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    One day, a farmer was 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 the trouble." His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they lad a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.
    The father and the son continued 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 on. At this time, his father dropped 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 lost some time in 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 had bent down earlier 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 anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.
    小题1:Who picked up the horseshoe at last?
    A．Thomas.
    B．The old father.
    C．Both the father and the son.
    D．Neither the father nor the son.
    小题2:The farmer bought _______ with the money after lie sold the horseshoe.
    A．some food
    B．some water
    C．some cherries
    D．some pennies
    小题3:When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _______.
    A．felt very happy
    B．didn't say anything
    C．beat the son
    D．became a little angry
    小题4:The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _______.
    A．he wanted his son to eat them all
    B．he wanted his son to do more exercise
    C．lie wanted to teach his son a lesson
    D．he wanted his son to pick them up
    小题5:From the story, we can learn that _______.
    A．cherries are so delicious that most of is like to eat-them
    B．a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money
    C．if the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoe
    D．if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small ones

    小题1:B
    小题2:C
    小题3:B
    小题4:C
    小题5:D

    试题分析：这篇短文主要描述了一对父子在路上见到一块马蹄铁，父亲让自己捡起来，儿子不屑于做这样的小事。后来父亲通过一件事给了儿子一个很好的教训。从而告诉我们，如果想做大事，就要从小事做起。
    小题1:根据第一段His father said nothing but picked it up himself.描述，可知最后是父亲捡起了马蹄铁，故选B。
    小题2:根据There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.描述，可知他父亲用这些钱买了一些樱桃，故选C。
    小题3:根据第一段His father said nothing 可知父亲什么也没有说。故选B。
    小题4:根据最后一段父亲的谈话，可知父亲主要想给自己的儿子一个教训，故选C。
    小题5:根据最后一段Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.描述，可知这篇短文告诉我们，如果我们想做大事，就要从小事做起。D
    点评：本文浅显易懂，层次分明，学生很容易把握文章中心内容。答题中注意带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据短文中心总结出正确答案。
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