Question

      Hi!I’m Maria. I have two boys. Tom is three years old and Tim is one year old. My family moved into an apartment a few months ago. Our house is on the second floor. But our neighbor downstairs complains at least once a day and we have got her note,sayingu Please stop running and jumping on the floor."

      Since then,I have to do everything to keep the boys busy or out of the apartment during the day,hut this can’t stop my kids from making noise. They are just children under the age of four. Now the lady downstairs often bangs the walls when my boys run and jump in the room.

      However,she often plays movies loudly late at night. The noise wakes up my children at night and makes them cry.

     At the same time,we have another problem. The person on the third floor often walks too hard and wakes my boys at 5：30 am,hut I think we have to face it.

     Usually my boys are sleeping from about 8 ： 30 pm till 6:00 am the next clay. At least they don't annoy the neighbor downstairs during the hours.

31. Tim is       than Tom.

   A. one year older   B. two years older

   C. two years younger   D. one year younger

32. What does Maria’s neighbor downstairs complain?

   A. Maria isn’t friendly to her.

   B. The two boys aren’t polite to her.

   C. The two boys run and jump on the floor.

   D. Maria often plays movies loudly late at night.

33. Maria keeps her boys busy or out of the apartment during the day to       .

   A. make less noise

   B. make them happy

   C. make them grow up quickly

   D. let them learn more knowledge 

34. The underlined word“bangs ” here means “      ” in Chinese.

   A. 修补   B. 猛击   C. 保护   D.拆除

35. How many hours do the two boys sleep at night?

   A. About six hours.

   B. About seven hours.

   C. About eight and a half hours.

   D. About nine and a half hours.

Answer 1

31. C  由句子“Tom is three years old and Tim is one year old."可知，蒂姆比汤姆小两岁。

32. C  由“Please stop running and jumping on the floor."可判断, 楼下的邻居抱怨孩子们在楼上跑跳。

33. A  由句子 “ Since then,I have to do everything to keep the boys busy or out of the apartment during the day,but this can’t stop my kids from making noise."可知，她这样做是为了让孩子少制造噪音。

34. B  孩子跑动时，楼下的邻居猛烈地敲击墙。

35. D  由句子“Usually my boys are sleeping from about 8:30 pm till 6:00 am the next day."可计算出，孩子睡觉的时间为九个半小时。