Question

Last week, Richard’s wife Leila had an accident. Richard’s youngest child, John, was at home when it happened. He was playing with his new toy car. Richard had given it to him a week before, for his third birthday.

   Suddenly John heard his mother calling “Help! Help!” He ran to the kitchen. His mother had burned herself with some hot cooking oil (油). She was crying and the pan (锅) was on fire.

   Richard had gone to his office. Both the other children had gone to school. John was too small to help his mother.   . She soon put out the fire and took Leila to the hospital.

   When Richard came home, Leila told him what had happened. He was very proud of his son. “When you are a man, you will be just like your father,” he said.

1. How old was John in this story?

  A. One.                     B. Two.                C. Three.               D. Five.

2. How many people were there in their family?

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

3. Choose the right sentence to fill the blank (空白处) in the passage.

  A. The whole kitchen was on fire

  B. But John telephoned his father

  C. John stood there not knowing what to do but crying

  D. But he ran to the neighbor’s house and asked her for help

4. Which is the right order (顺序) according to the passage?

  a. Leila had an accident.

  b. John got his present, a new toy car.

  c. Richard was very proud of his youngest son

  d. John heard his mother calling “Help! Help!”

   A. a-b-c-d               B. b-a-d-c              C. c-a-b-d             D. c-b-a-d

 5. What’s the best title (题目) of this passage?

  A. A son to be proud of                          B. A little boy and his mother

  C. An accident                                      D. A proud father

Answer 1

1. C        2. B        3. D        4. B      5. A