Question

【題目】 Once there was a farmer who lived on a farm in Africa. One day, a wise man visited him and told him about the value of diamonds (鉆石). He said, “If you had a diamond as big as your thumb (大拇指), you could have your own city. If you had a diamond as big as your fist (拳頭), you could probably have your own county.”

That night the farmer couldn’t sleep well. He was very unhappy because he was not satisfied with what he had. He wanted to become rich. The next morning he sold his farm to a man and went to look-for diamonds. He travelled all over Africa, Europe and America, but couldn’t find any diamonds. He became so sad that he threw himself into a river and died.

Two years later, the man who had bought the farmer’s farm found a stone on the farm. He put the stone on a shelf in the living room. One day the wise man visited him and saw the stone. He checked the stone carefully and said that it was a diamond. The man was happy and excited because there were many “stones” on the farm.

So you see that sometimes what you want is always by your side, but you don’t realize its value.

【1】Why couldn’t the farmer sleep well?

A.Because the wise man left.B.Because his farm was sold.

C.Because he couldn’t find any diamond.D.Because he wanted to be rich.

【2】The diamonds were found by the man in ________.

A.AfricaB.EuropeC.AmericaD.Asia

【3】What’s the right order of the story?

①The farmer couldn’t find any diamonds and killed himself.

②A wise man told the farmer that diamonds are valuable.

③The man sold his farm and went out for diamonds.

④The man who had bought the farm found lots of diamonds on the farm.

A.②③④①B.②③①④C.③①④②D.③④②①

【4】The writer wants to tell us that ________.

A.we must try our best if we want to succeedB.life is valuable

C.we should realize the value of what we haveD.we can be rich by accident

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】C

【解析】

這是一記敘文。文章主要講述一位農(nóng)民想致富，賣掉農(nóng)場出去找鉆石沒有找到就自殺了。而買了農(nóng)場的人在農(nóng)場了找到了值錢的鉆石的故事，啟發(fā)讀者應(yīng)該發(fā)現(xiàn)自己所擁有的東西的價(jià)值。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段“That night the farmer couldn’t sleep well .He was very unhappy because he was not satisfied with what he had. He wanted to become rich”因?yàn)樗�想變得富有。故選D。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段“lived on a farm in Africa”和第三段“the man who had bought the farmer’s farm found a stone on the farm”可知鉆石在非洲的農(nóng)場被發(fā)現(xiàn)了。故選A。

【3】推理判斷題�！�The man sold his farm and went out for diamonds”男人賣掉農(nóng)場出去找鉆石；“The farmer couldn’t find any diamonds and killed himself”找不到鉆石就自殺了；“The man who had bought the farm found lots of diamonds on the farm”買了農(nóng)場的那個(gè)人在農(nóng)場發(fā)現(xiàn)了很多鉆石；“A wise man told the farmer that diamonds are valuable”智者告訴他這些鉆石很值錢。正確的順序是③①④②。故選C。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)最后一段“sometimes what you want is always by your side, but you don’t realize its value”作者想要告訴讀者你想要的東西有時(shí)就在你身邊，只是你沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)它的價(jià)值。以此啟發(fā)讀者應(yīng)該發(fā)現(xiàn)自己所擁有的東西的價(jià)值。故選C。