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四、（2024·淮安市淮阴区期中）阅读理解。
Everyone is happy on Saturday morning，but Tom isn’t. He sits in front of a high fence（篱笆）. “Too bad! It’s a nice Saturday morning but I must paint the fence. My friends are playing.”
His friend Ben is walking down the street and he is eating a big red apple.
He sees Tom and says，“Tom，I’m going swimming.”
Tom says，“I like it! I can go swimming every day，but I can’t paint a fence every day.”
Ben is surprised and he watches Tom paint slowly and carefully，and he often smiles. He looks happy and even sings songs. “Tom，let me paint a little，” says Ben.
Tom looks at Ben and says，“I’m really sorry，Ben. You know，I’m very good at painting. My brother Sid wants to do it，but he’s not good at painting.”
“Oh，Tom，let me try. You can have my apple.”
Tom is happy，but he doesn’t smile. “OK，Ben.”
Then Tom’s other friends come by. They watch Tom paint and they all want to try too. They give Tom a new kite，a cat，an old knife.
Tom’s friends paint the big fence，and Tom just sits under the big tree and watches them.
— Taken from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1. How does Tom feel at first when he works on Saturday morning?
A. Tired.
B. Busy.
C. Unhappy.
D. Welcome.
2. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 6 refer to?
A. Painting the fence.
B. Going swimming.
C. Sitting under the tree.
D. Playing with friends.
______3.（创新考法·信息排序）Which is the right order of the following things?
a. Ben starts to paint the fence.
b. Tom starts to paint the fence.
c. Ben gives his apple to Tom.
d. Tom watches his friends paint.
A. a - c - b - d
B. b - c - a - d
C. d - a - c - b
D. b - a - c - d
______4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Ben is going swimming with Tom.
B. Tom’s brother Sid is good at painting.
C. Tom and his friends play with the kite and the cat.
D. Tom sits under the tree and watches his friends paint.

答案： 四、1~4. CABD