Question

【題目】 When the great library of Alexandria (亞歷山大圖書(shū)館) burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book, and so a poor man, who could read a little, bought it for very little money.

The book wasn't very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. Itwas a thin strip of animal skin on which was written the secret of the“Touchstone (試金石)”! The touchstone was asmall pebble (鵝卵石) that could turn any common metal into pure gold.

The writing explained that it was lying among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: The real stone would feel warm, while common pebbles were cold.

So the man sold his few belongings, bought some simple supplies, camped on the seashore, and began testing pebbles. He knew that if he picked up common pebbles and threw them down again because they were cold, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold—throw it into the sea. Pick up another. Throw it into the sea. The days continued overa long period of time.

One day, however, about mid-afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the seabefore he realized what he had done. He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the seathat when the one he wanted came along, he still threw it away.

So it is with opportunity (機(jī)會(huì)). Unless we are cautious (小心的，謹(jǐn)慎的), it's easy to fail to recognize(識(shí)別) an opportunity when it is in hand and it's just as easy to throw it away.

【1】According to the story, the touchstone_______.

A.is a big pebbleB.feels coldC.is magicD.is pure gold

【2】The man threw pebbles into the sea_______.

A.to test how far he could throwB.to practice throwing pebbles

C.to avoid picking up the same pebbleD.to express his disappointment

【3】What message does the story want to express?

A.Good habits can lead to success.

B.Habits can only hold you back.

C.Opportunity prefers slow but strong mind.

D.Opportunity only visits the ready and cautious mind.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】D

【解析】

文章大意：亞歷山大時(shí)期大圖書(shū)館焚毀的時(shí)候，話說(shuō)有一本書(shū)被保留了下來(lái)。但沒(méi)有人認(rèn)為這本書(shū)有什么價(jià)值，可這時(shí)一個(gè)窮人，用幾分錢(qián)把這本書(shū)買(mǎi)了下來(lái)。書(shū)中夾著一張羊皮紙條，在這張薄薄的羊皮紙條上記載著試金石的秘密。他到沙灘尋找試金石，當(dāng)找到真正的試金石，他習(xí)慣性的扔到大海。通過(guò)這個(gè)故事得出一個(gè)寓意深遠(yuǎn)的哲理：機(jī)遇也是如此，當(dāng)機(jī)遇在我們手中之時(shí)，我們卻不曾那么容易的意識(shí)到，除非我們仔細(xì)謹(jǐn)慎。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The touchstone was a small pebble that could turn any common metal into pure gold. 試金石是一個(gè)小鵝卵石，它可以把任何普通的金屬變成金子，因此可知這個(gè)試金石所有魔法的，故答案選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)He knew that if he picked up common pebbles and threw them down again because they were cold, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. 他知道如果撿起了普通的鵝卵石，因?yàn)闆鋈拥艉螅�他有可�?/span>100次撿起同一個(gè)鵝卵石，因此可知這個(gè)人扔鵝卵石到海里的原因是為了避免撿起同一個(gè)鵝卵石，故答案選C。

【3】主旨大意題。根據(jù)Unless we are cautious (小心的，謹(jǐn)慎的), it's easy to fail to recognize(識(shí)別) an opportunity when it is in hand and it's just as easy to throw it away. 當(dāng)機(jī)遇在我們手中之時(shí)，我們卻不曾那么容易的意識(shí)到，除非我們仔細(xì)而細(xì)心；因此可知機(jī)會(huì)來(lái)的時(shí)候我們要準(zhǔn)備好，要小心，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知D選項(xiàng)符合題意，故答案選D。