Reading comprehension(閱讀理解)
People often say, “Children can't do maths problems. 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 maths homework. “I have to subtract(減) 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(加) 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(欄) we have units of one. The two in that column counts for two ones. The zero in the center counts for zero tens. Then two in the left-hand column counts for hundreds. Are you clear?” But I didn't think it 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 knew one and one was two, but don't ask me what it is now.”
Questions(根據短文內容回答下列問題，不超過五個單詞)
1．What did the daughter want her father to do the other day?
She wanted her father to help her ________ ________ ________ ________.
2．Was the father able to do the maths problem?
________, ________ ________.
3．Why couldn't the daughter understand her father?
Because the father's way to do the maths problem ________ ________ ________ the teacher's way.
4．What did the father do then?
________ ________ ________ ________ ________.
5．How did the father feel at last?
________ ________ ________.
6．Can you guess what things would be like in the family after that?
The father would never ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ again.
