Question

【題目】

When I was seven years old, my family made me an ant farm. First, we put clean sand in a thin glass box. Then we waited for the ants to arrive.

After the ants were in the glass farm, they started to make tunnels (地道). I was amazed that each one knew exactly what to do. Each had its own job.

On the fifth day a tragedy (悲劇) happened. I put my face so close to the glass farm that I knocked it over. All the tunnels fell down. Although the ants remained alive after their earthquake, one by one they began to die. I was scared as I watched them give up building their tunnels to carry the bodies to a corner of the farm.

My mother said that the ants were dying of sadness. They simply could not stand that their tunnels were gone.

Although much time has passed, I still think of that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me about the natural world, but it taught me much more.

Over the years, I came to realize the importance of teamwork. Working together, the ants were able to make an amazing world for themselves. I also learned that they should be admired for their hard work. But there was an even larger lesson that I did not realize until recently: Adversity (逆境) is a natural part of life, and must be accepted. Unlike the ants, we cannot give up when we are sad. We have to realize that if a tunnel is gone, we must build another.

Giving up, I say, is not a good choice.

【1】What did the writer’s family do for him when he was seven?

A. They made an ant farm. B. They bought a few ants.

C. They caught a lot of ants. D. They found an ant city.

【2】What happened on the fifth day?

A. The earthquake happened. B. The writer put his face on the ground.

C. The writer knocked the ant farm over. D. The ants started to make tunnels.

【3】What did the writer come to realize a few years later?

A. Working together is useless. B. Teamwork is important.

C. Adversity can’t be accepted. D. Working alone is amazing.

【4】Finally, the writer thinks that the ants died because ________.

A. they worked hard B. the writer made a mistake

C. the tunnel was gone D. they gave up when they met difficulties

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 A

【2】 C

【3】 B

【4】 D

【解析】

本文通過講述作者小時候把螞蟻農場弄翻了，把螞蟻的地道弄壞了，螞蟻為此傷心，放棄了生活的希望，死去了。從這件事中，作者意識到逆境是生活中自然存在的一部分，我們必須接受。因此放棄不是一個好的選擇。

【1】A

細節(jié)理解題。根據When I was seven years old, my family made me an ant farm.可知當我七歲的時候，我的家人給我建了一個螞蟻農場，故選A。

【2】C

細節(jié)理解題。根據On the fifth day a tragedy (悲劇) happened. I put my face so close to the glass farm that I knocked it over.可知在第五天，作者把螞蟻農場撞翻了，故選C。

【3】B

細節(jié)理解題。根據Over the years, I came to realize the importance of teamwork.可知多年后，我意識到團隊合作的重要性，故選B。

【4】D

推理判斷題。根據Unlike the ants, we cannot give up when we are sad.可知最后，作者認為螞蟻死了，是因為他們遇到困難，就放棄了，故選D。

認真閱讀題干，根據題干要求，在文中尋找答案所在的語句或段落，進行分析理解，詞義猜測，推理判斷和概括歸納，選出正確的選項。例如小題1，根據When I was seven years old, my family made me an ant farm.可知當我七歲的時候，我的家人給我建了一個螞蟻農場，故選A。