It’s Charlie’s birthday today, but he isn’t feeling happy. No one wishes him a happy birthday. Mother says nothing about his birthday. She just tells Charlie to play outside. At lunchtime, his mother calls, “Come in for lunch, Charlie!” Charlie slowly walks into his house. But the living room looks different. Charlie sees a big “Happy Birthday” banner(橫幅). Then, he sees a birthday cake, balloons, presents, and all of his friends. “Happy birthday!” everyone shouts. Charlie’s face lights up. He is happy and surprised(吃驚). No one forgets his birthday after all!
【小題1】What is this story about?

A．Eating cake.
B．Celebrating a special day.
C．Forgetting a birthday.
D．Having fun at a friend’s party.
【小題2】Why is Charlie not happy?
A．He doesn’t like his party.
B．He doesn’t like his presents.
C．He wants to eat a cake.
D．He thinks people forget his birthday.
【小題3】Why does the living room look different?
A．There are many decorations(裝飾).
B．The lights are on.
C．There is a birthday cake.
D．There are many presents.
【小題4】What does the underlined（劃線的） word “l(fā)ight up” properly mean here?
A．點(diǎn)燃B．容光煥發(fā)C．抬起來D．照亮
【小題5】Which is not right?
A．There are many lovely things in the living room.
B．Charlie’s mother plays a trick on Charlie.
C．Charlie is happy all day.
D．No one forgets Charlie’s birthday.


【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】A
【小題4】B
【小題5】C

解析試題分析：本文敘述了Charlie的生日。今天是他的生日，但是他并沒有感到高興，他以為別人不祝福他生日快樂。但是到午飯時(shí)，他看到房間里不同了，屋里有一個(gè)橫幅，上面寫著“生日快樂”，還有生日蛋糕、氣球、禮物和所有的朋友。大家祝他生日快樂，他感到高興、驚訝，原來大家沒有忘記他的生日。
【小題1】主旨大意題。根據(jù)He is happy and surprised(吃驚). No one forgets his birthday after all!可知他沒想到大家會(huì)來祝他生日快樂, 這是在慶祝特殊的一天，他的生日。故選B。
【小題2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)but he isn’t feeling happy. No one wishes him a happy birthday.可知今天是他的生日，他以為別人不祝福他生日快樂，因此不高興。故選D。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Charlie sees a big “Happy Birthday” banner(橫幅). Then, he sees a birthday cake, balloons, presents,可知Charlie看到了屋里有一個(gè)橫幅，上面寫著“生日快樂”，還有生日蛋糕和氣球，因此可知屋里的裝飾與平常不同。故選A。
【小題4】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)He is happy and surprised(吃驚).可知當(dāng)大家祝他生日快樂時(shí)，他高興、驚訝，故light up的意思是興奮、容光煥發(fā)。故選B。
【小題5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)It’s Charlie’s birthday today, but he isn’t feeling happy.可知Charlie今天不高興，故C項(xiàng)與文中意思不符。故選C。
考點(diǎn)：故事類短文閱讀。

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