1. (2024九下·黄岩开学考)  阅读理解

Today it snowed for the first time this winter, and school was cancelled. We were supposed to have a test in math, and I've been lazy ever since I became a Safety Patrol (安全巡逻员). So I was excited.

I called Rowley and told him to come over. We have been talking about building the world's biggest snowman for the past couple of years now.

And when I say the world's biggest snowman, I'm not joking. Our goal is to get into the "Guinness Book of World Records".

But every year we've got serious about going for the record, all the snow has melted (融化), and we've missed ourwindow of opportunity. So this year, I wanted to get started right away. When Rowley came over, we started rolling the first snowball to make the base. I thought the base was going to have to be at least eight feet tall on its own if we wanted to have a shot at breaking the record. But the snowball got very heavy, and we had to take a bunch of breaks in between rolls so we could catch our breath.

During one of our breaks, Mom came outside to go to the grocery store, but our snowball was blocking her car in. So we got a little free labour (劳动力) out of her.

After our break we pushed that snowball until we couldn't push it any further. But when we looked behind us, we saw the mess we had made.

The snowball had got so heavy that it tore up all the turf (草皮) Dad had just laid down last autumn.

I was hoping it would snow a few more inches and cover up our tracks, but just like that，it stopped snowing. Our plan to build the worlds' biggest snowman was starting to fall apart. So I came up with better idea for our snowball.

1. （1） The school was cancelled today because of ____.

   A . the bad weather B . a test in Pre-Algebra C . the Safety Patrol's task. D . a plan for breaking the record
3. （2） What do theunderlined words "window of opportunity" mean?

   A . A wonderful chance to sledge (乘雪橇). B . A short time to make a snowman. C . A pleasant break from having the test. D . A narrow space for rolling a snowball.
5. （3） Why does the writer give the example of his mom in Paragraph 5?

   A . To tell us they broke his father's turf. B . To tell his mom was kind and helpful. C . To show the snowball was heavy and they were tired. D . To show they can make the world's biggest snowball.
7. （4） What's the best title for this passage?

   A . Guinness Book of World Records B . The heavy snowy day C . The plan to build the biggest snowman D . The good idea of the snowball