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【題目】Once there was a famine（饑荒）.A rich cook sent for twenty of the poorest children in the town and said to them, “In this basket there is a piece of bread for each of you.Take it and come back to me every day at this hour for more.”

In a hurry the hungry children got together around the basket,and fought over the bread because each wanted the largest piece.At last they went away without even thanking the good cook. Mary, a poorly-dressed girl, did not fight with the other children,but stood quietly in distance.When the badly-behaved children had left,Mary took the smallest piece,which was all left in the basket.She kissed the cook’s hand and went home.

The next day the children were as badly-behaved as before. Mary got a piece of bread almost half the size of the one she got the first day.When she came home,her mother cut the bread open. Many new, shining pieces of silver fell out of it.

Her mother was very worried ,and said, “Take the money back to the cook at once.The silver must have fallen into the dough（面團）by accident. Hurry up, Mary” When the little girl gave the rich man her mother ’s message, he said, “It was no mistake.I had the silver pieces put into the smallest bread for you as a prize. Always be as satisfied, peaceable and thankful as you now are. Go home now, and tell your

mother that the money is yours.”

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳選項，并在答題卡上將選定答案的字母標(biāo)號涂黑。

【1】What did Mary do while the others fought over the bread?

A. She stood quietly in distance.

B. She fought over the bread.

C. She went home.

D. She sent for her mother.

【2】How did the girl express her thanks to the cook?

A. She left quietly without a word.

B. She kissed the cook’s hand.

C. She gave money to the cook.

D. She behaved as badly as the other children.

【3】Why did the cook put the silver pieces into the bread?

A. Because he wanted to give them to the poorest child. B. Because Mary’s mother was very worried.

C. Because he wanted to give them to Mary as a prize. D. Because Mary’s family was poor.

【4】What do you think of Mary’s mother?

A. She was very rich. B. She was peaceable.

C. She was foolish. D. She was very honest.

【5】What is the passage mainly about?

A. Some pieces of bread B. Some pieces of silver

C. A good girl D. A rich cook.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

本文介紹了在饑荒年代，一位富有的廚師救濟窮孩子，他在鎮(zhèn)上選了最窮的二十個孩子作為救濟對象，其中有一名女孩，沒有和其他孩子一樣去瘋搶籃子里的面包，而是拿了剩下的最小的一塊。第二天同樣如此。但是這次，這位女孩的面包里有許多新的閃閃發(fā)光的銀片。在母親的勸說下，歸還銀子的故事。最后廚師把銀片給了女孩，以示獎勵。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。首先，進行定位：根據(jù)題目 What did Mary do while the others fought over the bread?可定位在文中的第二段的第三句：Mary, a poorly-dressed girl, did not fight with the other children, but stood quietly in distance.因此可以得出答案 A。中文句意為“一個穿著破爛名叫瑪麗的小女孩并沒有和其他孩子爭搶，而是靜靜地站在遠處。”本題出現(xiàn)中考高頻轉(zhuǎn)折連詞“but”. 答案出現(xiàn)在這個連詞后面。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)題目“How did the girl express her thanks to the cook?”可以定位到文中的第二段最后一句進行理解，“She kissed the cook’s hand and went home.”她親吻了這個廚師然后回了家，因此答案選B。其中考生需知道 express 為“表達”的含義。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)題目“Why did the cook put the silver pieces into the bread?”可到文中定位到第五段第二句“I had the silver pieces put into the smallest bread for you as a prize”.可知富人把銀片放在最小的一片面包里給瑪麗的作為獎勵。因此答案選C。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中第四段第一句她的媽媽讓她快點把銀片還回給富人“Take the money back to the cook at once.”可知媽媽是非常誠實的一個人，文中并沒有出現(xiàn)跟誠實有關(guān)的詞匯，需要考生對這句話進行理解之后才能選出正確答案。答案選D。

【5】主旨大意題。本文為故事類閱讀，此題要縱觀全文進行理解，其中 A 選項為一些面包，B 選項為一些銀片，C 選項為一個好女孩，D 選項為一個富有的廚師。本文介紹了一位貧困的女孩在得到了一小塊面包里的銀子后，在母親的勸說下，歸還銀子的故事。說明了女孩是一位好女孩。故選C。