Question

【题目】根据短文理解填空。
A 50-year-old American officer came back to his school. The teacher asked him to give a talk to the small boys and girls there. The talk was about the love of their great country. All the little ones were sitting in a large meeting room. The old officer went up and began speaking. He said, “Boys and girls, I studied in this school forty years ago. When I was your age, we were not as happy as you are today. Think about it and answer me. Why are you so happy now?”
No sound came from the children. The old man waited for a long time. Then a short boy in front put up his small dirty hand. “Good boy! Please answer me, dear.” said the officer.
With a big smile on his face, the boy stood up and said, “If you speak long enough, we won't have Maths and Biology lessons this morning.”
（1）What was the old man's talk about?
（2）When the officer studied in this school, how old was he?
（3）翻译画线部分的句子。
（4）Why were the children happy today?

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）

The talk was about the love of their great country.

（2）

10.

（3）

这个小男孩面带微笑地站起来并说道。

（4）

If the officer speaks long enough, they won’t have Maths and Biology (生物学) lessons this morning.

【解析】（1）细节理解题。根据文章第二句The talk was about the love of their great country. 可知演讲的主题是“热爱国家”，所以答案是：The talk was about the love of their great country.
（2）细节推理题。文章开篇交代演讲者的年龄A 50-year-old American officer came back to his school. 下文又接着说“Boys and girls, I studied in this school forty years ago. When I was your age, we were not as happy as you are today. 可以推断老官员在这所学校上学时的年龄是 50-40=10.所以答案是 10.
（3）划线句子的意思是“这个小男孩面带微笑地站起来并说道。”