“Tom!”
There was no answer.
“Tom!”
Still no answer.
“Where’s that boy gone? Tom!”
The old lady looked all around the room. She looked under the bed, but found only the cat.
“If I catch that boy, …” she murmured to herself.
She opened the door and looked out into the garden.
“Tom!” she shouted.
Then she heard a slight noise behind her. She turned round just in time to catch the boy as he came out of a cupboard.
“And what have you been doing in there?”
“Nothing,” said the boy.
“Nothing! Look at your hands and your mouth! What is that stuff?”
“I don’t know, Aunt.”
“Well, I know. It’s a jam. I’ve told you forty times that if you touched that jam, I’d skin you.
Give me that stick.”
“Look out, Aunt! Look behind you!”
The old lady turned round and Tom was out of the door in a flash, over the garden fence and away.
“Damn that boy! Will I never learn? He’s always playing tricks on me. And he seems to know just now how far he can go, too. But I can’t take a stick to him. I really can’t. After all, he’s my dead sister’s boy. Ah well, he’ll play truant today and I’ll have to make him work tomorrow.”
At supper Aunt Polly tried to trick Tom into admitting that he hadn’t gone to school.
“It was rather hot today, wasn’t it, Tom?”
“Yes,” answered Tom.
“You didn’t have to open your shirt collar where I sewed（缝） it, then.”
Tom was confident, now. He opened his jacket. His collar was securely sewed.
“Oh Tom,” said Aunt Polly. “You’re a good boy really.”
She was sorry that she had been wrong about him.
“But Aunt,” came a voice. It was Sidney, Tom’s younger brother. “Didn’ t you sew Tom’s collar with white cotton? Look! Now it’s black.
Tom was already running out of the door.
---The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
小题1:The underlined word “skin” probably mean in the passage?
A．praise
B．cheat
C．touch
D．beat小题2:Which of the following words can be best used to describe Tom?
A．stupid
B．clever
C．naughty
D．brave小题3:What can be inferred from Sidney’s words in the passage?
A．Tom made his jacket dirty on purpose.
B．Tom didn’t go to school that day.
C．Tom was a dirty boy.
D．Sidney hated Tom so he wanted to punish him.小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Tom’s mother passed away.
B．Tom’s aunt was a good sewer.
C．Tom was good at sports.
D．Aunt Polly felt sorry for his misunderstanding to Tom.
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:A
题目分析：本文讲述了Tom寄宿在Polly阿姨家里的事情，Tom非常顽皮，总是逃学总是捉弄Polly阿姨。
小题1:D 推理题。根据本句“Well, I know. It’s a jam. I’ve told you forty times that if you touched that jam, I’d skin you.可知Aunt Polly警告Tom不要碰jam，否则就要惩罚他，故该词是指D项含义。
小题2:C 推理题。根据“Look out, Aunt! Look behind you!”和The old lady turned round and Tom was out of the door in a flash, over the garden fence and away.可知当Aunt Polly要揍他的时候，他耍了一个小把戏，以及他躲在橱柜里，都说明他是一个很调皮的男孩。故C正确。
小题3:B 推理题。根据文章最后3行“But Aunt,” came a voice. It was Sidney, Tom’s younger brother. “Didn’t you sew Tom’s collar with white cotton? Look! Now it’s black. Tom was already running out of the door.可知Tom在听见Sidney说话以后赶紧逃走，说明他知道Polly阿姨以及知道他没有上学的事情。故Sidney透露了没有上学的信息。故B正确。
小题4:A 推理题。根据After all, he’s my dead sister’s boy可知Tom的妈妈已经去世了。Tom随着Polly阿姨生活。故A正确。