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(代替), and give one to your elder 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 one for himself, and gave his brother the smaller one.

When the elder boy saw that his younger 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(如果) father had given me the oranges, I ’d have given you the bigger one. ”

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

根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正（T）误（F）。（5分）

1.Mr Smith gave his son some money for sweets.

2.The sweets are good for boys’teeth.

3.The younger boy bought some sweets for himself.

4.The younger boy gave the bigger orange to his brother.

5.The elder boy is not selfish.

Answer

1.F

2.F

3.F

4.F

5.T

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要截杀了自私的弟弟不但吃了大个的橘子，还找借口为自己狡辩的故事。

1.根据第二段“Take these two oranges instead(代替), and give one to your elder brother,”可知本句描述错误。

2.根据第二段“Sweets are bad for your teeth,”描述，可知本句描述错误。

3.根据短文第二段描述，可知弟弟没能买到糖，故本句描述错误。

4.根据第二段he kept that one for himself, and gave his brother the smaller one.可知本句描述错误。

5.根据最后一段If(如果) father had given me the oranges, I ’d have given you the bigger one.描述，可知哥哥是很慷慨的人，故本句描述正确。

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