Question

【題目】It was Saturday again. Grace and Karen disliked Saturdays. That was another thing the twins had in common. They shared the same clothes and tied their hair in the same manner. In fact, it was hard for their classmates and teachers to tell them apart sometimes.

Unlike their classmates, they had to get up early at seven every Saturday to prepare for their lessons. Grace had to attend the art lesson and Karen had to attend her ballet lesson. “How I wish I could do something different today,” said the twins with one voice. All at once, an idea came to Grace and Karen at the same time. “How would you like to be me for a day?” they asked each other. It seemed like a wonderful plan to them. After giving each other a description of their own friends, Grace put on Karen’s ballet dress while Karen put Grace’s brushes and paints into her bag. Then they left for their classes.

When the art lesson started, Karen was lost. Unlike Grace, Karen was poor at drawing. When the art lesson finally ended, Karen didn’t dare to hand in her work.

Meanwhile, Grace was struggling in the ballet class as well. As she had no idea about the dance steps, she had to follow her classmates blindly. As a result, she kept knocking into them. Their ballet teacher became impatient with her, “Karen, you should remember the basic steps. You can’t rely on copying what others are doing.”

When Karen and Grace got home, they were tired out. They decided that they would never try to be someone else they were not. It seemed that the grass was not always greener on the other side.

【1】Did Grace and Karen like Saturdays?

【2】When did the twins get up on Saturdays?

【3】What was the twins’ plan when they decided to do something different?

【4】How did Karen feel at the beginning of the art lesson?

【5】Why did the ballet teacher become impatient?

【6】What does the underlined part “the grass was not always greener on the other side” at the end of the story try to tell us?

Answer 1

【答案】

【小題1】No, they didn’t. / No. Both of them disliked Saturdays.

【小題2】(They got up) at seven on Saturdays.

【小題3】(Their plan was to) pretend to be the other one / exchange roles for a day.

【小題4】She felt lost (when the art lesson started).

【小題5】(Because “Karen” couldn’t) remember the basic steps / dance well.

【6】(Any reasonable answer is acceptable.)

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了美國(guó)AAP組織為解決未成年人迷戀電子節(jié)目問題，而給家長(zhǎng)和保育員們提出的幾點(diǎn)建議，頗具可行性。

【小題1】dislike是like的反義詞，意為不喜歡。根據(jù)Grace and Karen disliked Saturdays.可知，回答本句用否定。故填No, they didn’t. / No. Both of them disliked Saturdays.

【小題2】根據(jù)Unlike their classmates, they had to get up early at seven every Saturday to prepare for their lessons.可知，即使在周六，她們也要七點(diǎn)起床，做好準(zhǔn)備去上興趣班。故填：(They got up) at seven on Saturdays.

【小題3】根據(jù)“How would you like to be me for a day?” they asked each other. It seemed like a wonderful plan to them.可知，姐妹倆不約而同地想到了彼此假冒對(duì)方，變換一天的角色。pretend to be 冒充，假裝。故填：(Their plan was to) pretend to be the other one / exchange roles for a day.

【小題4】根據(jù)When the art lesson started, Karen was lost.可知，在剛開始美術(shù)課的時(shí)候，Karen茫然不知所措，就像迷了路一樣。故填：She felt lost (when the art lesson started).

【小題5】根據(jù)As she had no idea about the dance steps, she had to follow her classmates blindly. As a result, she kept knocking into them.可知，冒牌的Karen由于找不準(zhǔn)舞步而胡亂模仿別人，于是不斷撞到其他學(xué)員身上，結(jié)果惹得老師發(fā)怒。故填：Because“Karen”couldn’t remember the basic steps / dance well.

【6】(Any reasonable answer is acceptable.)文末的the grass was not always greener on the other side.是一句諺語，“這山望著那山高”之意。意思是說，得不到的看起來更誘人一些,總比已經(jīng)擁有的好。所以，圍繞這個(gè)意思，言之成理即可。比如：What you can't get looks more attractive.