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一、阅读理解（共1道小题，共25.0分） William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the United States, was born in a small town. As a boy, he was quiet and shy. In fact, he was so quiet that everyone thought he was stupid. Because of that, the people of the town liked to play jokes on him. “Here, William,” one of them would say. “Here is a nickel(五美分硬币), and here is a dime（十美分硬币）. Which one do you want?” He always chose the nickel, and then they all laughed at him. Finally, his mother took him aside and said to him, “I know that you are a smart boy, but sometimes you let people think you are not so smart. Why do you always choose the nickels instead of the dime? Dont you know that a dime is worth much more than a nickel?” “Certainly, I know it,” William answered slowly. “But if I choose the dime, they wont play the trick on me any more. Then I won’t get any more nickels.” William Henry Harrison was born_____. in a big city on a farm in the countryside in a small town People thought he was stupid because ______. he did poorly at school he was so quiet he always asked foolish questions he was afraid of others Whenever people played tricks on him, he was asked to_____. laugh at himself make faces choose between a nickel and a dime tell right from wrong His mother took him aside and asked why _____. he always chose the nickel instead of the dime he didn’t know that a dime was worth more than a nickel people played the same trick on him he failed to let people know how smart he was We can infer from the story that William Henry Harrison was ______. foolish naughty silent clever 试题分值：25.0 得分：[5, 5, 5, 5, 5] 提示：[1]D.细节题。本题问“William Henry Harrison出生于______。”中心词是“was born”，答案在第一段的第一句，该句告诉我们William出生于一个小镇，所以答案是D。[2]B.细节题。本题问“人们认为他非常笨，这是因为_______。”中心词是“thought he was stupid”，答案在第一段的最后一句，该句大意是“当他还是个孩子的时候，他不喜欢说话而且很害羞。实际上，他是如此的安静以至于别人都认为他很笨”。据此可知答案是B。[3]C.细节题。本题问“每当人们想和他开玩笑的时候，人们就让他_______。”中心词是“played tricks on him”，答案在第二段和第三段，只不过第二段中出现的是“play jokes on him”，