Question

A Girl or A Boy, A Woman or A man?

A lot of boys and girls in America are wearing the same clothes and many of them have long hair. So it is often difficult to tell whether they are boys or girls.

One day an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington, and he was tired, he sat down on a bench(长凳). A young person was standing on the other side of the pond(水池).

"Excuse me," the old man said to the person next to him on the bench, "Do you see the person with the red trousers and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?" "A girl," said his neighbor, "She is my daughter."

"Oh," the old man said quickly, "I am sorry, but I didn't know that you were her mother." "I'm not," said the other person. "I'm her father."

1.It isn't often easy to tell whether many of American children are boys or girl ____.

A．because they all look like each other

B．because they are wearing the same kinds of caps and shoes

C．because they have long hair and wear the same clothes

2.One day an old man went for a walk in ____.

A．the street in Washington

B．the Washington Park in America

C．in a park in Washington

3.There were ____ persons beside the pond, they are ____.

A．three ... a man, a woman and a girl

B．three ... two men and a girl

C．two ... a man and a girl

4.The young person wore ____.

A．a pair of red trousers

B．a pair of black trousers

C．a pair of red sunglasses

5.The old man thought his neighbor was the girl's ____.

A．mother    B．father     C．brother

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：在西方国家，男孩和女孩常穿同样的服装，留长发，因此，区分是男孩还是女孩是很困难的。1.C细节理解题。从文章开头我们知道，在西方国家，男孩和女孩常穿同样的服装，留长发，因此，区分是男孩还是女孩是很困难的。答案为C。

2.C细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“One day an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington,”可知，一位老人在华盛顿的一个公园里散步，答案为C。

3.B细节理解题。从She is my daughter. 我们知道游泳池的另一边应该是个女孩。从"I'm not," said the other person. "I'm her father."可知，他是那个女孩的爸爸，再加上那位老头，故答案为B。

4.A细节理解题。根据短文中的句子"Do you see the person with the red trousers and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?"可知，那位青年人穿着一条红色的裤子，答案为A。

5.A细节理解题。从I don’t know that you are her mother. 这句话中可以得知，老人以为邻座的是女孩的妈妈。答案为A。

考点：社会万象类短文阅读。