Question

【題目】

When my brother and I were children, we spent a few weeks each summer in the countryside with our uncle. He was a geologist and loved to go on long walks to find stones to add to his collection at the university. More often than not, we followed him.

One day, we left early and this time, our uncle gave us two backpacks. "You can help me carry the samples, " he explained.

Sure, why not? The whole day, we walked around the countryside, and every now and then,our uncle put stones in our bags.We were a bit surprised that sometimes he also took some stones out from our bags, but thought he had just found better samples.

We reached the house in the late afternoon. The backpacks were so heavy that we were really tired out when we put them on the ground. Yet our uncle's backpack was half-empty.

"Why did you give us so many stones? " we asked. "I didn't. You did, " he said, waiting for a while before continuing. "You did not know it, but made you go through a little attitude test today."

"What do you mean an 'attitude test'?" we wanted to know.

"It is something someone once did to me. You see, I listened to every word you said. And whenever you complained about anyone or anything, I added a stone to your bags. And whenever you talked about something in an attitude of positive thinking, I took out a stone. And now look at your backpacks.

We did. They were full. "I hope you remember this little attitude test. You see, your negative thoughts are like stones. You carry them in your mind just like those stones in a backpack. The more negative thoughts you have, the heavier your mind is. So look at those bags and start paying attention to what you say and how you say things."

This little lesson was one of the most important I ever had. And I remember my uncle with great love for teaching us one of the most important lessons in life—the power of attitude.

【1】A geologist is a person who _______

A.grows plantsB.studies the earthC.sells stonesD.draws pictures

【2】When the writer and his brother returned home late in the afternoon, _______.

A.they were tired but happy that they had helped their uncle

B.they wished they could collect more sample stones

C.they found that their bags were filled with stones

D.they were angry to find their uncle's bag half-empty

【3】How did the uncle explain the attitude test to the writer of the passage?

A.By giving examples of good stones.

B.By asking questions about the stones

C.By using famous sayings about stones.

D.By comparing negative thoughts to stones.

【4】According to the passage,what does the writer want to tell us from the passage?

________________________

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】Possible answer:

When we face difficulties in our life, we shouldn't complain about them. Perhaps we may meet unhappy things , but keeping an attitude of positive thinking should always be together with us. We shouldn’t have negative thoughts. Meanwhile, we must be confident to overcome the difficulties and challenge ourselves.

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文，文章講述作者和哥哥和叔叔在鄉(xiāng)下度過(guò)暑假，在鄉(xiāng)下散步時(shí)，做地質(zhì)學(xué)家的叔叔給了兩個(gè)背包，時(shí)不時(shí)在我和哥哥的包里放一些石頭，有時(shí)拿出一些石頭；后來(lái)到家發(fā)現(xiàn)包里裝滿(mǎn)了很多石頭，而叔叔的包里只有一半。叔叔告訴作者在做態(tài)度測(cè)試，每次聽(tīng)到我們抱怨時(shí)，就放石頭在包里；談到積極的事情時(shí)就拿出石頭。由此啟發(fā)作者擁有的消極思想越多，你的心里負(fù)擔(dān)就越重；要積極的心態(tài)面對(duì)困難和挑戰(zhàn)。

【1】

詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)“loved to go on long walks to find stones to add to his collection at the university”geologist指的是地質(zhì)學(xué)家，研究地質(zhì)的人。故選B。

【2】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段“We reached the house in the late afternoon. The backpacks were so heavy that we were really tired out when we put them on the ground”可知到家發(fā)現(xiàn)背包裝滿(mǎn)了石頭。故選C。

【3】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第八段“your negative thoughts are like stones”“ The more negative thoughts you have, the heavier your mind is”可知叔叔把消極的思想比作石頭，擁有的消極思想越多，你的心里負(fù)擔(dān)就越重。故選D。

【4】

題意：根據(jù)這篇文章，作者想要告訴我們的是什么？

根據(jù)最后一段“I remember my uncle with great love for teaching us one of the most important lessons in life—the power of attitude”以及倒數(shù)第二段“your negative thoughts are like stones. You carry them in your mind just like those stones in a backpack The more negative thoughts you have, the heavier your mind is. So look at those bags and start paying attention to what you say and how you say things”，主要是強(qiáng)調(diào)態(tài)度的重要性，在面臨困難時(shí)，抱怨會(huì)讓你有消極情緒，這種情緒越多，你的心理負(fù)擔(dān)越重，要積極的心態(tài)面對(duì)困難和挑戰(zhàn)。故答案為When we face difficulties in our life, we shouldn't complain about them. Perhaps we may meet unhappy things, but keeping an attitude of positive thinking should always be together with us. We shouldn’t have negative thoughts. Meanwhile, we must be confident to overcome the difficulties and challenge ourselves.