A young man once went to town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he found that they were about two inches（英寸）longer.
He went to the kitchen, there his mother and two sisters were doing housework. He said to them, “The new trousers are too long. Could one of you help me to shorter them by two inches?” But they were too busy. They said nothing and were still working.
After his mother finished washing all plates, she shortened the trousers by two inches. Then one of his sisters remember his trousers and shortened them by two inches. When the other sister came back home from cinema, she also remembered the new trousers. “I nearly forgot that.” She thought. Then she shortened them by two inches.
小题1:The new trousers were too ______________.
A．long
B．short
C．big
D．small小题2:He had _______________.
A．only one sister
B．two brothers
C．two sisters
D．a brother and a sister小题3:They said nothing because ________________.
A．they didn’t want to help him
B．they had no time to help him
C．they didn’t know what to do
D．they didn’t hear him小题4:His mother was the _____________ one to make the trousers shorter.
A．only
B．last
C．second
D．first小题5:The next morning he would find his trousers were _________shorter than the original （原来）one.
A．two inches
B．four inches
C．six inches
D．not
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:C
题目分析：一个年轻人去城里给自己买了一条裤子。当他到家时，他发现长两英寸。他走进厨房，他的母亲和两个姐姐都做家务。他对他们说，“新裤子太长了。你能帮我缩短他们两英寸吗？”但他们太忙。他们什么都不说，还在工作。他的母亲洗完所有的盘子后，她把裤子改短了两英寸。然后他的一个姐妹记得他的裤子并缩短他们两英寸。当他的姐姐从电影回到家，她还记得新裤子的事。“我几乎忘了。”她以为。然后她缩短了他们两英寸。
小题1:细节理解题。问题：这条新裤子如何？原文：he found that they were about two inches（英寸）longer. 句意：他发现他们两英寸长。故选A。
小题2:细节理解题。分析原文：there his mother and two sisters were doing housework. 他的母亲和两个姐姐都做家务。得知他有俩个姐妹。故选C。
小题3: 细节理解题。问题：她们为什么都没有说话？原句：But they were too busy. They said nothing and were still working. 句意：但他们太忙。他们什么都不说，还在工作。故选B。
小题4: 细节理解题。问题：他的母亲是第几个将裤子剪短的？在通读全文中了解是第一个。故选D。
小题5: 计算及细节理解题。问题：第二天他发现裤子比原来短多少寸？分析短文有三人进行过整理，每人剪2寸，三人就是剪了6英寸。故选C。