Question

Kate and Mike were born on the same day. They look the same. Their father is a bus driver. He is busy with his work and has no time to pay attention to their studies. Kate and Mike study in the same class. Kate works hard and does well in all her lessons. She gets on well with her classmates. But Mike likes nothing except playing. He isn’t good at math and doesn’t like to write compositions.

     One day, Miss Green, their English teacher, told her class to write a composition entitled(题目) “My Mother”. After supper Kate wrote it in her exercise-book and went to help her mother to do some housework. Mike was sitting at the desk. He wrote a few words on a page, but didn’t know how to go on writing and tore(撕) it off, then tore another off. He didn’t finish it until the football match began on TV. He hurried to bring Kate’s exercise-book out of her bag and copied her composition. Then he went to watch the football match until it was over.

Two days later Miss Green asked in class, “ Can you tell me why your composition is the same as Kate’s, Mike?

“ Yes, I can, Miss Green,” answered Mike. “ We have the same mother, you know.”

1.Kate and Mike look the same because ________.

A. they were students in the same class

B. they were dressed in the same clothes

C. they have different parents

D. they are twins

2.Mike is bad at _________.

A. math        B. speaking

C. English     D. all his lessons

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Mike’s father has no time to look after him.

B. Mike prefers watching football matches to writing compositions.

C. Mike doesn’t like any lessons.

D. Miss Green is Kate’s teacher, not Mike’s teacher.

4.Kate could write the composition because ________.

A. She does well in her lessons

B. she doesn’t like to watch TV

C. she is a girl

D. she wants to help her mother

5. Did Mike do the homework by himself?

A. Yes, he did.

B. No, he asked his father to do it.

C. Of course, and he liked writing compositions.

D. No, he copied Kate’s.

Answer

1.D

2.D

3.D

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：这篇短文讲述了Kate和Mike这对双胞胎，长相相似，但学习上一个刻苦用工，一个贪玩不愿学习。一天，对于老师布置的作文“我的妈妈”，Mike抄袭了Kate的。当老师问他的作文为什么和Kate的一样时，他说因为他们有同一个妈妈。

1. Kate and Mike were born on the same day. They look the same. Their father is a bus driver可知，他们俩同一天出生，他们的爸爸是位公共汽车司机，那么他们应是双胞胎。所以该选D。

2. Mike likes nothing except playing. He isn’t good at math and doesn’t like to write compositions可知，Mike所有的学科都不擅长。所以该选D。

3. and Mike study in the same class与第二段 One day, Miss Green, their English teacher, told her class to write a composition entitled(题目) “My Mother”可知，他们俩在同一个班级，格林老师是他们两人共同的英语老师。所以该选D。

4. Kate works hard and does well in all her lessons可知，Kate学习努力，在所有学科上她都表现很好，对她来说写作不成问题，应会写。所以该选A。

5. hurried to bring Kate’s exercise-book out of her bag and copied her composition可知，Mike抄袭了Kate的作文。所以该选D。