the accident?”“Oh, I could lift it very high.” Said the boy, and the right hand went up high above his head.
【小題1】Mr. Jenkins’ truck knocked down ________.
A. a lawyer            B. a boy’s father         C. a boy
【小題2】The boy’s parents wanted to get ________ from him.
A. more trucks              B. more money          C. more monkeys
【小題3】Mr. Jenkins’ lawyer asked the boy to ______.
A. ask some questions       B. answer some questions    C. lift his left arm
【小題4】The boy said he couldn’t lift his _________ now.
A. right arm                B. left arm            C. right foot
【小題5】There is _______ wrong with the boy.
A. something              B. anything                C. nothing

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】B
【小題4】A
【小題5】C

解析試題分析：這篇短文描述了詹金斯先生在一次事故中撞到了一個小男孩，結果這個小男孩的父母想要的訛詹金斯先生一筆錢，最后在律師的巧妙盤問下，揭穿了他們的謊言。
【小題1】根據第一段and on the way his truck knocked down a boy and hurt him.描述，可知選C。
【小題2】根據第一段but the boy’s parents wanted to get more money from him,描述，可知選B。
【小題3】根據第二段Mr. Jenkins’ lawyer came and asked the boy some questions.及下文描述，可知選B。
【小題4】根據“And you can’t lift your right arm now?”“Yes, sir,” he said 描述，可知選A。
【小題5】根據and the right hand went up high above his head.可知這個男孩什么問題都沒有。故選C。
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