Question

John was ten years old and he was very lazy. He had to go to school, of course, but he was bored there and tried to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that he would become one, too, when he grew up. But one day John said to his mother, "When I finish school, I want to become a garbage collector（垃圾工）."

A garbage collector?" his mother asked .She was very surprised. "That's not a pleasant job. Why do you want to become a garbage collector?"

"Because then I'd only have to work one day a week," John answered.

"Only one day a week?" his mother said, "What do you mean?"

"Well," John answered, "I know that the ones who come to our house only work on Wednesday, because I only saw them on that day."

1.What did John’s parents want him to be when he grew up?

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2.When did the garbage collectors come to John’s house?

____________________________________________________________（不超过10个单词）

3..What do you think of John?

____________________________________________________________（不超过15个单词）

Answer

1.A doctor

2.On Wednesday.

3.He is lazy but lovely.

【解析】这篇短文讲述的是John，他不喜欢学习，他长大了想当一名垃圾工，因为他看到来他家的垃圾工每周只工作一天，他觉得这个工作挺轻松的。

1.根据短文中His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that he would become one, too, when he grew up.可知，John的父母希望他长大后也能像他们一样成为一名医生。

2.根据短文中I know that the ones who come to our house only work on Wednesday, because I only saw them on that day可知，John说他只是每周三看到垃圾工去他的家。由此可知答案是On Wednesday。

3.John不爱学习，他的父母希望他长大后能成为一名医生，但是John却想当垃圾工，因为他说垃圾工一周只上一天的班。由文章的大意我们可以看到，John是一个很懒惰的小孩，不喜欢学习；他也是一个很可爱的小孩，他只看到垃圾工每周去他家一次，就觉得垃圾工每周只上一天班。故可以用lazy and lovely来回答这个问题。

点睛：这篇短文是记叙文，讲述了John这个小孩的事情。题目的设置是问答题，先读题目，根据题目所问，定位到原文寻找答案。前两个小题的答案都可以在原文中找到；第3小题是一个开放性的问题，如何评价John，应该从文章的大意出发，答案是不固定的，但是一定要符合文章的意思。