Question

John is five years old now. He is a good boy. He is very clever and can read very well. But he can't tell the right time by clock. He doesn't say eight o'clock in the morning, twelve o'clock or four o'clock in the afternoon. He always says "breakfast time" for eight o'clock, "lunch time" for twelve o'clock and "tea-time" for four o'clock in the afternoon. His mother wants to teach him to know the time by clock.

  "Can you count, John?" his mother asks him. "Yes. Let me count for you. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve..." "That's good, John. Now let me tell you to say the time. Now, look! I put the long hand on twelve and the short hand on one. That is one o'clock. If I put the short on two, that's two o'clock. Do you know?"

  "Yes, I do." John tells his mother. "Good. If I put the short hand on four, what's that?" his mother asks and really puts the short one on four. "Tea-time, Mum. And I am hungry."

1.We know John is a        child from the passage.

A. bad   B. good   C. politeD. poor

2. The first paragraph(段落) mainly tells us      .

A. John can't tell time

B. John is not a good boy

C. John can't say any words 

D. John wants to learn some words

3. Which of the following is right?

A. John is a six-year-old boy.

B. He always says "lunch time" for eleven o'clock.

C. John's mother doesn't want to teach him to know the time by clock.

D. At last John can tell the right time by clock.

4. Which of the following is the main idea of this passage?

A. John can't count numbers. 

B. John likes tea-time.

C. It's not easy for John to tell time.

D. John's mother can't teach.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述了约翰不会看钟表上的时间，他妈妈教他如何说出时间。当他妈妈把长针放在数字十二，把短针放在数字四的位置时，询问约翰是几点钟，他回答是下午茶时间。

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考点：故事类短文阅读。