Question

Mum, what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton(骨骼) in the closet (衣櫥)?” Jessica asked. “A skeleton in the closet?” her mother thought for a while. “Well, it’s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad’s family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be ‘a(chǎn) skeleton in his family’s closet’. He really wouldn’t want any neighbor to know about it.”

“Why pick on my family?” Jessica’s father said with anger. “Your family history isn’t so good, you know. Wasn’t your great-great-grandfather a prisoner who was brought to Australia for his crimes?” “Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners.” “Gosh, sorry I asked. I think I understand now,” Jessica cut in before things grew worse.

After dinner, the house was very quiet. Jessica’s parents were still quite angry with each other. Her mother was ironing clothes and from time to time she looked angrily at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Jessica’s closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Jessica’s mother sank in a faint(暈倒), waking only when Jessica put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.

“What happened? Where am I?” she asked. “You just destroyed the school’s skeleton, Mum,” explained Jessica. “I brought it home to help me with my health project. I wanted to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I said something about skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.” Jessica looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly. “They’re both crazy,” she thought.

1.According to Jessica’s mother, “a skeleton in the closet” means ________.

A. a family honor      B. a family secret   

C. a family story      D. a family treasure

2.Why did Jessica bring a skeleton home?

A. She was curious about it.                    B. She planned to keep it for fun.

C. She needed it for her school task.   D. She wanted to scare her parents.

3.Jessica’s parents laughed madly at the end of the story probably because ________.

A. they realized their misunderstanding

B. they were crazy

C. they were over excited

D. they both thought they had won the quarrel

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.A

【解析】

試題解析：本文大意：杰西卡拿回家一個骨骼，放在了衣櫥里。還沒來的及告訴媽媽，一說起衣櫥里的骨骼，就引起了媽媽和爸爸的誤會。媽媽說衣櫥里的骨骼指的是不想讓別人知道的秘密，比如過去爸爸家的某人因為偷馬被捕了，就是他家衣櫥里的骨骼。他真的不想鄰居們知道。爸爸生氣地說為什么拿他家舉例子。說媽媽家的歷史也不光彩，她的曾曾曾祖父是個因為犯罪帶到澳大利亞的犯人。媽媽反擊說，過去人們說直到爸爸的祖先做為犯人到了澳大利亞他才成為真正的澳大利亞人。晚會后媽媽熨完衣服把衣服放進衣櫥里時，被一堆白骨嚇暈了。等醒過來后，杰西卡向他們解釋把骨骼帶回家是為了自己的健康項目，擔她剛一說就引起了他們的誤會。杰西卡的爸媽聽后大笑不止。

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