(In the cave)
Tom and Becky walked on, hoping the paths would go back around and lead them to the staircase (楼梯) again. But as they walked, the children never found themselves back at the staircase. Becky saw a look of confusion (慌乱) showing on Tom’s face, and she felt afraid.
“Tom, we’re lost, aren’t we?” She said.
“I’m so sorry, Becky. I don’t know where we are! And I haven’t been making smoke marks on the wall! I’m so stupid!”
Becky fell to the ground, and started to cry wildly.
Tom tried to ease her thoughts, but there was little he could do to help. “Alright, Becky. Let’s not cry too much now, and waste our energy. We should just keep walking. As long as we walk, there’s hope.”
And so they walked with no idea where they were going. They had lost all sense of time. They did not know if it was night or day. Becky grew weaker and weaker as they went. Tom, after a while, had to put out the candle in order to save it, for he only had one more in his pocket. And so much of the time they walked in total darkness, feeling their way along the walls.
Tom lit the candle again, and made his way down one of the passages. While he was feeling around, his hand suddenly touched another hand. Tom jumped back, held out his candle far in front of him to see who was there. A face then appeared from down below. It was the face of Injun Joe!
Both of them screamed, and then Injun Joe turned and disappeared quickly into the darkness. Tom turned and made his way back to where Becky was sitting. He decided not to tell Becky what he had seen, and just said that he had shouted for luck. But in his mind, he could not stop wondering if Injun Joe would soon return to kill him.
Adapted from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
32. What is the correct order of the events in the story?
a. Tom and Becky walked for long without light.
b. Becky cried and Tom tried to ease her.
c. Tom lit the candle again and met Injun Joe.
d. Tom and Becky were lost in the cave.
A.a-c-d-b | B.b-a-c-d | C.d-b-c-a | D.d-b-a-c |
33. The underlined word “
screamed” in last paragraph probably means ________.
A.smiled | B.danced | C.shouted | D.walked |
34. What can we infer from the passage?
A.Tom didn’t want Becky to be more worried. | B.Becky cried wildly because they were lost. |
C.Injun Joe was Tom and Becky’s friend. | D.Tom has made smoke marks on the wall. |
35. How did Tom most probably feel at the end of the story?
A.Excited. | B.Calm. | C.Afraid. | D.Surprised. |