Ⅴ. Answer the questions.
Edith took her little sister to play on the beach. They saw a great many pretty shells and stones and they began to collect them.
At last, their pockets were full and they turned to go home. But they could not move from the place, because the water had come up right around the huge rock where they were standing.
“Oh! What shall we do?” said Edith. Her sister began to cry. A boy who was not far away on the beach saw the girls in danger. He was a brave boy, so he jumped into the sea to help them out.
The boy carefully carried Edith's little sister up the beach and put her on a dry place. Happily, she was all right. Very soon, the little girls ran home and told their mother what had happened to them and how the boy had saved them.
Hearing that, their mother 6 .
1. Who did Edith take to play on the beach?

2. The girls collected a lot of shells and stones, didn't they?

3. Why couldn't the sisters leave the huge rock?

4. Where was the boy who saw the sisters in danger?

5. What did the girls tell their mother after they got home?

6. How would you end the story if you were the writer?

1. Her little sister.
2. Yes, they did.
3. Because the sea water had come up around it./Because the rising water(had) stopped them from leaving there.
4. Not far away (from the sisters) on the beach.
5. What had happened to them and how the boy had saved them.
6. was greatly moved and ran out to find the brave boy but he had gone home/went out and found the boy on the beach. She thanked him for saving her daughters/decided to find the boy and invite him to her home/thought the brave boy was a true hero and planned to write a report about him for the newspaper(magazine/TV station)/felt very worried and never let them play on the beach by themselves/told the sisters to be careful with water (the) next time (Any reasonable answer is acceptable. )

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解简答题，解题思路是先通读全文掌握故事大意，再针对每个问题回到原文定位对应信息，根据问题类型（特殊疑问句、反义疑问句等）组织准确简洁的英语答案，第6题需结合故事语境给出合理的开放性结尾。
【解析】
1. 问题1询问Edith带谁去海滩，定位原文第一句“Edith took her little sister to play on the beach.”，提取对应信息作答；
2. 问题2是反义疑问句，询问是否收集了很多贝壳和石头，定位原文“They saw a great many pretty shells and stones and they began to collect them.”，实际为肯定情况，用“Yes, they did.”回答；
3. 问题3询问不能离开岩石的原因，定位原文“because the water had come up right around the huge rock where they were standing.”，整理为符合要求的答案；
4. 问题4询问男孩的位置，定位原文“A boy who was not far away on the beach saw the girls in danger.”，提取对应信息；
5. 问题5询问女孩告诉妈妈的内容，定位原文“told their mother what had happened to them and how the boy had saved them.”，直接提取该内容；
6. 问题6为开放性题目，结合故事中男孩救人的情节，给出符合逻辑的合理结尾即可。
【答案】
1. Her little sister.
2. Yes, they did.
3. Because the sea water had come up around it.
4. Not far away on the beach.
5. What had happened to them and how the boy had saved them.
6. was greatly moved and decided to find the brave boy to thank him（Any reasonable answer is acceptable.）
【知识点】英语阅读理解、特殊疑问句回答、反义疑问句回答
【点评】本题围绕记叙文展开，前5题考查原文信息定位能力，难度较低；第6题考查逻辑表达与开放性思维，整体符合初中英语阅读理解的考查要求。
【难度系数】
0.3