Question

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

Los Angeles, California – on October 7, Michelle Wood climbed into her kids’ tree house. It was a good place, she thought, for a mother to go on strike（罢工）. Mrs. Wood, 36, was tired of having her three children talk back to her. She was tired of driving them everywhere without thanks and doing more than her share of the work around the house. Until things changed, Mrs. Wood was going to stay up in the tree.

Mrs. Wood’s strike got her kids’ attention, of course. But that’s not all that happened. Word of the fed- up mother spread. Before long, a camera crew from television’s Today Show pulled into the Woods’ yard. Now people all across America were going to find out about the kids who drove their mother up a tree.

As the cameras rolled, the three Wood kids stood with their father near the tree house. Katie Green, the Today Show host, had a question for them. “What do you think about your mum on strike in that tree house?” she asked.

“I am kind of embarrassed,” said Misty.

“I’m really shocked,” said Joseph. “I did not think it would go this far.”

Rachel added, “I think she’s pretty weird.”

But Mrs. Wood had made her point. If the kids wanted her back, they knew what they had to do. When the TV crew left, Misty, Rachel, and Joseph went into their house and got busy. Not long after that, Mrs. Wood climbed down from the tree and went back to being a mom.

【1】Michelle Wood has got three children, hasn’t she?

【2】Where did Mrs. Wood go on strike?

【3】How old is Mrs. Wood?

【4】How did people across America find out about the Wood kids?

【5】When the kids went back into the house, what do you think they did?

【6】When Mrs. Wood went back, what do you think the kids would say to their mom?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Yes, she has.

【2】In a tree house.

【3】36.

【4】By watching them on the Today Show on TV.

【5】They did some chores/housework.

【6】Possible answer:

Mom, we are terribly sorry. We want you to know that we love you very much and we know how tiring it is for you to do housework and take care of us every day. We promise that from now on we will not make you angry. We will never talk back to you and we will clean our own room as you ask. But we hope if you are unhappy with us next time, please talk with us and don’t go on strike in the tree house.

【解析】

文章主要讲述在加州的洛杉矶一个妈妈住进树屋来抗议的原因及结果。

【1】细节理解题。根据Mrs. Wood, 36, was tired of having her three children talk back to her.可知，Michelle Wood有三个孩子。故答案：Yes, she has.。

【2】细节理解题。Michelle Wood climbed into her kids’tree house. It was a good place, she thought, for a mother to go on strike（罢工）.可知，Mrs. Wood在一个树屋里罢工。故答案：In a tree house.。

【3】细节理解题。根据Mrs. Wood, 36, was tired of having her three children talk back to her.可知，Michelle Wood36岁。故答案：36.。

【4】细节理解题。根据Before long, a camera crew from television’s Today Show pulled into the Woods’yard.可知，全美国的人通过观看电视上的今日秀节目知道Wood孩子的事。故答案：By watching them on the Today Show on TV. 。

【5】细节理解题。根据When the TV crew left, Misty, Rachel, and Joseph went into their house and got busy.可知，孩子们做了些家务。故答案：They did some chores/housework.。

【6】细节理解题。根据第一段Mrs. Wood, 36, was tired of having her three children talk back to her. She was tired of driving them everywhere without thanks and doing more than her share of the work around the house.可知，Mrs. Wood厌倦了她的三个孩子跟她顶嘴，厌倦了在不说感谢的情况下到处给孩子们开车及在家里做的许多家务活。这些是Mrs. Wood罢工的原因。Mrs. Wood从树房子搬回来，孩子们要根据妈妈罢工的原因向妈妈道歉。故答案：Mom, we are terribly sorry. We want you to know that we love you very much and we know how tiring it is for you to do housework and take care of us every day. We promise that from now on we will not make you angry. We will never talk back to you and we will clean our own room as you ask. But we hope if you are unhappy with us next time, please talk with us and don’t go on strike in the tree house.。