初中英語閱讀題:讓人無奈的孩子

　　When they're together, my five-year-old son and his cousin tend to cause mayhem. one Saturday, I put my foot down. "All right, you two," I said sternly. "No screaming , grabbing, whining, hitting, teasing, tattling, breaking toys, scratching or fighting."

　　As I turned to leave, I heard my son say, "C'mon, Steven, let's get dirty . "

　　Notes:

　　(1) tend to(do)傾向;趨向

　　(2) mayhem n.大混亂;大災害

　　(3) put one's foot down開始抗議

　　(4) sternly adv.嚴厲地

　　(5) whine v.哭鬧

　　(6) tease v.取笑

　　(7) tattle v.扯淡

　　Exercises:

　　根據短文回答下列問題：

　�、� How old is the son?

　�、� What do they tend to do when the son and his cousin are together?

　　③ What does "Put one's foot down" mean here?

　�、� Did the boy obey the father's order?

　�、� What did they do then?

　　讓人無奈的孩子

　　我五歲的兒子和他的表弟在一起的時候，總要招來大亂。一個星期六，我開始抗議了。“好啦，你們兩個，”我嚴厲地說，“不許叫喊，不許亂拿，不許哭鬧，不許亂敲，不許取笑，不許扯淡，不許弄壞玩具，不許亂抓，不許打架。”

　　我剛轉身要走，就聽我兒子說：“來，斯蒂文，我們來把自己弄臟吧。”

　　練習參考答案：

　�、� Five.

　�、� They tend to cause mayhem.

　　③ it means "to make up one's mind to stop sth from happening".

　�、� No, he didn't

　�、� They began to get dirty.

（育路中小學教育）