Three boys, Tom, Sam and Jim bought seventeen apples. Tom wanted the half (一半). Sam wanted one-third (三分之一)，and Jim wanted one-ninth (九分之一)? But they didn’t know how to do.
Just at that time,a little boy came with an apple in his hand. The boy said to them, “Don’t worry. Let me help you” Then he put his apple into their apples, and made the number of the apples eighteen. Then he gave Tom nine apples, he gave Sam six apples,and he gave Jim two apples. He gave away seventeen apples and took his apple back.
The three boys were very happy. And they said: “How clever the boy is!”
根据短文内容，选择正确的选项。
小题1:There were___apples when the three boys divided(分配）them.

A．fifteen

B．sixteen

C．seventeen

D．eighteen

小题2:What was the three boys' problem?

A．They couldn’t eat the apples.	B．They couldn’t go home.
C．They couldn’t divide the apples.	D．They wanted to borrow some apples,

小题3:What did the little boy do to help them?

A． He put his apple into theirs when he divided the apples.

B． He kept an apple to divide the apples.

C． He got one apple from another man.

D． He ate an apple before he divided them.

小题4:Which one is right?

A． The three boys asked the little boy to divide their apples.

B． The little boy told them how to divide their apples.

C． The little boy wanted to help them.

D． The little boy wanted to take away their apples.

小题5:The underlined sentence “How clever the boy is!” means   in Chinese.

A．这个男孩是多么地感激啊！	B．他怎么样才能聪明啊！
C．这是一个什么样的男孩啊！	D．多么聪明的男孩啊！

小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:D

试题分析：这篇短文主要记述了一个小男孩帮助别人分苹果的故事。
小题1:根据第一段Three boys, Tom, Sam and Jim bought seventeen apples. 描述，可知他们有七个苹果，故选C。
小题2:根据第一段But they didn’t know how to do.描述，可知他们的问题是不知道如何分苹果。故选C。
小题3:根据第二段Then he put his apple into their apples, and made the number of the apples eighteen.描述，可知这个小男孩把自己的一个苹果放入他们的中国中，故选A。
小题4:根据第二段The boy said to them, “Don’t worry. Let me help you”描述，可知这个小男孩想帮助他们。故选C。
小题5:根据本文描述，可知这是一个很聪明的小男孩，故选D。
点评：本文浅显易懂，层次分明，学生很容易把握文章中心内容。答题中注意带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据短文中心总结出正确答案。