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    My five-year-old son was not picking up his toys while I was preparing dinner as I had asked him. When I inquired¹ why he wasn't doing his chores, he said that he didn't feel like it. Exasperated², I said, "Where would you be right now if I didn't feel like making dinner?"He thought for a moment and then replied, " A restaurant?"Notes:
    (1) pick up捡起；拾起(2) chore n.杂务；不愉快的工作(3) exasperated adj.愤怒的；恼火的Exercises:
    根据短文回答下列问题：
    ① How old was the son?
    ② What was the mother doing when she asked her son to pick up his toys?
    ③ Why didn't the son do as his mother had asked him?
    ④ How did the mother feel when her son replied that he didn't feel like it?
    ⑤ Why did the son think that he would be at a restaurant?
    69.出色的回答
我在准备晚饭的时候，我叫年仅五岁的儿子把玩具都收拾起来。当我问他为什么没做他的差事时，他说他不想做。我感到有些恼火，就对他说：“要是我说我不想做晚饭，这时你会在哪里呢？”
    他略加思索便回答说：“在饭店里？”

1 inquired   

打听，询问( inquire的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• The pilot inquired about the weather condition. 这飞行员查问天气情况。

2 exasperated   

adj.恼怒的

参考例句：

• We were exasperated at his ill behaviour. 我们对他的恶劣行为感到非常恼怒。
• Constant interruption of his work exasperated him. 对他工作不断的干扰使他恼怒。