五、阅读与回答问题
Roberta woke up early the next morning. Then she woke up
Phyllis and Peter. "We're in the new house. There are no servants
here. We must help Mother now," whispered Roberta.
Carefully the three children lit the fire and filled a kettle
with water. They hung the kettle above the fire.
"Mother isn't awake yet. Let's go outside and sit on that flat
stone," said Roberta. "Perhaps we will see a train go by."
When Mother came out at eight o'clock, Roberta, Peter and
Phyllis were all fast asleep in the sunshine. They had put the kettle
on the fire at five o'clock: three hours ago. All the water had boiled
away. Now there was a hole in the bottom of the kettle. The
fire had gone out.
"Never mind," laughed Mother. "We can boil some water in a
pan. And I've found the dinner."
She led them into the kitchen and pointed to a door.
"Last night, I thought this was a cupboard. It was so dark. But
look," she said.
Mother opened the door and the children saw a little room with
a table in the middle. On it there was roast beef, bread and butter,
cheese and an apple pie.
"Apple pie for breakfast," cried Peter. "What fun!"
It was a wonderful breakfast. Everyone was very hungry.
"It feels like dinner because we were up so early," said Peter,
as he passed his plate for more apple pie.
When the children had finished, they helped Mother put
everything away in the right place.
Then Mother said, "I'm tired. I'm going to lie down for a while.
Go out to play but please be careful."
Roberta, Peter and Phyllis looked at each other. They were all
thinking the same thing.
"Let's go down to the railway," cried Roberta.
"Listen!" said Phyllis. "I think I can hear a train."
Peter asked, "Do you think it's going to London?"
"Father is in London," replied Roberta. "Let's go to the station
and find out."
—Adapted from The Railway Children
1. When did the children get up?

2. What happened to the kettle when the water boiled away?

3. How did the children like the breakfast?

4. What is "the same thing" they were thinking?

5. What are the children like in your eyes? Why do you think so?
(请自拟一句话作答)

五、1. Early in the morning. / Before five. 2. There was a hole in the bottom of the kettle.
3. Wonderful. 4. Going down to the railway.
5. Helpful because they help their mother a lot.

【分析】
这是一篇记叙文阅读问答题，解题思路如下：首先通读全文梳理故事脉络，理清三个孩子搬到新家后早起帮妈妈分担家务、之后打算前往铁路的完整情节；之后逐题带着问题回到原文精准定位对应的段落，直接提取匹配的细节信息作答，最后一道开放题结合文中孩子的行为提炼人物特点，给出符合逻辑的理由即可。
【解析】
1. 定位原文开头"Roberta woke up early the next morning"，同时后文提到他们在5点就把水壶放到火上，说明起床时间是大清早、早于5点，直接对应得出答案。
2. 定位原文第四段描述水烧干后的内容"All the water had boiled away. Now there was a hole in the bottom of the kettle"，直接提取对应信息即可。
3. 定位原文描述早餐的句子"It was a wonderful breakfast"，直接得到孩子们对早餐的评价。
4. 定位划线句的后文，Roberta紧接着就提出"Let's go down to the railway"，说明三人共同的想法就是去铁路那边，因此得出答案。
5. 结合文中孩子主动早起帮妈妈生火、吃完早餐主动帮妈妈收拾东西的行为，可以提炼出他们懂事、乐于助人的特点，给出对应理由即可，答案符合文意就正确。
【答案】
1. Early in the morning. / Before five.
2. There was a hole in the bottom of the kettle.
3. Wonderful.
4. Going down to the railway.
5. Helpful because they help their mother a lot.
【知识点】
阅读细节定位，文本信息提取，人物形象概括
【点评】
本题属于基础级的记叙文阅读题型，绝大多数小题都可以直接在原文中找到对应的原句获取答案，主要考察学生快速扫读文本定位关键信息的能力，最后一道开放题引导学生结合情节提炼人物品质，难度低，适合巩固基础阅读答题技巧。
【难度系数】
0.9