单选题
Sally was fourteen. She studied in a middle school. She liked dancing and singing and spent a lot of time on them, but she hated maths and even decided to give it up. Her father was anxious (焦虑) about it. It was Sunday. Sally's father gave a call to his sister who taught maths in another school. He hoped she would come and tell his daughter how to learn maths. The woman came and said, " You are a clever girl, Sally. I'm sure you will soon learn maths well if you do your best. " "I'm afraid I can't, Aunt, " said Sally. " Girls can't be good at maths. " "I don't think so, " said the woman. "I was good at it when I was a girl. You must do more exercises and try different ways to practise doing maths problems until you work them out or at least understand them better. Here is a maths problem. Please think it over and see if you can work it out. " "OK, " said the girl. "Let me try. " About an hour later Sally took the exercise book to her aunt and said, "I've tried several times and worked out the problem at last!" "Well done!" her aunt looked at her answer and said happily, "Now you see, maths is not as difficult as you thought. /
单选题
Sally tried her best to learn maths but could not learn it well.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 从文章第一段最后一句Morison became the manager(经理)of a flower shop and Philip became a doctor in a hospital可知。
单选题
Sally spent much more time on singing and dancing than on learning maths.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据文章第二段He bought a red rose for her each day to show his love.The flowers made her very happy可知。
单选题
Her aunt didn't think that girl could be good at maths.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据文章第三段Phillip说的话I'll go to another town to work today可知。
单选题
The father also asked his sister to teach his daughter how to learn English.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 文章只是提到Mimi将花退回,没有说她的态度如何。
单选题
Sally worked out the problem at last.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 从the number of the roses is your age和前面的twenty-four roses可知,Mimi当时只有24岁。