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問題詳情：

A man had two sons. They were twins. They were born at almost the same time and 1ooked exactly alike．But in one important way, they were very different.

One of them was an optimist, while the other one was a pessimist. An optimist is someone who always thinks that good things will happen. A pessimist is someone who always thinks that bad things will happen.

The man was worried about his sons. There are good and bad things in one’s life. He didn’t want his sons to be too pessimistic or too optimistic. He told one of his friends Johnson this problem.

Johnson was a man of many ideas. Then he said, “When is their next birthday?” The father replied, “It’s on Wednesday. They will be twelve years old.” “Excellent, ”Johnson said. “Here’s what you should do. Give your pessimistic son a really wonderful present. Give your optimistic son a really poor will work!

The father did as his friend told him. On Wednesday morning, the two boys got their birthday presents. The pessimist looked at his first. It was a beautiful and very expensive gold watch, but he was not pleased with it. He said, “I don’t like this very much. I’m sure it won’t keep good time. It will always be fast or slow, and it will probably break easily. Then I have to spend lots of money getting it repaired.” Then the optimist looked at his present. He was really pleased. “Look! Dad’s given me shoelaces(鞋帶),” he said. He held up the shoelaces and said, “I can use it when I have new shoes.”

1．How were the twins different?

   A．They didn’t look the same.

B．One was a boy, and the other was a girl.

C．One was light—skinned, and the other was dark..

D．They have different ways of thinking.

2．The father worried about his sons, because _________.

A．his sons were only twelve

B．he had no presents for his sons

   C．he didn’t want his sons to be too pessimistic or too optimistic

   D．he thought they were sick

3．Johnson asked the boys’ father to give _______to the optimistic son.

   A．a wonderful present         B．shoelaces

 C．a poor present             D．a gold watch

4．The pessimistic son was______ when he saw his present.

   A．not happy        B．excited       C．angry         D．relaxed

5．Which of the following is TRUE?

   A．There were no good things in the optimistic son’s life.

   B．The father didn’t think his optimistic son would have problems.

   C．Johnson’s suggestion didn’t work.

D．The two boys exchanged their presents at last.

【回答】

1D 2C 3C 4A 5C

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