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【题目】 When her five daughters were young,Helene 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.

Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California.However,when Helene 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,Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant.The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young.However,Helene 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】Helene 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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【解析】

本文为一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了“一根筷子易折断，一捆筷子抱成团”，也就是团结力量大的道理。来自越南的Helen An家族正是靠着团结一心，靠着三代人团结一心，在美国成就了一番大事业。

【1】细节理解题。根据第一段When her five daughters were young,Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity(团结).她的五个女儿小时候,海琳总是告诉他们,团结就是力量，及第一段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，海伦把几根筷子系在一起以示家庭团结的力量。故选A项。

【2】细节理解题。根据第二段However,when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975,they didn’t have much money.然而，1975年，当海伦和她的丈夫丹尼离开他们在越南的家时，他们并没有多少钱。可知，他们离开越南时，没有什么钱。故选B项。