When I was young,I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was cooking and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said: “Tony fell from the open window!” She was very worried and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said: “Don’t worry, I’m just joking.” My mother shouted at me, “If you do it again, I’ll hit you.”
Another day I went swimming with my friends in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning I swam fast and I called out “Help!”. All my friends came to help me. However, they found that I was joking. But half an hour later I wasn’t joking. I was so fast, soon I got tired and couldn’t swim on in water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time nobody came to help me.
In the end they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best lesson in my life. From then on I haven’t joked on anyone.
When he was young, the writer liked to _______.
A.play with his brother |
B.help his mother cook |
C.play jokes on people |
D.go swimming with his friends |
What happened when the writer was playing with his brother? ______
A.He got tired. |
B.He played a joke on his mother. |
C.Tony fell from the open window. |
D.His mother hit him. |
In the beginning, all his friends came to help him because he ______.
A.swam fast |
B.called for help |
C.would sink in water |
D.couldn’t swim on in the water |
When the writer called his friends for help for the second time, they ______.
A.took him to the hospital at once |
B.came and saved him immediately |
C.thought at first he was joking again |
D.did nothing because the writer had lied to them |
The story tells us that ________.
A.swimming is dangerous |
B.the writer is a naughty boy |
C.one can play jokes only on people he knows |
D.if someone always tells lies, others won’t trust (信任) him |