Question

Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey live in Iowa. They have a big family. Mikayla is the oldest child in the family. She is six years old. The other children are Brandon, Joe, Kelsey, Kenney, Natalie, Alexis and Nathan. They are all five years old. Why are they all the same age? ______ 1.. They are septuplets!

　　It is hard work to look after seven babies at the same time. ______ 2.. In the beginning, many people helped them. They helped to feed, clean, and dress the babies. Every week , the septuplets used about 170 diapers(尿布)!______ 3..

Now the children are older. The septuplets started school this year. But they go to school at home, like their big sister, Mikayla. When Mikayla was ready for school, Kenny and Bobbi decided to teach her at home.______ 4..Now Bobbi is the teacher for all eight of her children.

A.  They drank a lot of milk, too. B.  Because they were born together. C.  Last year, Bobbi was Mikayla’s teacher. D.  Kenny and Bobbi are interested in cooking. E.  But Kenny and Bobbi didn’t look after them alone.

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.E

3.A

4.C

【解析】

1.我們發現有關鍵詞"Born"與age、five years old相呼應。再看空格的前兩句內容提到They are all five years old. Why are they all the same age? 結合常理我們能夠得到他們應該是同時出生的。分析五個選項，排除不符合前后文意思內容的選項。再通過后文說They are septuplets!(七胞胎)第二個選項明顯符合先后文的因果關系，故選B。

2.先看單詞，look after復現。看空的前后，前文說同時照顧七個寶寶是個艱辛的工作，后文說起初有很多人幫助他們。前后邏輯是相反的，所以中間應該有轉折。再看選項，把各個選項實在帶入只有E符合前后行文順序其它的內容均與該空無關，故選E。

3.首先注意關鍵詞they 的指代，前文說到他們每天需要大量的尿布，而把所有選項帶入后發現只有A選項與原文空格位置邏輯順序相符。故選A。其他選項與前文所描述內容不能有效聯系，所以不選。

4.關鍵詞復現：Bobbi和關鍵詞替換原文中的teach與選項中的teacher,從邏輯看，帶入C，去年Bobbi 是 Mikayla的老師，與下文現在她是所有孩子的老師成順承關系。同時注意空格后一句的內容。把選項C帶入前后文所描述的內容一致。故選C。其它選項與本題前后內容描述不一致邏輯不一致，故不選。