OneeveningIwentoutandleftmy17-year-oldsonandhisgirlfriendinchargeofhis8-year-oldbrotherand4-year-oldsister.Ileftwithcompleteconfidencethattheolderchildrenwoulddoawonderfuljobofbabysittingtheyoungerchild

Question

One evening I went out and left my 17-year-old son and his girlfriend in charge of his 8-year-old brother and 4-year-old sister. I left with complete confidence that the older children would do a wonderful job of babysitting the younger children. Later I discovered that I was completely wrong.

I had decided to return home earlier than planned so that my son and his girlfriend could go out. I called home with this happy news．But instead of hearing his cheerful grateful voice on the other end of the line all I heard was the sound of a telephone ringing.

It was I should point out after 10 p.m. when the two younger children should have been in bed and when the two older children should have been answering the phone. “I’ll give him a lesson ” I said．I decided they must be outside．Why they might be outside at 10:30 on a winter night I had no idea but it was the only explanation I could come up with.

Finally in desperation（绝望） I called his girlfriend’s house. His girlfriend answered．“Yes ” she said brightly “He’s right here.”

He came on the phone．I was not my usual calm patient．After all one of the rules of survival for modern parents is that you can’t trust modern teenagers. “Where are the children?” I said. He said they were with him．They had done nothing wrong．My son had taken the younger children over to his girlfriend’s house just for ice cream and cake． Well it turns out that I shouldn’t have believed it． It was only part of the truth.

The following Saturday evening we were at my parents’ home celebrating my birthday．My oldest son gave me the children’s gifts --- a series of lovely color photographs of my children dressed in their best clothes and wearing their most wonderful expressions. They are pictures to treasure a lifetime all taken by the father of my son’s girlfriend.

1.The author went out and left her eldest son in charge of the younger children because

_____ .

A．she knew that his girlfriend was a good baby-sitter

B．she believed he could take good care of the younger ones with the help of his girlfriend

C．the older children have always loved the younger ones

D．she could not find a baby-sitter on that winter night

2.Shortly after the author left home one evening she discovered that _____ .

A．her son had brought his girlfriend home

B．her son had left home with his girlfriend

C．she shouldn’t have completely trusted her son

D．she should have taken the children along with her

3.“ It was only part of the truth. ” implies that the children not only enjoyed ice-cream but also _____ .

A．had their pictures taken                  B．received some gifts

C．had a birthday party                     D．showed off their best clothes

 

Answer 1

1.B 2.B 3.A

分 析：
本文讲述了我误会儿子很晚还出去玩，不好好地照顾弟弟妹妹.结果却发现他们出去是为了准备帮我过生日的照片。 1.B 细节题。根据第一段2 3行I left with complete confidence that the older children would do a wonderful job of babysitting the younger children.说明我很相信他们俩能够照顾两个孩子。故B正确。 2.B 细节题。根据文章2 3段I decided they must be outside和But instead of hearing his cheerful grateful voice on the other end of the line all I heard was the sound of a telephone ringing.说明我确认他们不在家里出去了。故B正确。 3.A 推理题。根据本句“It was only part of the truth.”说明他们给出的出去吃冰激凌只是部分的原因。在文章最后一段给出了答案，他们是去弄照片的，故Ａ正确。
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本文讲述了我误会儿子很晚还出去玩，不好好地照顾弟弟妹妹.结果却发现他们出去是为了准备帮我过生日的照片。本文所设试题主要考察细节查找，对于文章中的细节题，要注意文本内容的理解。关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查题支和原文的异同，常犯错误有：绝对化语言，范围扩大或缩小，以偏概全，张冠李戴等。带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读。