Baseball (棒球) Match
Mr. Jenkins works in a middle school. There he teaches his students English. He works hard and is very busy. After supper, when his family watch TV, he always reads some newspapers in his room. At times Robert comes in and asks him to tell him a story. He likes his little son and does all what the boy wants.
One Sunday Mrs. Jenkins was doing some housework and Mr. Jenkins was reading a newspaper.
Robert came in but he didn’t say anything. About ten minutes later the boy showed a newspaper to him and called out, “There will be a baseball match tonight, Dad!”
Mr. Jenkins was surprised. He said to himself, “The boy is only three years old. How can he read the newspaper?”
He held up the newspaper and began to look for the news. But he couldn’t find it. At last the boy showed him an exclamation mark on the newspaper.
小题1:Mr. Jenkins is a ______.
A．doctor
B．teacher
C．driver
D．farmer小题2:Mr. Jenkins always reads newspapers after supper because ______.
A. he’s very busy at school
B. he works hard at school
B. he wants to teach his son
D. he wishes his family to listen to him
小题3:“An exclamation mark” in the story means ____.
A．逗号
B．冒号
C．句号
D．感叹号小题4: Robert found ______ and called out.
A．a baseball match
B．a piece of good news
C．a today's newspaper
D．an exclamation mark小题5:Mr. Jenkins thought ______, so he was surprised.
A．there was a baseball match
B．his son bought a newspaper for him
C．his little son learned to read
D．his little son learned to write
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:D
小题5:C
题目分析：本文叙述了小男孩把报纸上的一个感叹号当做了棒球比赛的标志的故事。詹金斯先生在学校工作很忙，因此只有在吃完晚饭时，他才有时间看报纸。有一天，当他的儿子告诉他报纸上说有棒球比赛，他感到惊讶一个3岁的小孩能读懂报纸。但是报纸上并没有报道有棒球比赛。结果，他儿子指着感叹号说，这就是棒球比赛。
小题1:推理判断题。根据第一段的Mr. Jenkins works in a middle school.There he teaches his students English 可知詹金斯先生在一所中学教英语，因此他是一名老师。故选B。
小题2:推理判断题。根据第一段的He works hard and is very busy. After supper, when his family watch TV, he always reads some newspapers in his room.可知他在学校工作很忙，因此只有在吃完晚饭时，他才有时间看报纸。故选A。
小题3:词义猜测题。根据第三段的About ten minutes later the boy showed a newspaper to him and called out, “There will be a baseball match tonight, Dad!”和最后一段的 But he couldn’t find it可知他的儿子把一个像棒球棍的符号当做是棒球比赛的标志了。故选D。
小题4:推理判断题。根据最后一段的At last the boy showed him an exclamation mark on the newspaper.可知男孩一看到报纸上的感叹号就喊，是把感叹号当做棒球比赛的广告了。故选D。
小题5:推理判断题。根据第四段的Mr. Jenkins was surprised. He said to himself, “The boy is only three years old. How can he read the newspaper?”可知詹金斯先生认为一个3岁的小孩能读懂报纸，这令他感到惊讶。故选C。