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【题目】阅读理解
When her five daughters were young, Helen An always told them that there was strength in unity (团结). To show this, she held up one chopstick, representing one person. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Next, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.
Helen An and her family own a large restaurant business in California. However, when Helen and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didn't have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Danny's mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards, Helen and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However, Helen did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.
Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elizabeth explains, “Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family, there is no business.”
Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996, with three generations of Ans working together. Now the Ans' corporation makes more than $ 20 million each year. Although they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together. Now they are a big success.
（1）Helen tied several chopsticks together to show ________.
A.the strength of family unity
B.the difficulty of growing up
C.the advantage of chopsticks
D.the best way of giving a lesson
（2）We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the An family ________.
A.started a business in 1975
B.left Vietnam without much money
C.bought a restaurant in San Francisco
D.opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles
（3）Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A.How to Run a Corporation
B.Strength Comes from Peace
C.How to Achieve a Big Dream
D.Family Unity Builds Success

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）A
（2）B
（3）D
【解析】本文是一篇议论文，论述了团结力量大的道理。
(1)考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.“这个家庭团聚的教训伴随着女儿们成长，可知，妈妈这样做是要告诉孩子们团结的力量。故选A。
(2)考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“they didn't have much money”她们没有什么钱，可知，他们离开越南时，没有什么钱。故选B。
(3)考查主旨大意。文章通过讲述来自越南的Helen An家族靠着三代人团结一心，在美国成就了一番大事业的故事告诉我们：团结就是力量。故选D。