Question

One day a farmer walking along a road with his son Thomas , the father said, “look! There’s a horseshoe, pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn’t worth (值得)the trouble.” His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. When they got to nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the money he bought some cherries(樱桃).

The father and the son continued (继续)their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk. At this time, his father dropped(掉落) a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it, after a while , his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son was busy picking it up and putting it in his mouth.

And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you bent（弯腰） down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that he who does not worry about the things will find that he cannot do the great things.”

1. Who picked up the horseshoe at last?

A. the son

B. The father

C. both the father and the son

D. Neither the father or the son

2.The farmer bought ___ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.

A. some bread B. some water

C. some cherries D. some pennies

3.When the son refused(拒绝)to pick up the horseshoe, the father___

A. beat(打) the son B. said nothing

C. felt very happy D. became very angry

4. The father dropped the cherries one by one, because_____

A. he wanted to teach his son a lesson.

B. he wanted his son to do more exercise.

C. he wanted his son to eat them all.

D. he wanted to laugh at his son.

5. From the story, we can learn that____

A. cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them.

B. a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money.

C. if we want to eat cherries, we must pick up a horseshoe.

D. if we don’t worry about the little things, we cannot do the great things

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要讲了父亲让儿子捡马蹄，但儿子没捡，让我们记住教训,不担心小事情不能做成大事情。

1.细节理解题。根据the father said, “look! There’s a horseshoe, pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn’t worth (值得)the trouble.” His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. 看!有一个马蹄。把它捡起来,把它放进你的包。”托马斯说,“这不值得的麻烦。他的父亲什么也没说但他自己把它捡起来。可知选B。

2.细节理解题。根据There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the money he bought some cherries(樱桃).农民卖掉了马蹄用这钱他买了一些樱桃。可知应选C。

3.细节理解题。根据he father said, “look! There’s a horseshoe, pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn’t worth (值得)the trouble.” His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. 看!有一个马蹄。把它捡起来,把它放进你的包。”托马斯说,“这不值得的麻烦。他的父亲什么也没说但他自己把它捡起来。故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you bent（弯腰） down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. 他的父亲把樱桃扔在地上,托马斯把它捡起来并吃了它。当托马斯吃光了所有的樱桃,他的父亲对他说:“我亲爱的儿子,如果你早些弯腰捡马蹄,你就没必要弯这么多次腰捡樱桃了。可知故选A。

5.归纳理解题。通过Always remember the lesson that he who does not worry about the things will find that he cannot do the great things总是记住教训,不担心小事情不能做成大事情。

的事情。”故选D。

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