酷兔英语

初二阅读理解材料We Have the Same Mother

Jenny and Henry were born on the same day and they look the same. Their father had a taxi (出租汽车)and is busy all the time. He goes out early in the morning but comes back when his children go to bed. He gets a lot of money but he has no time to concern himself with (关心) their studies.
The two children study in the same class. Jenny works hard at her lessons, but her brother likes  nothing but playing. He is not good at writing compositions (作文).
One day Mrs. Cook told her class to write a composition "My Mother". After supper Jenny  wrote one in her exercise-book and then went to help her mother to do some housework. But  Henry went to play football. When night fell, he came back to watch TV until a TV play was  over. And he took off his clothes and went to bed, he remembered the composition and had to  go to the sitting-room again. But he didn‘t know how to write it. He thought hard and hard and at last he found a way. He found Jenny’s schoolbag and brought out her exercise-book and copied (抄) her composition.
Two days later Mrs. Cook asked Henry, "Can you tell me why yours is the same  composition as (与…… 一样) Jenny ‘s ?"
"Yes, I can, madam " answered Henry. " We have the same mother."
(  ) 1, Jenny’s father can‘t concern himself with their study because     .
A, he doesn’t like them      B, he‘s very busy
C, he’s a taxi-driver        D, he only wants more money
(  )2, The word "but" in the story means          .
A, 但是    B, 而且     C, 然而     D, 除了
( )3,Henry isn‘t good at writing compositions because     .
A, he doesn’t like studying    B, he never reads anything
C, he isn‘t clever        D, he’s too young to do it
(  )4, Jenny could write the composition because       .
A, she knows her mother well    B, she works hard at her lessons
C, she wanted to go to bed on time  D, she wanted to help her mother
(  ) 5, Henry copied Jenny‘s composition because      .
A, he played football after supper    
B, he forgot to write it before he went to bed
C, he didn’t know how to write it
D, they have the same mother

生词表:
  • writing [´raitiŋ] 移动到这儿单词发声  n.书写;写作;书法   (初中英语单词)
  • composition [,kɔmpə´ziʃən] 移动到这儿单词发声  n.写作;作曲;作品   (高中英语单词)
  • housework [´hauswə:k] 移动到这儿单词发声  n.家务劳动   (英语六级单词)