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 one, 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 pleasant 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 replied, "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 boy who didn't like to work.

C. Tom was a boy who worked very hard.

2.What did Tom say he wanted to be?

A. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who collected rubbish and emptied the dustbins.

B. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who taught the children at school.

C. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who worked in a hospital.

3.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 Thursday at his house.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文的主人公不愛勞動，因為只在周四看見清潔工來收垃圾，以為清潔工每周就工作一天，就想做一名清潔工。

1.根據Tom was ten years old, and he was a very lazy boy, He didn't like doing any work.描述，可知他是一個不愛工作的孩子。故選B。

2.根據"When I finish school, I want to be a dustman描述，可知他想當一個清潔工。故選A，他想成為一個收集垃圾和倒垃圾箱的人。

3.根據"I know that the dustmen who come to our house on work on Thursday, because I only see them on that day."描述，可知湯姆只是在周四在他家看見清潔工。故選C。

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