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【题目】 A little boy was playing in his sandbox on a Saturday morning. While he was building roads and houses in the soft sand, he discovered a large stone in the middle of the sandbox.

The little boy pushed and pulled, but every time he thought he had made some progress, the tone tipped(倾斜) and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy tried his best, but his only reward(奖赏) was to have the stone fall back.

Finally the boy cried. All that time the boy's father watched him from his living room window. At the moment tears fell, his father came to the boy and the sandbox. Gently but surely he said, "Son, why didn't you use all the strength that you had?" The boy said sadly, "But I did, daddy, I did! I used all the strength that I had!" "No, son, you didn't ask me." With that, the father reached down, picked up the stone and removed it into sandbox.

Do you have stones in your life that need to be removed? Are you discovering that you are too weak to lift them? There is ONE who is always ready to give us the strength we need. Isn't it funny how we try so hard to do things on our own?

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

【1】The little boy found in the middle of the sandbox.

A.a small roadB.a large stoneC.a big house

【2】Finally, the boy cried because he was too to remove the stone.

A.hardB.funnyC.weak

【3】Who removed the stone at last?

A.The little boyB.the boy's fatherC.Both the boy and the father

【4】What does the underlined word "them" refer to(指代) in life?

A.stonesB.jobsC.difficulties

【5】What can we learn from this story?

A.We should learn to ask for help sometimes.

B.We should never continue doing everything.

C.We can do anything on our own during the life.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。作者讲述一个小男孩自己无论如何也搬不动沙箱里的石块，但是父亲却很轻松地帮他搬走石块的故事。通过这个故事，作者是想告诉我们，当我们自己的能力不足以解决问题的时候，不妨向别人求助，这也是一种成功的方法。

【1】细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“While he was building roads and houses in the soft sand, he discovered a large stone in the middle of the sandbox.”可知男孩在沙箱里发现了一块大石头，故选B。

【2】细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“The little boy tried his best, but his only reward was to have the stone fall back.”和第三段第一句“Finally the boy cried.”可知最终男孩哭起来是因为自己太“weak 弱小”了，实在搬不动这块石头，故选C。

【3】细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句“With that, the father reached down, picked up the stone and removed it into sandbox.”可知最终是男孩的爸爸将石头搬走的，故选B。

【4】词句猜测题。根据第四段第一、二句“Do you have stones in your life that need to be removed? Are you discovering that you are too weak to lift them?”可推知这里的代词them应代指上句中的“stones in your life 生活中的石块”，引申为“生活中的困难”，故选C。

【5】主旨大意题。根据最后一段最后两句“There is ONE who is always ready to give us the strength we need. Isn't it funny how we try so hard to do things on our own?”可知作者认为该向别人寻求帮助的时候就要向别人寻求帮助，完全靠自己有时是行不通的，故选A。

有关代词的词义猜测题是初中阅读常考内容。同学们在对待这类题目时要注意所含代词句子的前后句，一般都能找到答案。同时同学们要注意指代的对象是否符合逻辑或文意，比如them可以指代人也可以指代物，it指代单数等，注意好细节，做好检查，一定能把这类题目搞定。