A lot of boys and girls in America are wearing the same clothes and many of them have long hair. So it is often difficult to tell whether they are boys or girls.

One day an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington, and he was tired, he sat down on a bench(长凳). A young person was standing on the other side of the pond(水池). "Excuse me," the old man said to the person next to him on the bench, "Do you see the person with the red trousers and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?"

"A girl," said his neighbor, "She is my daughter."

"Oh," the old said quickly, "I am sorry, but I didn't know that you were her mother."

"I'm not," said the other person. "I'm her father."

【1】It isn't often easy to tell whether many of American children are boys or girl ____.

A. because they have long hair and wear the same clothes

B. because each of them has long hair and wears the same school uniform

C. because they all look like each other

D. because they are wearing the same kinds of caps and shoes

【2】One day an old man went for a walk in ____.

A. the street in Washington B. the Washington Park in America

C. in a park in Washington D. the Washington Street

【3】There were ____ persons beside the pond, they are ____.

A. two ... a man and a girl B. two … a woman and a girl

C. three ... two men and a girl D. three ... a man, a woman and a girl

【4】The young person standing on the other side of the ____ was ____.

A. pond ... the old man's daughter

B. pond ... the daughter of the old man's neighbor

C. bench ... the other's boy

D. bench … the son of the old man’s neighbor

【5】The old man thought his neighbor was the girl's ____.

A. mother B. father C. brother D. sister