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."
小题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.
小题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.
小题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

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3: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, He didn't like doing any work.描述，可知他是一个不爱工作的孩子。故选B。
小题2: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。
小题3: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。
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