Question

【題目】

Joe was an old man. The 75-year-old lived very happily in a village and had a beautiful family. Joe had four grandchildren, and they visited him during their holidays.

During one vacation, Joe was preparing his home for the kids: cleaning and buying their favorite foods. After he finished working, he realized he lost his favourite watch. The watch was a gift from his wife when their first child was born. Joe treasured the watch very much, especially after his wife’s death. He was very upset about losing it.

Once his grandchildren came, they promised him they would find the watch.

One granddaughter asked: “Grandpa, do you remember when you saw the watch last before it went missing?”

“I guess when I was cleaning the barn(谷倉)！” Joe replied.

The children looked for more than two hours with Joe, but they could not find it. The kids were now also sad, but they tried to comfort(安慰) their grandfather.

One grandson went back to the barn to search again. Joe asked why he was going there a second time. But the little boy just asked the others not to follow him and to remain silent.

He was there for about fifteen minutes and then rushed to his grandfather. He found the watch and happily gave it to Joe.

Joe was surprised and asked how he was able to find it. The little boy replied: “I sat there without making a noise, and the barn was so silent. After a few minutes, I heard the ‘tick, tick’ sound and found the watch.”

Joe hugged and thanked the little boy.

This is the power of silence. If we stay calm, we are more able to find the solution!

【1】From Paragraph 2, we learn that Joe__________.

A. knew his grandchildren very well B. liked doing housework very much

C. got tired of his grandchildren’s visits D. looked forward to his grandchildren’s visits

【2】The underlined word “treasured” means “_________”.

A. stored for future use B. valued highly

C. wore anytime D. mentioned carefully

【3】How did one of the grandchildren find the watch?

A. He did a thorough cleaning of the barn.

B. He searched the barn carefully for two hours.

C. He made no noise and followed the ticking sound.

D. He asked other children for help.

【4】Which is the right order of what happened in the story?

a. His grandchildren came.

b. They searched for more than two hours.

c. The little boy sat in the barn without making a sound.

d. One grandson went back to the barn again.

e. Joe lost his watch accidentally.

A. e a b d c B. e b a c d C. a e d b c D. a e c b d

【5】What can we learn from the story?

A. Love keeps us busy all the time.

B. Helping those in need makes one feel good.

C. Believe in yourself and you can surely succeed in the end.

D. Silence sometimes is more powerful than using your voice.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

本文講述了喬的手表找不到了，非常傷心。他的孫子和孫女都來幫助他找那塊手表。最后，他的一個孫子坐在谷倉里，不出聲，聽見了手表的“滴答”聲，找到了那塊手表。喬擁抱并感謝這個小男孩。

【1】D

推理判斷題。根據(jù)During one vacation, Joe was preparing his home for the kids: cleaning and buying their favorite foods.可知喬為了孫子和孫女來度假，為孩子打掃干凈房子，還準(zhǔn)備了他們喜歡吃的食物，故推斷他期盼他的孫子和孫女來，故選D。

【2】B

詞義猜測題。根據(jù)He was very upset about losing it.可知他因為丟了那塊手表，感到非常悲傷，因此猜測他非常珍惜那塊手表，故選B。

【3】C

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The little boy replied: “I sat there without making a noise, and the barn was so silent. After a few minutes, I heard the ‘tick, tick’ sound and found the watch.”可知這個男孩不出聲，順著“滴答”聲找到那塊手表的，故選C。

【4】A

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段你的After he finished working, he realized he lost his favourite watch.可知喬丟了一塊手表。根據(jù)第三段的Once his grandchildren came, they promised him they would find the watch.可知他的孫子和孫女到來了，根據(jù)第六段的The children looked for more than two hours with Joe, but they could not find it.可知他們尋找了兩個多小時；根據(jù)第七段的One grandson went back to the barn to search again.可知有一個孫子去谷倉搜查；故選A。

【5】D

推理判斷題。根據(jù)The little boy replied: “I sat there without making a noise, and the barn was so silent. After a few minutes, I heard the ‘tick, tick’ sound and found the watch.”可知這個小男孩通過不出聲而聽見手表的“滴答”聲，最后找到了那塊手表，因此沉默有時比出聲更有力量，故選D。

根據(jù)題干要求，在文中尋找答案，并在答案所在的語句或段落，進(jìn)行分析理解，詞義猜測，推理判斷和概括歸納，選出正確的選項。例如小題3，根據(jù)The little boy replied: “I sat there without making a noise, and the barn was so silent. After a few minutes, I heard the ‘tick, tick’ sound and found the watch.”可知這個男孩不出聲，順著“滴答”聲找到那塊手表的，故選C。