阅读理解
The boy sat on his chair,
with his hands above the keyboard. He thought about what to write.
He recalled that the competition
deadline was merely a week away. But he still had not even started on his piece.
He looked at the brochure again. "WRITING COMPETITION!" the title read.
His mum had encouraged him to enter the writing competition, and now he was taking
it on as his personal task for the holidays.
As the boy reflected on
his previous writing efforts, he realised how hopeless his task of winning was.
Every story he ever wrote was based on other stories. He had little imagination,
and unfortunately, imagination was the key to writing.
Suddenly, he had a brainwave.
This time, he came up with an original and imaginative story.
The words shot towards
him like a storm of leaves. Words were coming easily, flowing through him, faster
than he could type. He typed faster than he ever had before. He continued to type,
amazed how easy writing this story was. The boy could not stop writing. He looked
at the word count and saw the number "248" starting right back at him.
He was not even halfway yet.
Then he heard his mother's
call of saying time for bed. He continued writing the piece, ignoring her. He had
to make up for the time he had lost in thinking about a topic to write.
Finally, he finished. The
word count now read "498".
"Perfect," he
thought, "just under the word limit." He knew this was the story that
would win.
He went to the website
and searched for the competition. He found the page but there was no "Enter"
button.
Confused, he then re-read
the page again. It read COMPETITION CLOSED.
(1)
What caused the boy to take part in the writing competition?
A . A new computer.
B . The prize money.
C . His own interest.
D . His mum's encouragement.
(2)
How did the boy finish his earlier writing?
A . His mum helped him.
B . He copied others' ideas.
C . His friends assisted him.
D . He used his imagination.
(3)
Why did the boy delay his writing?
A . Because he was terribly lazy.
B . Because he didn't know what to write.
C . Because he wasn't confident.
D . Because he read too many stories.
(4)
Which might be the maximum word limit for each entry?
A . 100.
B . 250.
C . 500.
D . 1,000.
答案: D
B
B
C