Question

One day Mr Brown sees a young woman with several children in the street. He is very surprised(惊讶) because all the children are wearing the same clothes. White caps, blue coats and yellow trousers. “Are all these children yours?” he asks the woman. “Yes, they  are,” she  answers. “Do you always dress them in the same clothes? ” asks Mr Brown. “Yes,” answers  the  mother. “When we have four children, we dress them in the same clothes because we don’t want to lose any of them. It is easy to see our children among other children because they are all wearing the same clothes. And now we have ten, we dress them like this because we don’t want to take other children home by mistake(错误). When there are other children among ours, it is easy to see them because their clothes are different.”  

1.Mr Brown sees _______ in all(一共).  

A. ten people      B. four children       C. eleven people     D. five people

2.Mr Brown is surprised that__________.  

A. all the children are boys

B. all the children are in the same clothes    

C. all the children are lovely

D. all the children are wearing the same trousers

3.Why does the woman dress her children in the same clothes? 

A. She has so many children.       

B. She loves her children.

C. She doesn’t want to take her children home    

D. She wants to see her children easily among others

4.What kinds of clothes are the children wearing when Mr Brown sees them?    

A. White caps, blue coats and yellow trousers.

B. Blue caps, yellow coats and white trousers.

C. Yellow caps, white coats and blue trousers. 

D. White caps, yellow coats and blue trousers.

5.What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Children in the street.            B. A lazy mother.

C. An interesting family.            D. A funny way to find your kids easily.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文说的是Mr. Brown在街上看到一个年轻的女士带着几个孩子，这几个孩子都穿着一样的衣服。他感到很好奇，就问那位女士。这位女士解释说，她这样做是为了能在很多其他的孩子中间更容易的找到自己的孩子。

1.推理判断题。根据短文中the woman 的话中And now we have ten,我们知道，他们家一共有10个孩子，都穿一样的衣服。在加上这个女士自己，所以Mr. Brown 一共看到了11 个人。故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据短文中He is very surprised(惊讶) because all the children are wearing the same clothes. White caps, blue coats and yellow trousers.可知，Mr. Brown 感到非常的惊讶，因为他看到，所有的孩子都穿着一样的衣服，白色的帽子、蓝色的外套和黄色的裤子。故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据短文中we dress them in the same clothes because we don’t want to lose any of them. It is easy to see our children among other children because they are all wearing the same clothes.可知这位女士说，她给孩子们穿一样的衣服，这样就比较容易在很多其他的孩子中间看到自己的孩子。故选D。

4.细节理解题。根据短文中all the children are wearing the same clothes. White caps, blue coats and yellow trousers.可知，Mr. Brown 看到，所有的孩子都穿着一样的衣服，白色的帽子、蓝色的外套和黄色的裤子。故选A。

5.主旨大意题。这篇文章讲述了Mr. Brown看到有几个穿着一样衣服的小孩，原来是他们的母亲为了能在其他孩子中容易辨别出自己的孩子才这样做的。故D选项，一个容易辨别出自己的孩子的有趣的办法是最好的题目。故选D。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。