Question

A lot of boys and girls in America wear 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. When he was tired, he sat down on a bench (长凳). He saw 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 neighbour. "She is my daughter."

"Oh," the old man said quickly, "I am sony, but I didn't know that you were her mother."

"I'm not," said the other person. "I'm her father."

1.How many girls and women are there in this story?

A. One.    B. Two.    C. Three.    D. None.

2.It is often hard to tell whether many of the American children are boys or girls because

_____________ .

A. they all look like each other

B. they wear the same kinds of caps and shoes

C. they have long hair and wear the same clothes

D. they come from the same country

3.The young person standing on the other side of the pond was________

A. the old man's son    B. the old man's daughter

C. the daughter of the old man's neighbour    D. the son of the old man's neighbour

4.The old man thought his neighbour was the girl's          

A. mother    B. father    C. brother    D. sister

5.Why do you think the old man made a mistake (犯错) in this story?

A. Maybe because he was very old.

B. Maybe because he didn't know the man.

C. Maybe because the man looked very young.

D. Maybe because the man had long hair.

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.D

【解析】本文主要内容讲述美国的许多男孩和女孩都穿着同样的衣服，其中许多人留着长发。

所以很难分辨他们是男孩还是女孩。一天，一位老人在华盛顿的一个公园里散步。当他累了，他坐在替补席上，他看见一个年轻人站在池塘的另一边。“对不起，”老人对坐在他旁边的人说，“你看见那个穿红裤子和长头发的人了吗？是男孩还是女孩呢？“一个女孩，”旁边地人说，“她是我的女儿。”“哦，”老人很快地说，“我是索尼，但我不知道你是她的母亲。”

“我不是，我是她的父亲。”

1.题意：这个故事里有多少女孩和女人？A. One. 一个；B. Two. 两个；C. Three. 三个；D. None. 没有。本文故事中有三个人物，这个老人和他的邻居及他的女儿；根据倒数第三行"A girl," said his neighbour. "She is my daughter."和最后一句"I'm her father."可知选A。

2.题意：很难判断美国的许多孩子是男孩还是女孩，因为_____________。A. they all look like each other他们都长得很像；B. they wear the same kinds of caps and shoes他们戴着同样的帽子和鞋子；C. they have long hair and wear the same clothes他们留着长发，穿同样的衣服；D. they come from the same country他们来自同一个国家。根据第一段A lot of boys and girls in America wear the same clothes and many of them have long hair.So it is often difficult to tell whether they are boys or girls.（美国的许多男孩和女孩都穿着同样的衣服，其中许多人留着长发。所以很难分辨他们是男孩还是女孩。）可知选C。

3.题意：站在池塘的另一边的年轻人是________。A. the old man's son 这位老人的儿子；B. the old man's daughter这个老人的女儿；C. the daughter of the old man's neighbour这位老人的邻居的女儿；D. the son of the old man's neighbour这个老人邻居的儿子。根据倒数第三行"A girl," said his neighbour. "She is my daughter."（“一个女孩，”他的邻居说。她是我的女儿。”）结合题意和语境可知选C。

4.题意：老人认为他的邻居是那个女孩的________________。A. mother母亲；B. father父亲；C. brother兄弟；D. sister妹妹。根据倒数第二行"Oh," the old man said quickly, "I am sony, but I didn't know that you were her mother."（“哦，”老人很快地说，“我是索尼，但我不知道你是她的母亲。”）可知选A。

5.题意：你认为在这个故事里老人为什么犯了一个错误？A. Maybe because he was very old. 也许是因为他老了；B. Maybe because he didn't know the man. 也许是因为他不认识那个人；C. Maybe because the man looked very young. 也许是因为那个人看起来很年轻；D. Maybe because the man had long hair. 也许是因为那个男人留着长发。根据第一段第1句A lot of boys and girls in America wear the same clothes and many of them have long hair.（美国的许多男孩和女孩都穿着同样的衣服，其中许多人留着长发。）结合语境、选项和题意可知选D。