题目内容：

Aunt Polly asked Tom to paint the fence (栅栏). He felt very sad about that. But, after a minute, he had an idea!

He picked up the brush (刷子) and started painting carefully. Soon his friend Ben Rogers came, eating an apple. Tom pretended (假装) not to see him.

“Tom!” Ben said. “Why are you working?”

“Oh, it’s you, Ben,” Tom said, “I didn’t notice you.”

“I’m going to swim,” Ben laughed, “but you have to work here, right?”

Tom looked at Ben and said, “What is work? What do you call work?”

“Isn’t that work?” Ben asked.

“Well, no. Does a boy get the opportunity to paint a fence every day? You never, right? I asked Auntie to let me do it!”

“Please, Tom. Let me do a little,” said Ben.

“No, Ben. You can’t paint very well.”

“I will be careful and do it well. I’ll give you my apple.” Tom gave him the brush and ate the apple with a sad face, but in his heart (心) he was glad. His trick worked.

After Ben got tired and left, other boys came and Tom said the same words to them. Soon they finished the work. And Tom did very little.

1.Tom ______ the fence.

A. hated painting    B. enjoyed painting

C. wanted to paint    D. hoped to paint

2.Why did Tom pretend not to see Ben?

A. Because he would like Ben to see him.

B. Because he did not want Ben to see him.

C. Because he was afraid that Ben might laugh at him.

D. Because he wanted Ben to think that he was enjoying the work.

3.The underlined word “opportunity” means “______”.

A. 能力    B. 机会    C. 勇气    D. 痛苦

4.What did Tom get from Ben?

A. A painting.    B. A brush.    C. An apple.    D. A book.

5.In the story, Tom was a very ______boy.

A. helpful    B. kind    C. clever    D. quiet