Question

Most children don't enjoy doing housework. They like playing computer games instead of cleaning the rooms. But in Australia, Jim and Robert's mother, Mrs. Black, has good and proper methods to get their children to do housework.

Here is an example.

“Mom, have you worked out next week's housework? Let Jim and me choose the cards. I can't wait. It's fun!”

When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on their big table. On the cards, there are some words like these, “sweep the floor, clean your bedroom, help mom cook, wash vegetables, make beds, feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom” and many others. Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the weekday task board. Jim likes to clean the bathroom best, so he picked up the card “clean the bathroom” first. Robert loves to make the bed so he picked up his favorite card. Jim again picked up “wash vegetables” and Robert chose “feed the fish”. Soon the two boys were happy to take away all the cards.

To help the children do housework, their mother thought hard and thought up this idea. Of course, their parents did the housework on the weekends and left Jim and Robert two days free.

1. From the passage we know that most children like ________.

A．doing housework   B．playing computer games

C．playing cards     D．doing housework

2. Jim and Robert chose ________ card for the weekdays from Monday to Friday.

A．two   B．four   C．eight   D．ten

3. Jim likes ________ best．

A．cleaning the bathroom B．making the bed

C．feeding the fish     D．sweeping the floor

4.The underlined phrase “thought up ” probably means “________”.

A．looked at      B．gave up

C．came up with   D．believed in

5.Who did the housework on the weekends?

A．Jim              B．Robert

C．The parents      D．The whole family

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文告诉我们：大多数孩子喜欢玩电脑游戏不愿做家务。Mrs. Black 用卡片的有趣方法让孩子们选择要做的家务，Jim 和Robert从周一到周五一周选择了十张卡片。Jim最喜欢打扫浴室，周末是父母做家务。

1.从文章我们知道大多数孩子喜欢玩电脑游戏。根据Most children don't enjoy doing housework. They like playing computer games instead of cleaning the rooms. 故选B。

2.细节理解题。Jim 和Robert从周一到周五一周选择了十张卡片。根据Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. 2+2+2+2+2=10可知选D。

3.Jim最喜欢打扫浴室。根据Jim likes to clean the bathroom best故选A。

4.词义猜测题。划线短语“thought up ”的意思可能是came up with。根据To help the children do housework, their mother thought hard and thought up this idea. 和上下文可知，应该选C。

5.细节理解题。在周末谁做家务？根据Of course, their parents did the housework on the weekends. 故选C。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。