diet是什么意思英语阅读理解：家庭作业带来的尴尬

2020年11月25日发(作者：花士良)
英语阅读理解：家庭作业带来的尴尬

People often say, “Children can’t do math problem, it’s
because parents can’t do their children’s homework.” Here’s
an example to show what I mean.
The other day my daughter brought home her math
homework. “I have to subtract 179 from 202,” she said.
“It’s quite easy,” I said. “You put the 202 over the 179.”
“But we need a 10 here. Where is the 10?”
“I don’t know where the 10 is. Let’s just subtract 179 from
202. Nine from two is three. You carry one and add it to seven.
Eight from zero is two. The answer is 23.”
“We can’t do it that way. We have to use the 10.”
“Well, I’m going to call your teacher to see how she
subtracts 179 from 202.”
Over the telephone, I said that I was having a bit of trouble
with the homework she had given to my daughter. The teacher
said, “In the right-hand column we have units of one. The two
in that column counts for two ones. The zero in the center counts
for zero tens. The two in the left-hand column counts for
hundreds. Are you clear?” But I didn’t think I was clear.
I hung up and found my way to the medicine box. My head
was now hurting. I started putting pills of medicine into my
mouth. “How many did you take?” my wife asked. “I took one
and then I took another…I know one and one was two, but don’
t ask me what it is now.”
11. The daughter wanted ______ the other day.
A. to give her father a lesson
B. to show how difficult math was
C. her father to phone her teacher
D. her father to help her with her homework
12. Which of the following sentences is not true?
A. The father had a different way to do the math problem.
B. The father couldn’t do his daughter’s homework.
C. The daughter couldn’t understand her father’s way.
D. The daughter had some trouble doing the math problem.
13. From what the teacher said, we know that the word
“units” means ______ here.
A. whole numbers less than 10 B. whole things
C. groups of lessons D. the smallest numbers
14. What the teacher said made the father _________.
A. angry B. worried C. sad D. tired
15. Can you guess what would happen next in the story?
A. The father would go to school and begin to learn math.