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【题目】Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题):

As soon as people realize that my brother Michael, my sister Tiffany and I were born on the same day, that we’re triplets, they ask the strangest questions. But no, we can’t read each other’s minds. We don’t have the same dreams. And I can promise you that we don’t always get along. These are the things I get asked most often when people meet me for the first time.

Although there are lots of good things about being a triplet, one thing I really don’t like is when people think of us as one person - ‘MichaelDesireeTiffany’ instead of ‘Michael’ and ‘Desiree’ and ‘Tiffany’. I don’t like it when people think we should act or think the same just because we were born at the same time, like when people ask me why I’m so shy while Michael and Tiffany are so much louder. And I definitely don’t like it when people don’t understand that we have individual (个人的) choices of what to do in our spare time.

Growing up, Tiffany, Michael and I shared almost everything. It was funny how the exact moment I wanted to use the bike was the same time that Tiffany felt like going for a ride. When the three of us learned to drive at the same time, we very often fought over who got to practise with the car.

My dad came up with a brilliant plan called ‘turns’. One Sunday a month, each of us would have a chance to spend three hours with our dad, alone, and do whatever we wanted. For three hours every month each of us was allowed to feel like he/she was an only child. This helped me to see that being a triplet is a part of me, but it isn’t the only part of me. I don’t just want to be thought of as ‘Desiree, the girl who’s a triplet’. I want to be thought of as an individual.

【1】 Is Desiree the only girl of the triplets?

【2】What question might people ask the triplets when they first meet them? Give one example.

【3】How did they decide who practised with the car first?

【4】How often could each of the triplets have the “alone time” with their father?

【5】In what ways are the triplets different? (List 2)

They have different __________ and __________.

【6】What are the bad things about being a triplet?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】No, she isn’t.

【2】Can you read each other’s minds?/Do you have the same dreams?/Do you always get along?

【3】They fought over the chance to practise with the car./They took turns to practise with the car.

【4】Once a month.

【5】Possible answers: personalities/characters, hobbies/interests

【6】Possible answers: Sometimes you can only have one-third of parents’ attention./ People lack

understanding of triplets and always ask strange questions./ People don’t think of you as an

individual./Triplets don't always get along./Having a triplet is like having a shadow that will

never leave you alone./You’ll always be compared to your siblings (brothers or sisters)./You’ll

always have to compete against ‘others’./You can hardly have your own things.

【解析】

试题分析：德西蕾是三胞胎中的一个，三胞胎在个性特征，兴趣爱好方面各不相同，他们彼此读不懂对方的心，理想不同，甚至有时不能够很好地相处。

【1】问题：德西蕾是三胞胎中唯一的女孩吗？根据短文开头的句子“As soon as people realize that my brother Michael, my sister Tiffany and I were born on the same day, that we’re triplets,”可知，三胞胎中有一个男孩两个女孩。故答案为No, she isn’t.

【2】问题：当人们第一次见到三胞胎时可能会问什么问题？举一个例子。根据德西蕾的回答“we can’t read each other’s minds. We don’t have the same dreams. And I can promise you that we don’t always get along. These are the things I get asked most often when people meet me for the first time.”可推测人们第一次见到三胞胎时可能会问：Can you read each other’s minds?/Do you have the same dreams?/Do you always get along?

【3】问题：他们是如何决定谁先练习开车的？根据短文中的句子“we very often fought over who got to practise with the car.”，“My dad came up with a brilliant plan called ‘turns’.”可知，答案为They fought over the chance to practise with the car./They took turns to practise with the car.

【4】问题：三胞胎中每个人多久与父亲单独相处一次？根据短文中的句子“One Sunday a/span> month, each of us would have a chance to spend three hours with our dad, alone,”可知，每人每月一次。答案为Once a month.

【5】问题：三胞胎在什么方面不同? 根据短文中的句子I don’t like it when people think we should act or think the same just because we were born at the same time, like when people ask me why I’m so shy while Michael and Tiffany are so much louder. And I definitely don’t like it when people don’t understand that we have individual (个人的) choices of what to do in our spare time.可知，三胞胎在个性特征，兴趣爱好方面不同。答案为Possible answers: personalities/characters, hobbies/interests。

【6】问题：三胞胎中不好的事情是什么？Sometimes you can only have one-third of parents’ attention./ People lack understanding of triplets and always ask strange questions./ People don’t think of you as an individual./Triplets don't always get along./Having a triplet is like having a shadow that will never leave you alone./You’ll always be compared to your siblings (brothers or sisters)./You’ll always have to compete against ‘others’./You can hardly have your own things.答案不唯一。