Question

【題目】 Peggy is a lovely girl. She is only ten years old but she likes reading and thinking. One evening, while Peggy's mom was preparing dinner, Peggy came into the kitchen. She stood beside her mom for a few minutes and then suddenly asked, “Mom, what is puberty?”

When Mom heard the question, she stopped cooking and looked at her daughter with her mouth wide open. She wasn't sure how to answer the question. Mom thought for a few seconds and then she said to Peggy kindly, "Peggy, why not look the word up in the dictionary? After that, we can talk about it. OK?”

Peggy agreed and left the kitchen happily. Half an hour later, she returned with a thick dictionary in her hand. Her mom asked her what the dictionary said.

“Puberty means, "answered Peggy, " the earliest age at which a girl is able to bear children.” “What do you think of that?" her mom asked.

“I’m not sure really, "Peggy replied in earnest." I have always been able to bear children. It's adults who I can't bear at all.

In English, the word "bear" can have several meanings. In the dictionary, "bear" means "to give birth to a child", but clearly, Peggy was thinking about its another meaning -to endure something.

【1】Why did Peggy come into the kitchen?

A.To learn cooking.B.To find something to eat

C.To ask her mom a questionD.To play with her mom.

【2】How did Peggy's mom feel when she heard the question?

A.InterestedB.Surprised

C.PleasedD.Relaxed

【3】Why didn't Peggy's mom answer the question?

A.Because she didn’t know the answer herself.

B.Because she didn't want Peggy to know the answer.

C.Because she found it hard to answer the question.

D.Because she was too busy to answer the question.

【4】What does the underlined phrase "in earnest" mean in Chinese?

A.認真地B.怪異地C.幽默地D.憂郁地

【5】What can we infer(推斷) from the text?

A.Peggy's mom didn't like children at all.

B.Peggy liked children more than adults.

C.Peggy finally understood the meaning of "puberty".

D.The dictionary didn’t explain the meaning of "puberty" clearly.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

本篇講述10歲的小女孩Peggy愛閱讀愛思考，一次問媽媽puberty的意思，媽媽覺得不好回答，叫她查字典，然后問她對這個詞的理解。Peggy誤解了字典的解釋中bear的含義，認真地回答了媽媽的問題，她可以容忍小孩，不能容忍大人。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段“Peggy came into the kitchen. She stood beside her mom for a few minutes and then suddenly asked, “Mom, what is puberty?”可知Peggy到廚房問媽媽問題，故選C。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段“When Mom heard the question, she stopped cooking and looked at her daughter with her mouth wide open.”從媽媽張大嘴巴看著女兒的表情推斷她聽到女兒的問題時感到驚訝，故選B。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段“She wasn't sure how to answer the question. Mom thought for a few seconds and then she said to Peggy kindly”可知她覺得不太確定如何回答女兒的問題，故選C。

【4】詞義猜測題。Peggy查了字典的解析后，媽媽問她對這個詞的理解，Peggy說她可以容忍小孩，不能容忍大人，可知Peggy是比對了字典的解釋和她自己的行為作回答，由此判斷她回答媽媽的問題的態(tài)度是認真地；故選A。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段“I have always been able to bear children. It's adults who I can't bear at all”可知她可以容忍小孩，不能容忍大人，說明Peggy更愛小孩；故選B。