Question

【題目】閱讀理解(B)
Washing the Apples
Mrs. Smith has a shop in the town. There are all kinds of fruit in her shop. She's friendly to the customers and never fools① anyone. So the customers like to buy fruit in her shop, and she gets more and more money.
One day, the apples she sold were all fresh and nice. She remembered her son Steve liked them best, so she brought some home for her son. After lunch, she went out and left the apples on the table. That afternoon Steve came back from school, he felt very hungry. He looked for something to eat and found some apples on the table. “Great! They are my favorite.” he cried and ate a lot. Mrs. Smith got home after she closed her fruit shop. When she saw Steve, she asked him, “Did you have the apples? ” Her son answered, “Yes. And I ate lots of them.” “Did you wash them? “Oh, I forgot. I was too hungry②. What should I do? ”
A few minutes later, Mrs. Smith found her son kept on drinking water.
“Are you thirsty? Why are you drinking so much water?” asked the mother.
“No, Mom.” answered the boy, “I want to wash the apples in my stomach with the water.”
（1）What shop does Mrs. Smith have?
A.A clothes shop.
B.A food shop.
C.A fruit shop.
D.A book shop.
（2）What's Steve's favorite fruit?
A.Oranges.
B.Pears.
C.Bananas.
D.Apples.
（3）Where did Steve find the fruit?
A.On the table.
B.In the basketball.
C.In the kitchen.
D.In his bedroom.
（4）Why did Steve keep on drinking water?
A.Because he was very thirsty.
B.Because he wanted to wash the apples in his stomach.
C.Because he liked drinking water.
D.Because he was very hungry.
（5）Could he wash the apples in his stomach with the water?
A.Yes, he could.
B.No, he couldn't.
C.Sorry, I don't know.
D.Yes, I think so.

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）C
（2）D
（3）A
（4）B
（5）B
【解析】這是一個幽默故事，講述史密斯夫人開了一家水果店，一天她把新進的新鮮的蘋果放在桌子上給最喜歡吃蘋果的兒子斯蒂夫，然后出門了。斯蒂夫回到家感覺很餓就吃了很多。媽媽回來后得知斯蒂夫吃了很多蘋果，告訴他蘋果沒有洗，聽到這斯蒂夫趕緊大量喝水，原來他是要把肚子里面的蘋果重新洗一遍……。
⑴細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第1段中的There are all kinds of fruit in her shop可知是一家水果店，所以答案是C。
⑵細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第2段中的the apples she sold were all fresh and nice. She remembered her son Steve liked them best可知她兒子斯蒂夫最喜歡吃蘋果，所以答案是D。
⑶細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第2段中的He looked for something to eat and found some apples on the table可知蘋果在桌子上，所以答案是A。
⑷細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一句“I want to wash the apples in my stomach with the water.”可知斯蒂夫喝水是為了洗胃里面的蘋果，所以答案是B。
⑸推理判斷。根據(jù)常識可知蘋果已經(jīng)被嚼碎在胃里面被消化吸收，所以喝水洗胃里面的蘋果是不可能的，所以答案是B。