二、语义理解性题目
题目要求对文中个别难词、关键词、词组或句子作出解释。解答这类题目时需要对有关的上下文，甚至整篇文章的内容建立准确、立体的理解才能做出正确答案。
例1. 中考说明P69 ( 六 )
My
grandfather was a fine man. I loved him very much. But one day I told him
a lie.I can’t tell you now what the lie was. I was only seven years old
then.
Grandfather was not cross
with me. “ Ask Jim to get a ladder,”
he said. “My boy now jumps from the tops of
houses, up to the roof” Jim brought the big ladder.
Then Grandfather said, “My boy now jumps from the tops of the houses. The
ladder is for him.
I knew at once. What he was telling
me. I had often heard the old saying, “A lie
is a jump from the top of a house.” I said nothing. But I felt like crying.
(
) The word “cross” in the reading means _____________.
A. angry B.
surprised
C. happy
D. kind