One evening I went out and left my 17-year-old son in charge of his 8-year-old b

One evening I went out and left my17-year-old son in charge of his 8-year-old brother and 4-year-old sister. Onthis occasion, the work was made less troublesome by the presence of his girlfriend. I left with complete confidence that the older children would do awonderful job of babysitting the younger children. Later, I discovered thatcomplete confidence was the last thing I should have left home with.

I had decided to return home earlier thanplanned so that my son and his girlfriend could go out. I called home with thishappy news. But instead of hearing his cheerful, grateful voice on the otherend of the line, all I heard was the sound of a telephone ringing.

It was, I should point out, after 10 p.m.,when the two younger children should have been in bed. and when the two olderchildren should have been answering the phone. “I’ll give him a lesson,” Isaid. I decided they must be outside. Why they might be outside at 10∶30 on a winter night I had noidea, but it was the only explanation I could come up with.

Finally, in desperation, I called hisgirlfriend’s house. After what seemed like countless rings, his girlfriendanswered. “Yes,” she said brightly, “He’s right here.”

He came on the phone. I was not my usualcalm, rational(理智的)self.After all, one of the rules of survival for modern parents is that you can’ttrust modern teenagers. “Where are the children?” I said. He said they werewith him. They had done nothing wrong. My son had taken the younger childrenover to his girlfriend’s house just for ice cream and cake. This was too goodto be believed. Well, it turns out that I shouldn’t have believed it. It wasonly part of the truth.

The following Saturday evening we were atmy parents home, celebrating my birthday. My oldest son gave me the children’sgifts. Mounted and framed were a series of lovely color photographs of mychildren, dressed in their best clothes, and wearing their most wonderfulexpressions. They are pictures to treasure a lifetime, all taken by the fatherof my son’s girlfriend.

1.  The author went outand left her eldest son in charge of the younger children because________________.        .

A. she knew that her eldest son was a goodbaby-sitter

B. she thought it no hard work to take careof the younger ones

C. she believed he could do well with hisgirlfriend’s help

D. she could not find a baby-sitter on thatwinter night

2.  When the authorcalled home that evening, she found that _______________.

A. two younger children had already been inbed

B. the children were preparing a birthdaygift for her

C. her son was quarrelling with hisgirlfriend

D. there was no one answering the telephone

3.  What can you learnfrom the underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph?

A. The author didn’t believe what her sonhad told her.

B. The author had complete confidence inher son.

C. The author believed her son was tellingthe truth.

D. The author was moved by what herchildren had done.

4.  What might thechildren do that evening?[来源: http://wx.jtyjy.com/]

A. They had a birthday party.

B. They framed some photographs.

C. They had their pictures taken.

D. They made some beautiful clothes.

5. What does the author intendto tell us by the story?

A. Modem teenagers are not worth trusting.

B. It is no easy job to look after youngchildren.

C. It’s no good to have a girlfriend at anearly age.

D. Her children have a caring and tenderheart.

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.D

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