Question

Turtle mother has three sons. The first one is seven years old. The second one is five and the third is four. They often have a running game. They think they run fast.

One day, three turtles decided (决定) to have some coffee. Just as they got into the café, it started to rain. The first turtle said to his little brother, “Go home and get the umbrella.”

The little turtle answered, “I will, if you don’t drink my coffee.”

“OK. We won’t drink your coffee.” The other two promised.

Two years later, the first turtle said to the second turtle, “Well, I don’t think our brother is coming back, so let’s drink his coffee.”

Just then a voice called from outside the door, “If you do that, I won’t go!”

1.How old is the second turtle?

A. Seven.B. Five.C. Four.D. Three.

2.Why did the little turtle go home?

A. Because he wanted to get money.

B. Because he wanted to drink coffee.

C. Because he wanted to get an umbrella.

D. Because Mother called him at home.

3.The underlined word “promised” in the passage means ________.

A. agreedB. askedC. ranD. jumped

4.From the story, we can know that ________.

A. turtle mother has two sons

B. little turtle got the umbrella soon

C. they drank coffee at home

D. little turtle didn’t run very fast

5.The passage is ________.

A. a piece of newsB. a letterC. a jokeD. an e-mail

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要讲了，龟妈妈有三个龟宝宝，他们经常赛跑，并认为自己跑得很快。一天龟兄弟们去喝咖啡，天下起了雨，第一只龟让小弟弟去拿伞，并许诺不会喝它的咖啡。两小时后，它们看小龟还没回来，决定把它的咖啡喝掉，就这这时，门外传来声音说：“如果你们喝了，我就不去了。”

1.The second one is five…… 可知第二只龟5岁了，故选B。

2.The first turtle said to his little brother, “Go home and get the umbrella.”老大对最小的龟说，“回家去拿伞”。可知选C。

3.

4.

5.由整篇文章可知，这是一个笑话，故选C。

考点：故事类短文阅读。