【Reading Fun】
阅读短文，完成下列任务。
A Day at the Museum
Laura and Mum arrived in Shanghai on the weekend. A group of other kids were there. “This is a children’s tour. Enjoy!” Mum said, waving goodbye.
“Not having fun?” the guide said, looking at Laura’s face. “Nope.” Laura sighed(叹气) but walked with the group.
First, they saw a Degas painting of people in a cafe. “What’s wrong here?” asked the guide. Laura looked carefully and laughed. “There’re no table legs!” “Right!” the guide said. “Degas didn’t draw any legs!” The kids looked confused（困惑的）.
“Degas knew a secret. We look at faces and don’t pay much attention to small details(细节). Our brains trick(欺骗) us. So we don’t notice small changes, like the missing legs. Now, who wants to find more secrets?”
“Me!” Laura said.
任务一:词义与句意理解。
()1. The underlined sentence “The kids looked confused.” can be replaced by
“”.
A. The kids were unable to understand what the guide said.
B. The kids didn’t want to hear what the guide said.
C. The kids were afraid of the guide.
()2. What does the underlined phrase “pay much attention to” mean in Chinese?
A. 关注 B. 忘记 C. 喜欢
任务二:细节理解选择题。
()3. How did Laura feel at first?
A. Happy. B. Bored. C. Tired.
()4. Why didn’t people notice the missing table legs?
A. Because they only looked at faces.
B. Because the painting was too small.
C. Because they didn’t like the painting.

1.A 2.A 3.B 4.A

1. 词义理解题，confused的中文释义为“困惑的”，说明孩子们无法理解导游讲解的内容，B选项“孩子们不想听导游说话”、C选项“孩子们害怕导游”都不符合原文语境，故选A。
2. 短语释义题，"pay much attention to"是小学阶段要求掌握的固定搭配，对应的中文含义是“关注”，故选A。
3. 细节理解题，根据原文第二段导游询问Laura“玩得不开心吗？”，Laura叹气给出否定回答，能判断出最开始Laura觉得很无聊，A开心、C疲惫的描述都不符合原文内容，故选B。
4. 细节理解题，根据原文第四段的描述“We look at faces and don't pay much attention to small details. Our brains trick us. So we don't notice small changes, like the missing legs”，可知人们只关注脸部，没有留意到桌腿这类小细节，B“画作太小”、C“不喜欢这幅画”的内容原文都没有提到，故选A。