Question

Mr. Smith had two sons .One is seven years old, and the other is five. One morning during the holidays, when he was cleaning the car, his younger son came and asked him for some money for sweets.

“Sweets are bad for your teeth,” Mr Smith said. “Take these two oranges instead ,and give one to your elder(年长的)brother,” One of the oranges is quite a lot bigger than the other one ,and as the small boy liked oranges very much, he kept that bigger one for himself, and gave his brother the smaller one.

When the other boy saw that his brother had a much larger orange than his own ,he said to him, “It’s selfish(自私的)to take the bigger one for yourself. If father had given me the oranges, I ’d have given you the bigger one.”

“I know you would,” answered his brother.” That’s why I took it.”

1.What was Mr. Smith doing one morning?

2.What did his younger son ask for?

3.Did the younger son get what he wanted?

4.Who got the bigger orange, the younger one or the elder one?

5.Why did the elder brother say that his brother was selfish?

 

Answer 1

1.He was cleaning the car.

2.Some money for sweets.

3.No.

4.The younger one.

5.Because he kept the bigger orange for himself.

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是Smith先生的两个儿子，小儿子小要钱买糖，被爸爸拒绝了，爸爸让他吃橘子。小儿子非常喜欢橘子，所以他给自己留了一个大的，给哥哥一个小的，还很聪明的反驳了哥哥。

1.根据短文第一段中One morning during the holidays, when he was cleaning the car…可知，一个早上，Smith先生正在清理他的汽车。故这个问题的答案是He was cleaning the car。

2.根据短文第一段中One morning during the holidays, when he was cleaning the car, his younger son came and asked him for some money for sweets.可知，当Smith现在正在清理汽车的时候，他的小儿子过来给他要钱买糖。故本题答案是Some money for sweets。

3.根据短文第二段中“Sweets are bad for your teeth,” Mr Smith said. “Take these two oranges instead ,and give one to your elder(年长的)brother,”可知，Smith先生没有答应儿子的要求，他觉得吃糖对牙齿不好，让他吃橘子。故这个题的答案是否定的。

4.根据短文第二段中as the small boy liked oranges very much, he kept that bigger one for himself, and gave his brother the smaller one.可知，小儿子喜欢吃橘子，所以他给自己留了一个大的，把小的给了他的哥哥。所以是小儿子得到了大的橘子。

5.根据短文中“It’s selfish(自私的)to take the bigger one for yourself.可知，哥哥觉得他的弟弟自己留了一个大的橘子，这样做很自私。故本题答案是Because he kept the bigger orange for himself。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。