练习题 · 英文原题 · OC-RE-TST-S1-q3
The Saturday Stall
Nadia had planned this Saturday for weeks. Chloe's party was at the pool, and nearly everyone in Year 4 was going. Then on Friday night Teta's helper rang in sick, and Mum said, "Your grandmother can't run the stall on her own. You'll have to go with her."
So at seven o'clock the next morning, Nadia was standing behind a folding table at the Riverside Market, arranging bags of sesame bread into neat rows. She did not say much. When Teta offered her a warm piece, Nadia shook her head, even though her stomach was rumbling.
The market filled up slowly. A man with a pram bought two bags. A girl about Nadia's age pointed at the round loaves and asked what they were, and Teta laughed and gave her one to taste. Nadia kept glancing at the clock on the bank across the road. Ten o'clock. The party would be starting.
Teta's hands never stopped. They folded paper bags, counted coins, brushed crumbs from the tablecloth and pressed extra pieces into children's palms. Nadia had never noticed before how small and quick those hands were, or how red and swollen the knuckles had become.
"Do your hands hurt, Teta?" she asked.
"Only when I stop," said Teta, and winked.
Near lunchtime, grey clouds rolled in and the first fat drops hit the canvas roof. All along the row, stallholders began packing up. Teta looked at the eleven bags still on the table and sighed, very quietly.
Nadia picked up a bag in each hand and stepped out from under the roof.
"Fresh sesame bread!" she called. "Baked this morning! Two bags for five dollars!"
Her voice came out squeaky. A teenager at the coffee cart laughed. Nadia's face went hot, but she called again, louder. A woman hurrying past with an umbrella stopped to buy some. Then a man in an orange work vest bought three bags for his crew. By the time the rain was pouring, the table was empty except for one crumpled bag that had slipped behind the cash tin.
They sat in the car with the windows fogging up. Teta opened the crumpled bag and tore the last loaf in half.
"Your mother used to do that too," she said. "Shout like a seagull until everything was gone."
Nadia took her half. It was still a little warm. She thought about the pool, and the cake, and Chloe's new goggles, and found that she did not mind as much as she had expected.
"Next Saturday," she said, chewing, "I'm going to make a sign."
Why does Nadia step out from under the roof and start calling to people?
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答案: D
Answer: D
Just before Nadia moves, Teta looks at the eleven bags still on the table and sighs "very quietly". Nadia sees this and straight away starts selling, so she is trying to help Teta with the bread that has not been sold.
Why the other options are wrong
- A: The other stallholders are busy packing up; none of them speaks to Nadia.
- B: The teenager is only mentioned after Nadia starts calling, and his laughing embarrasses her rather than being what she wanted.
- C: Teta only mentions Nadia's mother after the selling is over, so it cannot be why Nadia started.