It was a Sunday morning．Peter，a seven-year-old boy，watched TV in the room while his brother Bill did

It was a Sunday morning．Peter，a seven-year-old boy，watched TV in the room while his brother Bill did his homework．Their father watered the flowers in the garden and their mother went out to do some shopping．At ten the woman came back with a heavy basket．Peter ran up to her．He wanted to know what his mother bought．He found a bag of oranges in it．He liked them very much and wanted to eat．His mother stopped him．She gave five oranges to each son and went to the kitchen(厨房)．Peter ate his oranges soon but his brother was busy(忙) finishing his homework and didn’t touch his．Suddenly(突然)the telephone rang and Bill ran to answer it．Bill’s friend asked him to play football with them．And when Bill talked with his friend，Peter took two of his oranges away and ate them．Bill found it and called him out and beat(打)him behind the house．He didn’t tell his parents about it．

The next morning Miss Ball taught her class subtraction(减法)．Peter didn’t hear what she said and couldn’t understand it．So he couldn’t answer her questions．She began to give him an example，“If your brother has five nuts and you take two from him，what will the result(结果)be？”

“He’ll beat me，madam.” answered the boy．All his classmates began to laugh．

【1】How many people are there in Peter’s family？

A. Two． B. Three． C. Four． D. Five．

【2】How many oranges did Peter eat？

A. Five． B. Six． C. Seven． D. Ten．

【3】Miss Ball was Peter's ______________teacher．

A. Chinese B. maths C. English D. Physics

【4】Why didn’t Peter tell his parents that his brother beat him？

A. Because he knew he was wrong．

B. Because he was afraid of his brother．

C. Because his father didn't like him．

D. Because his mother let Bill to do so．

【5】Peter couldn’t answer the teacher’s question because______________．

A. he was stupid(蠢笨)

B. he didn’t listen to the teacher carefully

C. he was weak(差)in maths

D. he pretended(假装)to be a fool(傻瓜)

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

【1】C细节理解题。通读整篇文章可知在皮特的家里有4口人。故选C。

【2】C细节理解题。根据文章的第一段She gave five to each son…， Peter took two of his oranges away and ate them可知，开始妈妈给了每个孩子５个橘子，Peter吃完后，又拿走了他哥哥的两个吃了，故Peter一共吃了7个橘子。故选C。

【3】B细节理解题。根据文章的第二段 The next morning Peter’s teacher, Mrs Ball, taught the students subtraction可知，Mrs. Ball是Peter的老师，她教学生们减法，所以Mrs. Ball是他们的数学老师。故选B。

【4】A主旨大意题。根据文章的内容我们可以知道，Peter的妈妈给了兄弟两个每人5个橘子，但是Peter吃完了之后，又拿走了Bill的两个，结果被Bill打了一顿，他没有告诉父母，因为他知道自己做得不对。故选A。

【5】B主旨大意题。根据文章的第二段Peter didn't listen to her carefully and couldn't understand it可知，Peter没有认真听课，所以他不懂，也就不会回答老师的问题。故选B。