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    My five-year-old son was not picking up his toys while I was preparing dinner as I had asked him. When I inquired why he wasn't doing his chores, he said that he didn't feel like it. Exasperated, I said, "Where would you be right now if I didn't feel like making dinner?"He thought for a moment and then replied, " A restaurant?"Notes:
    (1) pick up捡起;拾起(2) chore n.杂务;不愉快的工作(3) exasperated adj.愤怒的;恼火的Exercises:
    根据短文回答下列问题:
    ① How old was the son?
    ② What was the mother doing when she asked her son to pick up his toys?
    ③ Why didn't the son do as his mother had asked him?
    ④ How did the mother feel when her son replied that he didn't feel like it?
    ⑤ Why did the son think that he would be at a restaurant?
    69.出色的回答
我在准备晚饭的时候,我叫年仅五岁的儿子把玩具都收拾起来。当我问他为什么没做他的差事时,他说他不想做。我感到有些恼火,就对他说:“要是我说我不想做晚饭,这时你会在哪里呢?”
    他略加思索便回答说:“在饭店里?”

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