Question

A man lived in Florida and he was in his eighties.(80多岁) He called his son in New York one November day. The father said to the son, “I have to tell you that we've got some troubles here in the house. Your mother and I can't stand each other any more, and we're getting a divorce.(离婚) I decided it! I want to live out the rest of my years in peace. (和平) I'm telling you now, so you and your sister shouldn't go into shock (震惊)later when I move out.”

The son called his sister in Hampton at once and told her the news. The sister said, “I will deal with(处理) this.” She called her father and said, “Don't do anything till we get there. We will be there on Wednesday night.” The father agreed, “All right.” The old man hung up（挂断）the phone and shouted to his wife, “OK, they are coming for Thanksgiving. What are we going to tell them for Christmas?”

1.According to the passage, the old man has _____.

A. no children    B. only a daughter

C. only a son    D. two children

2.There was _______between the old man and his wife.

A. a fight    B. nothing wrong

C. an accident    D. an argument

3.From _____, the daughter got the news that her parents were going to divorce.

A. her brother    B. her mother

C. her father    D. herself

4.According to the passage, how often did the children visit their parents?

A. Often.    B. Seldom(很少).    C. Once a week.    D. Once a month.

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.B

【解析】一个老人为了让孩子们回家过感恩节，撒谎骗他们说他们老两口要离婚，孩子们听说了这个事以为是真的，答应马上回家来。

1.细节理解题。根据短文中The son called his sister in Hampton at once可知，这个老人先给儿子打电话，儿子又给他的姐姐打电话告诉她这个消息，由此我们可以知道，这个老人有两个孩子，故应选D。

2.推理判断题。根据短文的最后The old man hung up（挂断）the phone and shouted to his wife, “OK, they are coming for Thanksgiving. What are we going to tell them for Christmas?”可知，老人和他的妻子根本没有什么事，他们是为了让孩子们回家过感恩节，撒谎说两个人要离婚。故应选B。

3.细节理解题。根据短文中The son called his sister in Hampton at once and told her the news可知，老人的女儿是从她的弟弟那里知道了这个消息，故应选A。

4.推理判断题。根据文意可知，故事中的老人为了让孩子们回家过感恩节，打电话骗他的儿子说他们两口要离婚，儿子和女儿答应马上回来调和。由此可见，他们的孩子平时是很少回家，所以老人才撒谎篇他们回来。故应选B。

点睛：这篇短文给我们讲述了一个故事，理解这篇短文的关键是要读懂老人打电话的用意，这样我们才能做出后面的推理判断题。例如第2小题和第4小题，这两个是推理判断题，短文里并没有直接告诉我们这两个孩子是否经常回家，这就需要我们从整体上来理解短文的意思。老人在电话中跟儿子说的话是真的吗？从短文的最后The old man hung up（挂断）the phone and shouted to his wife, “OK, they are coming for Thanksgiving. What are we going to tell them for Christmas?”我们可以看出，老人是为了让孩子们回家过感恩节才这样说的，所以老人和妻子之间根本没有什么事，我们也可以知道孩子们很少回家，老人才会这样说的。