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Tom was ten years old and he was a very lazy boy. He didn’t like doing any work. He had to go t..

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. 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 be 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 to work on Thursday, because I only see them on that day.”根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并在答题卷上按要求作答。小题1:What kind of boy was Tom? A．Tom was a clever boy. B．Tom was a lazy boy. C．Tom worked very hard. D．Tom was not polite. 小题2:What were his father and mother? A．His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse. B．His father was a worker and his mother was a doctor. C．His father was a doctor and his mother was a doctor, too. D．His father and mother were teachers. 小题3:What did his parents want him to be when he grew up? A．They wanted him to be a dustman. B．They wanted him to be an officer. C．They wanted him to be a doctor. D．They wanted him to be a football player. 小题4:What did Tom say he wanted to be when he grew up? A．Tom said that he wanted to be a dustman. B．Tom said that he wanted to be a teacher. C．Tom said that he wanted to be a doctor. D．Tom said that he wanted to be a singer. 小题5:Why did Tom think that dustmen only worked one day a week? A．Because Tom heard of this before. B．Because one of the dustmen had told him before. C．Because Tom had seen the dustmen only on Thursday at his house. D．Because Tom’s mother told him.

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小题1:B 小题2:C 小题3:C 小题4:A 小题5:C

试题分析：这篇短文的主人公不爱劳动，因为只在周四看见清洁工来收垃圾，以为清洁工每周就工作一天，就想做一名清洁工。 小题1:根据Tom was ten years old and he was a very lazy boy. 可知选B。 小题2:根据His father and mother were both doctors 可知选C 小题3:根据they hoped that their son would become one, too. 可知他的父母也想让他成为医生，故选C。 小题4:根据"When I finish school, I want to be a dustman描述，可知他想当一个清洁工。故选A，他想成为一个收集垃圾和倒垃圾箱的人。故选 小题5:根据"I know that the dustmen who come to our house on work on Thursday, because I only see them on that day."描述，可知汤姆只是在周四在他家看见清洁工。故选C。 点评：本文浅显易懂，层次分明，学生很容易把握文中中心内容。答题中注意带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据短文中心总结出正确答案。 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并在答题卷上按要求作答。