《2024年悦然好学生必开卷九年级英语全一册人教版长春专版》

(D)
The Inside of the World
When I was a very little boy, I was always asking questions.
One day when I was walking with my nurse along the city street, I asked, “Jane, what’s under the street?”“Oh, just dirt (尘土),” she replied. “And what is under the dirt?” “Oh, more dirt,” she replied.
51. ________ So I asked again, “Well, what’s under that?” “Oh, nothing - I don’t know - why are you always asking so many questions?” she asked.
I knew there must be something under that. 52. ________ I also heard that Chinese lived on the other side of the world. I wanted to find out if that was true.
53. ________ down, down, down, till I came through on the other side, and then I would know. I was a very little boy, you see. With a small shovel(铁锹), I started a hole in the backyard behind the grapevines(葡萄藤). No one knew what I was doing.
54. ________
Then one evening my father asked, “What’s that hole in the backyard?” 55. ________ He didn’t laugh when I told him, but he asked me if I knew how far I would have to dig.
I hadn’t dug through the world, but I did know how far it was.
阅读短文,把A～E五个句子填入文中空缺处,使短文内容完整。(5分)

A. I knew my secret was out.
B. I wasn’t satisfied with her answer.
C. And I just wanted to know what it was.
D. So I made up my mind I would dig down through the world,
E. I wanted to keep it a secret until I had dug all the way through.

答案： 51～55 BCDEA