Sometimesyouareafraidofthingswithoutknowingwhy.Blackisn'tafraidofmostthings.Heisn'tafraidofcarsanddogs.Heisn'tafraidofcatsbiggerthanheis.Butheisafraidofonething.Thecleaner!EverySaturdaymorning,Mot

Question

　　Sometimes you are afraid of things without knowing why. Black isn't afraid of most things. He isn't afraid of cars and dogs. He isn't afraid of cats bigger than he is. But he is afraid of one thing. The cleaner!

　　Every Saturday morning, Mother cleans the house. First she runs the cleaner in the sitting room. Black hides(藏) under my bed. Then she cleans my room. Black hides in the kitchen(厨房).We always laugh at Black. “Why are you afraid?” we asked,“The cleaner can't hurt you.”
　　But sometimes I am afraid of things, too. I am afraid to be alone in the dark. And know the dark can't hurt me.
I think it's the same with Black. He is afraid of the cleaner without knowing why.

Black is the name of ________.

• A

  a boy
• B

  a girl
• C

  a dog
• D

  a cat

Sometimes Black hides ________ when the writer's mother cleans the writer's room.

• A

  in the sitting room
• B

  under the desk
• C

  in the kitchen
• D

  behind the door

Which of the following is TRUE?

• A

  People are not afraid of dark.
• B

  Animals are not afraid of machines.
• C

  Sometimes both people and animals are afraid of things without knowing why.
• D

  The writer is afraid to be alone in the dark because he doesn't know whether it hurts him.

Answer 1

【分析】1. 从He isn't afraid of cats bigger than he is. 这句话可知Black是一只猫。
2. 根据Then she cleans my room, Black hides in the kitchen. 可知答案。
3. 由全文介绍可知，有时候人和动物都会没有原因的害怕一些事情，因此第三项正确；其他三项与文意不符。