问题
单项选择题
According to the passage, what did small children do when they were asked to count a pile of red and blue pencils a. They counted the number of pencils of each color. b. They guessed at the total number of pencils. c. They counted only the pencils of their favorite color. d. They subtracted the number of red pencils from the number of blue pencils.
答案
参考答案：A
解析：
[分析]： 事实细节的找寻和判断。 根据题干线索找寻到原文第二段第四句可知当被要求数红、蓝铅笔时，孩子们会“report the number of blue or red pencils, but must be coaxed into finding the total”，即“他们会将红、蓝铅笔分开来数，只有经过诱导，他们才会将这些铅笔的总数数出来”。因此，选项a的说法与原文相符。[解题关键] 正确理解单词含义有助于解题，如原文中coax意思是“哄骗，诱导”，通过该词可推测出其背后的意思，即如不经诱导，儿童不会将不同颜色的铅笔的总数数出来。