Question

【题目】阅读下面短文, 按要求完成下列各题。

Peter was an inventor. His job was to invent new things, and he worked when he had an idea. His workroom was in his house, so he could work whenever he wanted to. Sometimes he worked seven days a week and sometimes he didn’t work for days. He did all his work right at home, but he left the house to go to meetings sometimes.

Peter usually got up at about five o’clock. He made some tea and started to work at six. He drank tea all day--he couldn’t work without it --but he didn’t eat anything until in the evening.

First, Peter cleaned the workroom and turned on the answer-phone because he couldn’t talk to people when he had an idea. Then he started to work. He usually had a rest after two or three hours, but he didn’t leave the workroom. He did something different to help him relax. Sometimes he did some exercise, and sometimes he listened to music. He usually stopped working at about nine o'clock in the evening. He thought about his work most of the time, even when he was out. He was interested in what was around him and he liked looking for new ideas and new problems to solve.

【1】What was Peter?（根据短文内容回答间题）

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【2】Why did Peter turn on the answer-phone?（根据短文内容回答问题）

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【3】When did Peter usually stop working（根据短文内容回答问题）

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【4】从文中找出与下面句子画线部分意思相近的词组。

His workroom was in his house. _________________________________

【5】The underlined word “it” refer to ____________________________

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】He was an inventor.

【2】Because he couldn’t talk to people when he had an idea.

【3】At about nine o’clock in the evening.

【4】at home

【5】tea

【解析】

本文通过介绍Peter是个工作努力，不浪费时间的发明家，来告诫人们珍惜时间。

【1】根据原文Peter was an inventor可知Peter是个发明家，故答案是He was an inventor。

【2】根据原文First, Peter cleaned the workroom and turned on the answer-phone because he couldn’t talk to people when he had an idea.因当他有一个想法时，他不能和别人交谈，所以打开了答录机，故答案是Because he couldn’t talk to people when he had an idea。

【3】根据原文He usually stopped working at about nine o'clock in the evening.可知他通常在晚上九点钟左右停止工作。故答案是At about nine o’clock in the evening。

【4】in his house在他家里，和原文的He did all his work right at home 中的at home在家，意思一致，故答案是at home。

【5】根据原文He drank tea all day--he couldn’t work without it --but he didn’t eat anything until in the evening.可知这里的人称代词it指代的是前文出现的tea，故答案是tea。