Question

Once upon a time there was a man in a small town. He had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy was good-looking but the girl was not.

One day they found a mirror（镜子）for the first time and they saw what they looked like. The boy was very happy and he said to his sister, “How handsome I am! I look much nicer than you!”

The girl did not like what her brother said and gave him a hard push（推）. “Go away!” she said.

Their father saw what was happening. He went up to them and said to the boy, “You must always BE good as well as LOOK good.”

Then to the girl he said, “my dear, if you help everyone and do your best to make him happy, everyone will love you. It does not matter that you are not as good-looking as your brother.”

1. Once upon a time a man had __________.

A. a good-looking boy B. a good-looking girl

C. two good-looking children D. a boy and a girl

2. The boy was happy because he __________.

A. found a mirror

B. knew he looked as nice as his sister

C. was handsome

D. she was not happy with her brother

3. The girl gave the boy a hard push because __________.

A. she was stronger

B. what her brother said was wrong

C. her father loved her

D. she was not happy with her brother

4. Father told the girl that __________.

A. it was important to be good-looking

B. it was a good thing not to be good-looking

C. if she did her best to help people, she would enjoy people’s love

D. she was as good-looking as her brother

5. What can we learn from this story?

A. To be good to people is more important than to be good-looking.

B. To be good-looking is very important.

C. If you want to make yourself good-looking, you must be good to people.

D. If you often help people, you will become more and more beautiful.

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文告诉我们：从前一个男人有一个男孩和一个女孩。男孩很快乐因为他很英俊，女孩不高兴男孩说比她好看。父亲告诉这个女孩如果她尽力帮助人，她会享受到人们的爱。从这个故事我们可以知道对人们好比长得帅气更重要。

1.从前一个男人有一个男孩和一个女孩。根据He had two children, a boy and a girl.故选D。

2.这个男孩很快乐因为他是英俊的。根据The boy was very happy and he said to his sister, “How handsome I am! ”可知选C。

3.女孩使劲推男孩因为她对她的哥哥不高兴。根据The girl did not like what her brother said and gave him a hard push. “Go away!” she said. 故选D。

4.父亲告诉这个女孩：“如果她尽力帮助人，她会享受到人们的爱。”根据“my dear, if you help everyone and do your best to make him happy, everyone will love you. 可知，应该选C。

5.我们从这个故事能学到什么？对人们好比长得帅气更重要。通读全文和根据最后一段，故选A。

考点：故事类短文阅读。