The little boy was unhappy because he
had a long name--Bradford Underwood Timothy Charles Hoppenpop-per. He wanted to
leave out some of his name, but he couldn't, because there were names of his
great grandfather's (曾祖父的), grandfather's, father's and even mother's in his
name. An old man was so wise, he could read the thoughts of the unhappy boy,
"Let me help you, my boy," said the old man. "Put down on a piece of paper the
first letters of all your names, and you will have a new name."
The boy ran all the way home and did so at once. Then he got a new name,
as short as other boys'. He smiled a big smile.
单选题
The boy was sad because of his long name.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 文章开头就说明了这个小男孩因为他的名字太长而苦恼，因此这句话是正确的。
单选题
In the passage two "leave out" means "to choose".
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据上下文的意思可知，leave out意为“省略，去掉”，而不是“选择”。
单选题
The wise old man knew why the boy was unhappy.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 参见文中第二段he could read the thoughts of the unhappy boy(他可以看出这个苦恼的男孩是怎么想的)。