Question

Mary likes to invent things. She creates a new language and teaches it to her friend, Jean. Mary and Jean like to talk to each other in their own language because they think no one understands them and it is funny. When they go shopping, they say things like: “Look! He is fat.” “This CD is awful.” “I want to eat free hamburgers.” A clerk comes but he can’t understand what they say. He asked them: “May I help you?” Mary and Jean just laugh. What fun it is to create something new.
【小題1】Which is Mary’s invention?

A．Teaching her friend.

B．A new language.

C．Go shopping.

D．Making hamburgers.

【小題2】Why does Mary like speaking her new language with her friend Jean?

A．Because they can talk but no one knows what they say.

B．Because it’s easy to speak new language.

C．Because her friend Jean likes it.

D．Because she wants free hamburgers.

【小題3】What do they do in the store?

A．They buy some things.

B．They talk with the clerk.

C．They want to understand what people say.

D．They use their new language and talk about people and things.

【小題4】The clerk may think that ________, so he comes to help them.

A．maybe they need help

B．they talk about him

C．they laugh at him

D．they invent things

【小題5】According to the passage, creating something new is _____.

A．boring

B．interesting

C．hard

D．easy

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題1】A
【小題1】D
【小題1】A
【小題1】B

解析【小題1】根據She creates a new language and teaches it to her friend,描述可知選B。
【小題1】根據Mary and Jean like to talk to each other in their own language because they think no one understands them and it is funny.描述可知選A。
【小題1】根據When they go shopping, they say things like 及下文描述，可知他們用新語言談論人和事物，故選D。
【小題1】根據He asked them: “May I help you?”可知職員認為他們需要幫助。故選A。
【小題1】根據What fun it is to create something new. 描述，可知短文認為創造新事物很有趣，故選B，有趣的。