Question

I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise. In the end ,I said, “ Son, remember: Be slow and steady, and that will win the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”

Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”

I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep!”

“He must have wished that,” Sonny said, “Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”

“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by perseverance (坚忍不拔的), by pushing on steadily.”

Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.”

I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless.

1.The writer argued with his son because ______________.

A. he liked tortoises while his son liked hares

B. they disagreed about whether the tortoise was foolish

C. he tried to teach his son a moral (品德) lesson but the son had totally different opinion

D. he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn’t.

2.Sonny believed that the tortoise ______________.

A. won the race by his own hard working

B. took a risk by agreeing to run a race

C. was not given a fair chance in the race

D. in fact did win the race luckily

3.Billy, Tony and Sandy must be_______________.

A. boys who were unknown to Sonny’s father

B. boys who Sonny has run races with before

C. boys who Sonny has never raced with before

D. boys who Sonny did not expect to race with again

4.According to the passage, who do you think learnt a lesson?

A. The tortoise B. Sonny

C. The hare D. Sonny’s father

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：父亲本想通过龟兔赛跑的故事教育儿子，但是最终却没能说服自己的儿子，因为儿子说的也很有道理。

1. you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”可知作者和儿子争论是因为他想教儿子故事中的寓意，但是儿子拒绝了。故C正确。

2. thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky.可知乌龟赢得比赛完全是出于幸运。故D正确。

3. you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?可知索尼以前肯定和这三个人进行过赛跑比赛。故B正确。

4.。故D项正确。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读