例2．根据短文内容完成下列各题。
AN ENGLISH POST OFFICE
Sarah and Colin
live in an old house in an English village（小镇）．Sarah is a teacher．Colin works at home．The vil- lage post office（邮局）is one room in their house and Colin works there．The people in the village buy their stamps（邮票）in Colin and Sarah's houseThe post box is there，too．
It's a lovely house．The living room is yellow．There are two big blue sofas．There is an old table and some chairs．There is a big picture of Sarah and her daughter．Sarah's daughter is a painter．There are usually flowers in their house．Sarah likes yellow and white flowers．The kitchen（厨房）and bathroom are new．
Colin and Sarah are very happy in their house and I like visiting them．
1．Does Colin have a job？
2．The house is ____________ an but ____________ house．
3．Sarah's daughter works in the post office，right？
4．There are at least（至少）____________ rooms in the house．
5．Colin and Sarah ____________ their house very much．
答案与分析：
1．Yes，he does．由文章第一段说明Colin works at home．而解出答案。
2．old，lovely。文章第一段第一句话便对房子作了说明：Sarah and Colin live in an old house．第二段第一句话又作了说明：It's a lovely house．由这两个句子可得出此题的答案。
3．No，she doesn't．根据第二段的说明Sarah's daughter is a painter．故她不在邮局工作。
4．four。此题要求我们判断那栋房子至少有几间，文章第二段说明了房子有间：the post office，the living room，the kitchen and a bath- room，由此可以判断出该栋房子至少有四间。其中易将the post office计算丢掉而误填three。
5．love ／like。此题实质上是要求我们判断Colin和Sarah对他们家的感觉，根据文章最后一段，他们在家很高兴，可知他们非常喜欢他们的家。
