Frank and his brother Jack lived near the ocean. Frank was outgoing while Jack was shy. They liked doing different things. Frank was famous for organizing games of beach volleyball, football, and any other sport imaginable. Jack preferred to draw, paint, or build sandcastles（沙堡）.
Frank didn't understand why Jack would rather do artistic things than play ball. He believed sports often allowed many kids to play together. That was when Jack's idea hatched. He would show Frank what doing things together looked like!
After Jack finished creating a special sandcastle with stairs, towers and walls, he took pictures of it. Then he painted colorful posters featuring（突出）his sandcastle and the question, "Can you top this?" He hung his posters everywhere in town, announcing his plan for a day of sandcastle artistry-all ages welcome.
When Frank saw poster, he not so nicely told Jack that no one would come. Still, shortly after sunrise on Saturday, Jack was on the beach digging in the sand. By mid-morning, four kids were sculpting（雕塑）the sand alongside him. By noon the number had increased a lot.
After Frank came back from his ball game, he went to check how his brother's plan turned out. He couldn't believe what he saw. At least 30 people were building a city of sandcastles, and everyone was chatting and laughing and working together! It was the most beautiful thing he had seen on the beach.
"I guess you've proved me wrong," Frank said. "You should make this sandcastle day a yearly tradition!" Handing Frank a shovel（铲子）with smile, Jack got started together with his brother on their super creation in the sand.
36．What does the underlined word "hatched" in Paragraph 2 probably mean in Chinese?
A．产生 B．改变 C．消失 D．中断
37．What helped people know about Jack's plan?
A．Beautiful towers. B．Colorful posters.
C．A town building. D．A sandcastle day.
38．When learning about Jack's plan, Frank was ________.
A．doubtful B．interested C．satisfied D．nervous
39．What can we know about Jack's idea?
A．It came from picture. B．It needed 30 people's support.
C．It proved Frank right. D．It did work well.
40．Which of the following best describes Jack?
A．Honest. B．Creative. C．Outgoing. D．Caring.
这是一篇记叙文，文章主要讲述杰克为了让弗兰克知道大家一起工作的乐趣，张贴海报通知大家建沙堡的计划；起初弗兰克对此计划持怀疑态度；但是结果至少30个人参加了建沙堡，大家一起工作的很开心；最后弗兰克和杰克一起也加入其中。
36．A【解析】词义猜测题。根据第二段“He would show Frank what doing things together looked like”可知此处指的是杰克的想法产生了。hatched的意思是“产生”。故选A。
37．B【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段“He hung his posters everywhere in town, announcing his plan for a day of sandcastle artistry-all ages welcome”可知海报让人们知道了杰克的计划。故选B。
38．A【解析】推理判断题。根据第四段“When Frank saw poster, he not so nicely told Jack that no one would come”可知弗兰克对杰克的计划持怀疑态度。故选A。
39．D【解析】推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“At least 30 people were building a city of sandcastles, and everyone was chatting and laughing and working together! It was the most beautiful thing he had seen on the beach”以及最后一段“Handing Frank a shovel with smile, Jack got started together with his brother on their super creation in the sand”至少30人参加而且弗兰克也加入了，可知杰克的计划运行正常，很起作用。故选D。
40．B【解析】推理判断题。杰克为了让弗兰克知道大家一起工作的乐趣，用张贴海报通知大家建沙堡的计划，期初弗兰克对此持怀疑态度，但是结果证明至少30个人参加了建沙堡，大家一起工作的很开心。最后弗兰克和杰克一起也加入其中。由此可推断杰克很有创造力，故选B。