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【題目】Answer the questions（根據(jù)短文內容回答下列問題):

As soon as people realize that my brother Michael, my sister Tiffany and I were born on the same day, that we’re triplets, they ask the strangest questions. But no, we can’t read each other’s minds. We don’t have the same dreams. And I can promise you that we don’t always get along. These are the things I get asked most often when people meet me for the first time.

Although there are lots of good things about being a triplet, one thing I really don’t like is when people think of us as one person - ‘MichaelDesireeTiffany’ instead of ‘Michael’ and ‘Desiree’ and ‘Tiffany’. I don’t like it when people think we should act or think the same just because we were born at the same time, like when people ask me why I’m so shy while Michael and Tiffany are so much louder. And I definitely don’t like it when people don’t understand that we have individual (個人的) choices of what to do in our spare time.

Growing up, Tiffany, Michael and I shared almost everything. It was funny how the exact moment I wanted to use the bike was the same time that Tiffany felt like going for a ride. When the three of us learned to drive at the same time, we very often fought over who got to practise with the car.

My dad came up with a brilliant plan called ‘turns’. One Sunday a month, each of us would have a chance to spend three hours with our dad, alone, and do whatever we wanted. For three hours every month each of us was allowed to feel like he/she was an only child. This helped me to see that being a triplet is a part of me, but it isn’t the only part of me. I don’t just want to be thought of as ‘Desiree, the girl who’s a triplet’. I want to be thought of as an individual.

【1】 Is Desiree the only girl of the triplets?

【2】What question might people ask the triplets when they first meet them? Give one example.

【3】How did they decide who practised with the car first?

【4】How often could each of the triplets have the “alone time” with their father?

【5】In what ways are the triplets different? (List 2)

They have different __________ and __________.

【6】What are the bad things about being a triplet?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】No, she isn’t.

【2】Can you read each other’s minds?/Do you have the same dreams?/Do you always get along?

【3】They fought over the chance to practise with the car./They took turns to practise with the car.

【4】Once a month.

【5】Possible answers: personalities/characters, hobbies/interests

【6】Possible answers: Sometimes you can only have one-third of parents’ attention./ People lack

understanding of triplets and always ask strange questions./ People don’t think of you as an

individual./Triplets don't always get along./Having a triplet is like having a shadow that will

never leave you alone./You’ll always be compared to your siblings (brothers or sisters)./You’ll

always have to compete against ‘others’./You can hardly have your own things.

【解析】

試題分析：德西蕾是三胞胎中的一個，三胞胎在個性特征，興趣愛好方面各不相同，他們彼此讀不懂對方的心，理想不同，甚至有時不能夠很好地相處。

【1】問題：德西蕾是三胞胎中唯一的女孩嗎？根據(jù)短文開頭的句子“As soon as people realize that my brother Michael, my sister Tiffany and I were born on the same day, that we’re triplets,”可知，三胞胎中有一個男孩兩個女孩。故答案為No, she isn’t.

【2】問題：當人們第一次見到三胞胎時可能會問什么問題？舉一個例子。根據(jù)德西蕾的回答“we can’t read each other’s minds. We don’t have the same dreams. And I can promise you that we don’t always get along. These are the things I get asked most often when people meet me for the first time.”可推測人們第一次見到三胞胎時可能會問：Can you read each other’s minds?/Do you have the same dreams?/Do you always get along?

【3】問題：他們是如何決定誰先練習開車的？根據(jù)短文中的句子“we very often fought over who got to practise with the car.”，“My dad came up with a brilliant plan called ‘turns’.”可知，答案為They fought over the chance to practise with the car./They took turns to practise with the car.

【4】問題：三胞胎中每個人多久與父親單獨相處一次？根據(jù)短文中的句子“One Sunday a/span> month, each of us would have a chance to spend three hours with our dad, alone,”可知，每人每月一次。答案為Once a month.

【5】問題：三胞胎在什么方面不同? 根據(jù)短文中的句子I don’t like it when people think we should act or think the same just because we were born at the same time, like when people ask me why I’m so shy while Michael and Tiffany are so much louder. And I definitely don’t like it when people don’t understand that we have individual (個人的) choices of what to do in our spare time.可知，三胞胎在個性特征，興趣愛好方面不同。答案為Possible answers: personalities/characters, hobbies/interests。

【6】問題：三胞胎中不好的事情是什么？Sometimes you can only have one-third of parents’ attention./ People lack understanding of triplets and always ask strange questions./ People don’t think of you as an individual./Triplets don't always get along./Having a triplet is like having a shadow that will never leave you alone./You’ll always be compared to your siblings (brothers or sisters)./You’ll always have to compete against ‘others’./You can hardly have your own things.答案不唯一。