Ⅳ. Read and answer.(阅读短文，回答下面的问题。)
My name is John. Tony is my best friend. We are at the farm today. There are lots of animals here. It's 4:30 p.m. now. The cows are eating grass. The pigs are sleeping. I am looking at the yellow ducks. They are swimming in the pool. What is Tom doing? He is feeding the chickens!
1. Where are John and Tony today?
2. What time is it now?
3. What are the cows doing?
4. What colour are the ducks?

1. They are at the farm today.
2. It's 4:30 p.m. now.
3. They are eating grass.
4. They are yellow.

【分析】
这是一篇基础的细节类阅读理解题，解题时不需要复杂推理，只需要先明确每个题干的疑问核心，带着关键词回到原文定位对应内容即可：第一题疑问词为Where，核心是找两人今日所在地点，直接定位原文提到二人位置的语句；第二题疑问词为What time，核心是找当前时间，定位原文时间描述句；第三题核心是找奶牛正在进行的动作，定位原文对奶牛行为的描述；第四题核心是找鸭子的颜色，定位原文描述鸭子属性的语句，就能直接得到对应答案。
【解析】
1. 回到原文定位到语句"We are at the farm today."，句中we指代前文的John和Tony，整理后得到答案。
2. 回到原文定位到语句"It's 4:30 p.m. now."，内容和题干问题完全对应，直接提取即可。
3. 回到原文定位到语句"The cows are eating grass."，用代词they指代the cows，整理得到答案。
4. 回到原文定位到语句"I am looking at the yellow ducks."，可知鸭子的颜色是黄色，用they指代the ducks，整理得到答案。
【答案】
1. They are at the farm today.
2. It's 4:30 p.m. now.
3. They are eating grass.
4. They are yellow.
【知识点】
阅读理解细节定位，现在进行时，特殊疑问句应答
【点评】
本题属于小学英语基础阅读题型，所有答案都可以直接从原文中查找获取，重点考察学生快速抓取文本关键信息的能力，答题时只需要注意人称指代对应正确，保持时态和原文一致即可，几乎没有理解门槛。
【难度系数】
0.9