Question

Dick is seven, and his sister Mary is five. One day, their mother takes them to their aunt’s house to play, and then she goes shopping.

The children play for an hour, and then their aunt gives Dick a nice cake(蛋糕) and a knife(小刀)and says to him, ”Now, here is a knife. Dick, cut  this cake into two pieces(块) and give one to your sister, do it like a gentleman (绅士).”

“Like a gentleman?”Dick asks,” how do gentleman do it?”

“They always give the bigger piece to the other,” answers his aunt.

“Oh, I see,” says Dick. He thinks for a minute and then takes the cake to his sister and says to her ,”cut this cake, Mary.”

1.Dick and Mary play ____________

A. at their aunt’s house    B. at school

2._______give(s) Dick a nice cake.

A. Their mother    B. Mary

C. Their aunt    D. Their father

3.The cake is for (给)______.

A. Dick’s mother    B. Dick’s aunt

C. Dick and Mary    D. a gentleman

4.The word “cut” means_________.

A. 削减    B. 切成

C. 删减    D. 裁剪

5.Dick _________________________.

A. Gives a bigger piece to his sister.    B. does it like a gentleman

C. lets his sister cut the cake    D. eats all the cake

Answer

1. A

2. C

3. C

4. B

5. C

【解析】

文章大意：迪克七岁，他的妹妹玛丽五岁。一天，他们的妈妈带他们去姨妈家玩，然后她去购物。孩子们玩了一个小时，然后姨妈给了迪克一个漂亮的蛋糕和一把小刀，告诉他把这个蛋糕切成两块，要像绅士一样把另一块蛋糕给妹妹。迪克问绅士应该怎么做，姨妈告诉他说绅士总是把大的一块给别人。最后，迪克想了一会，把蛋糕给了妹妹，告诉她让她把蛋糕切了。

1.细节理解题。根据文中的句子their mother takes them to their aunt’s house to play,他们的妈妈带他们去姨妈家玩，可知迪克和玛丽是在他们姨妈家玩，故答案选A。

2.细节理解题。根据文中的句子their aunt gives Dick a nice cake.他们的姨妈给了迪克一个漂亮的蛋糕，可知是他们的姨妈给了迪克一个漂亮的蛋糕，故答案选C。

3.细节理解题。根据文中的句子Dick, cut this cake into two pieces(块) and give one to your sister, do it like a gentleman .迪克，把这个蛋糕切成两块，然后像一个绅士一样给妹妹一块，可知蛋糕是给迪克和玛丽两个人的，故答案选C。

4.词义猜测题。根据Dick, cut this cake into two pieces(块) and give one to your sister, do it like a gentleman .结合语境“迪克，…这个蛋糕成两块，然后像一个绅士一样给妹妹一块”，可知“cut”是“切”的意思，故答案选B。

5.理解判断题。根据文中的句子He thinks for a minute and then takes the cake to his sister and says to her ,”cut this cake, Mary.”他想了一会儿，然后把蛋糕拿给妹妹，对妹妹说：“玛丽，把蛋糕切了。”可知，迪克最后没有切蛋糕，而是把蛋糕给了妹妹让妹妹切，因为他不想像绅士一样礼让，结合选项可知C选项符合题意，故答案选C。