Question

Tom was ten years old, and he was a very lazy boy, He didn't like doing any work. He had to go to school of course, but he didn't study hard there and tried to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that their son would become a doctor, too, when he grew up.

But one day Tom said to his mother, "When I finish school, I want to be a dustman."

"A dustman?" his mother asked, she was very surprised. "That's not a very good job, why do you want to become a dustman?"

"Because then I would only have to work one day a week." Tom answered at once.

"Only one day a week?" his mother said, "What do you mean? and how do you know?"

"Well", Tom answered, "I know that the dustmen who come to our house on work on Thursday, because I only see them on that day."

1.What kind of boy was Tom?

A. Tom was a clever boy.

B. Tom was a lazy boy.

C. Tom was a hard-working boy.

2.What were his father and mother?

A. His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse.

B. His father was a worker, his mother was a doctor.

C. His father and his mother were doctors,.

3.What did his parents want him to be when he grew up?

A. They wanted him to be a dustman.

B. They wanted him to be an officer.

C. They wanted him to be a doctor.

4.What did Tom say he wanted to be?

A. Tom said that he wanted to be a doctor

B. Tom said that he wanted to be a teacher.

C. Tom said that he wanted to be a Dustman .

5.Why did Tom think that dustmen only worked one day a week?

A. Because Tom heard of this.

B. Because one of the dustmen had told him before.

C. Because Tom had seen the dustmen only on Thurday at his house.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.C

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍汤姆是一个懒惰的人，不愿干活，不想学习，父母希望他成为一名医生，可他却想当一名垃圾工人，理由是垃圾工人每周只上一天班，母亲问他是什么意思，他说每周只看见垃圾工人到家里来收一次垃圾。

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考点：人生百味类短文阅读。