Question

John is six years old. He can read and write well. But he can’t tell the time. He says “breakfast time”, “lunchtime”, and “teatime” when it is eight o’clock, twelve o’clock and four o’clock in the afternoon. His mother doesn’t know how to help him.

One day John’s aunt, Mary, comes to see his mother. His mother tells her about that. “Let me help you. I think I can help him.”

When John gets home after school, Mary starts to teach him.

“Can you count, John?” she asks him.

“Yes. One, two, three, four…” John says. “That’s great. Now I put the longhand on twelve and the shorthand on one – that is one o’clock. I put the short hand on two, what is the time?”

“Two o’clock.”

“Good. And on three?”

“Three o’clock.”

It is then four o’clock in the afternoon, and John’s aunt asks him, “What time is it now, John?”

“Teatime, Aunt.” John looks at the clock and answers.

1. John’s mother can’t help him to _________ the time.

A. read     B. write     C. tell     D. listen to

2.When it’s twelve o’clock, John says it’s _______.

A. breakfast time    B. lunchtime

C. supper time       D. teatime

3. Mary is John’s ________.

A. mother     B. aunt      C. teacher     D. sister

4.The underlined word “count” means “_________” in Chinese.

A. 认识      B. 读       C. 数       D. 熟记

5.From the passage(短文) we know ____________.

A. John thinks breakfast time is eight in the morning.

B. John thinks four o’clock in the morning is teatime.

C. John can’t count

D. John has a nice watch but it doesn’t work.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文是一个有趣的故事，六岁的John不会辨别时间，他把一天中的8点、12点和下午4点，分别称为早饭时间、午饭时间和下午茶时间。John的妈妈对他没办法，John的姑姑想要教会他，但是故事的结局非常的好笑。

1.C 细节理解题。根据短文的开头But he can’t tell the time. His mother doesn’t know how to help him.可知，John是个六岁的男孩，他会读书写字，但是他不认识时间，他的妈妈也不知道怎样帮助他。tell分辨，辨别。故选C。

2.B 细节理解题。根据短文中But he can’t tell the time. He says “breakfast time”, “lunchtime”, and “teatime” when it is eight o’clock, twelve o’clock and four o’clock in the afternoon.可知，John自己不认识时间，他把一天中的8点称为早饭时间，12点称为午饭时间，下午4点称为下午茶时间。由此可知选B。

3.B 细节理解题。根据短文中One day John’s aunt, Mary, comes to see his mother.可知，Mary是John的姑姑，一天她来看John的妈妈。故应该选B。

4.C词义猜测题。根据文划线单词所在句子的上下文的意思可知，John的姑姑问他会不会数数，John回答说会，于是就1,2,3,4的数起来，因此这里count是数数的意思，故选C。

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考点：故事类短文阅读。