Question

【题目】 One day,a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said,“Look！There's a horseshoe（马蹄铁）. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said,“It isn't worth（值得）the trouble.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town,they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the money he bought some grapes.

It was very hot,and there wasn't a house or a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time,his father dropped a grape on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while,his father dropped another grape and once again,his son picked it up and put it in his mouth.

And then they went on. The old farmer dropped the grapes and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the grapes,his father said to him,“My dear son,if you had bent down（俯身）early to pick up that horseshoe,it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the grapes,always remember the lesson. A person who cares about the little things will meet with most success.

根据短文内容。选择最佳答案。

【1】__________ picked up the horseshoe.

A.The fatherB.The son

C.NobodyD.The shop assistant

【2】The father bought some __________ after he sold the horseshoe.

A.moneyB.grapesC.treesD.water

【3】Thomas picked up the grapes and ate them because __________.

A.his father wanted him to eat themB.he liked them

C.he was thirstyD.he wanted to sell them

【4】The father dropped the grapes one by one because he wanted __________.

A.his son to eat them allB.to teach his son a lesson

C.to make fun of his sonD.to show his love

【5】From the passage, we can learn that __________.

A.if we want to eat grapes, we must pick up a horseshoe

B.a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us much money

C.we should care about small things before we do the great things.

D.it's important to pick up a horseshoe on the road

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

这篇短文主要描述了一对父子在路上看到一块马蹄铁，父亲让儿子捡起来，儿子不屑于做这样的小事。后来父亲通过一件事给了儿子一个很好的教训。从而告诉我们，如果想做大事，就要从小事做起。

【1】细节理解题。根据第一段“His father said nothing but picked it up himself.”可知最后是父亲捡起了马蹄铁，故选A。

【2】细节理解题。根据“There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the money he bought some grapes.”可知父亲用卖马蹄铁的钱买了一些葡萄，故选B。

【3】细节理解题。根据“Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time,his father dropped a grape on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it.”可知托马斯是因为口渴去捡父亲扔下的葡萄，故选C。

【4】推理判断题。根据短文最后一段父亲对儿子说的话可知父亲一粒一粒的扔葡萄主要想给自己的儿子一个教训，故选B。

【5】主旨大意题。根据短文最后父亲对儿子的话“A person who cares about the little things will meet with most success.”可知想做大事就得先从小事情做起，故选C。