Question

“You'll have to take care of the baby today,” a woman told her husband. "I'm not feeling well."

"Then you must stay in bed and rest, dear" her husband said. "I'll be pleased to look after our baby." "By the way, shall I do the shopping for you as well?” her husband asked.

The woman was very glad and said, "That will help me very much. I'll give you a list of things to buy"

She wrote out the list and gave it to him.

The man took the baby to the supermarket and put him in the shopping cart. Then he pushed the shopping cart along the rows of things and looked for those that were on his list.

At first everything was OK, but then the baby began to cry.

Then he started to scream.

And scream!

And SCREAM!

“Keep calm, George,” the man said. “Don’t get excited. Don’t shout, George. Don’t lose your temper, George.”

A woman in the supermarket heard him saying so. She walked up to him.

“I think you are wonderful,” she said. “You are so patient with your little George.”

“Madam,” the man said, “I’m George. He’s Edward.”

1.The man took care of the baby instead because his wife was      .

A．ill	B．busy doing housework
C．angry	D．going to buy things

2.The baby cried so hard       .

A．at home

B．in the supermarket

C．in the street

D．in the car

3.When the baby was crying, the father kept taking to      for relaxing.

A．his baby

B．the woman

C．himself

D．George

4.The underlined sentence “Don’t lose your temper.” in this passage means“   ”.

A．become angry

B．shut up

C．walk on

D．calm down

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了一个父亲带着婴儿去买东西的小故事。

1.A 细节题。根据第一段最后一句"I'm not feeling well."说明他妻子病了，所以他才照顾孩子，故A正确。

2.B 细节题。根据文章中间部分可知孩子是在超市买东西的时候哭了起来。故B正确。

3.C 细节题。根据“Keep calm, George,” the man said. “Don’t get excited. Don’t shout, George. Don’t lose your temper, George.”和文章最后一句，说明这位丈夫一直在安慰自己要放松，不要紧张。故C正确。

4.D 猜测词义题。根据文章可知孩子一直在哭，他很厌烦。一直在和自己说“Don’t lose your temper.”故这个应该指是镇定。故D正确。

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