阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
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Grandma Pugh sized up the baby like a pig at the farmers’ market. There was a pause and then she pronounced. “He’s got nice long legs. ” She clapped her hands once in approval. But then she frowned and leaned forward. Everyone waited anxiously. The baby had opened his eyes and was staring up. “But those cross eyes won’t do, ” she declared firmly, shaking her head in disappointment.
That had been Freddie Pilcher’s first meeting with Grandma Pugh. Since then, ten years had passed. Much to his grandmother’s satisfaction, she’d been proven right about the boy’s legs. He was a regular beanpole. Grandma Pugh had also been correct about his eyes. Freddie had been wearing glasses to correct his vision since he was two years old. His current pair was thick, and cheap-looking, but at least he could see.
Freddie not only had poor eyesight, but he was also clumsy. He wasn’t good at schoolwork either. But there was one thing that the boy was good at and it was all on account of the length of his legs. He could jump.
Freddie was the best jumper in school. Not only could he leap the furthest but also the highest. At breaktimes, he entertained the little ones by leaping over the school wall into Mrs Hobson’s garden and then rapidly jumping back. She had been up to see the head teacher several times because somebody had been crushing her vegetables.
It was badgers (獾), Freddie suggested, when questioned by Miss Harpy—definitely badgers; no doubt about it. His dad had terrible problems with badgers. Only last week he had lost two rows of carrots. Freddie had woken one night and heard them tearing through the garden, a whole herd of them. They rooted up the lawn and dug up the vegetables. Terrible things, badgers. All the other children nodded their heads wisely. There was a moment’s pause in Class Three as everyone thought about the dreadful damage that badgers could do.
【文章大意】本文为一篇记叙文。文章记叙了弗雷迪从出生到上学的几件趣事。
21. What do we know about Grandma Pugh?
A. She was present at the birth of baby Freddie.
B. She was unwilling to listen to the ideas of others.
C. She valued physical appearance over all other things.
D. She was a figure of great importance in the family.
【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据第一段中的“There was a pause and then she pronounced. ” 皮尤奶奶停顿了一下, 向大家宣布, 可以推断她是家里很重要的人物。
22. Which of the following best describes Freddie’s physical appearance?
【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第二段可知, 皮尤奶奶对弗雷迪的预测是对的, 他有一双长腿和厚厚的眼镜。
23. Why does Freddie talk about badgers in the final paragraph?
A. To explain the cause of the damage.
B. To warn the class about their danger.
C. To make up an excuse for the cause of the damage.
D. To describe what happened to his father’s garden.
【解析】选C。 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段可知, 弗雷迪弄坏了霍布森太太的菜, 最后一段弗雷迪提议是獾, 是为他造成的损害编造借口。
