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A lot of boys and girls in western countries are wearing the same clothes, and many boys have long hair, so it is difficult to tell whether they are boys or not.

One day an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington and when he was tired, he sat down on a chair by a swimming pool. A young person was standing on the other side of the pool.

“Oh!” the old man said to the person sitting next to him, “Do you see the person with the loose clothes and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?”

“A girl,” said the person, “She is my daughter. ”

“Oh!” the old man said quickly, “Please forgive me. I don’t know that you are her mother. ”

“I’m not,” said the person, “I’m her father. ”

1.What did the old man see on the other side of the pool?

A．A girl.

B．A boy.

C．An old woman.

D．A man.

2. The old man thought the person sitting next to him was____.

A．a woman

B．a man

C．a girl

D．a boy

3. “Please forgive me. ” in the passage means“____”

A．I’m not sure.	B．I’m surprised.
C．I’m sorry.	D．I’m not living here.

4. Which is right according to the passage?

A．Most people in western countries wear the same clothes.

B．The old man thought the person next to him was a man.

C．It’s difficult to tell boys from girls because they wear the same clothes.

D．Sometimes men also have long hairs as women in western countries.

5. Which can be the best title for the passage?

A．Are they wearing the same clothes?

B．Can you tell boys from girls?

C．Are they boys or girls?

D．What’s wrong with the boys?

Answer

1.A 

2.A

3.C

4.D 

5.B

【解析】

1.从文章开头我们知道，在西方国家，男孩和女孩常穿同样的服装，留长发，因此，

区分是男孩还是女孩是很困难的。从She is my daughter. 我们知道游泳池的另一边应该是个女孩。

2.从I don’t know that you are her mother. 这句话中可以得知，老人以为邻座的是一位妇女。

3.forgive意为“原谅、宽恕”，通过上下文我们知道老人把女孩误认为男孩，所以

在此应表达歉意。

4.从文中老人误将孩子的爸爸认作孩子的妈妈可知，在西方国家，一些男人也像女人一样留长发。

5.通过全文的阅读我们知道文中的老人无法辨别男女。