Question

你听说过波兰首都华沙(Warsaw)一词的由来吗? 这里有一个美丽的传说。

Long long ago，there was a young man．His name was Wars．He lived in a little house near the River Vistula．He went there fishing every day for a living．

One day he saw a beautiful girl in the river．The girl's name was Sawa．From then on，the young man and the beautiful girl met every day．They fell in love with each other．When Wars asked Sawa to marry him．Sawa was very sad．She told him that she was mermaid (美人鱼) and she couldn't marry man．But she said she would give him something when they met again．

The next day，Wars went to the river and met Sawa. Sawa was waiting for him with a sword in her

right hand and a shield(盾)in her left hand．She told Wars that they wouldn't meet again．She gave the

sword and the shield to him．She said he would be successful with the sword and the shield and become a great hero．Then she went away．

Wars missed Sawa very much．He always remembered his first love．What the mermaid had told him came true．Wars became a great hero．He got the land by the River Vistula．There he set up a city. He called it Warsaw.

1.Wars was a ___________when he met Sawa for the first time

A. hero B. fisherman C. mermaid D. soldier

2.Sawa couldn't marry Wars because _______________

A. Sawa was a mermaid B. Sawa didn't love Wars

C. Wars was very poor D. Wars didn't love Sawa

3.Sawa told Wars_____________

A. they would marry later

B. they would leave together

C. he would become a hero

D. he would get much money

4.The name of Poland's capital came from _________________

A. the name of a house

B. the name of a river

C. the name of a mountain

D. the names of Wars and Sawa

5.From this passage, we know that _____________

A. Wars lived in a big house near the River Vistula before he met Sawa

B. Sawa was kind but not pretty

C. Sawa gave Wars nothing but a sword

D. Wars named the city Warsaw to remember his first love

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.D

【解析】

试题分析： 你听说过波兰首都华沙(Warsaw)一词的由来吗? 这里有一个美丽的传说。Wars和Sawa非常相爱，但是由于Sawa是一条美人鱼，因此不能和他结婚。Sawa帮助Wars成为一个英雄，Wars为了纪念Sawa给波兰首都命名为Warsaw。

1.】细节理解题。根据第一段He went there fishing every day for a living．得知Wars以前是靠捕鱼为生的渔民。选B。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段When Wars asked Sawa to marry him．Sawa was very sad．She told him that she was mermaid (美人鱼) and she couldn't marry man．得知尽管Wars和Sawa非常相爱，但是由于Sawa是一条美人鱼，因此不能和他结婚。选A。

3.】细节理解题。根据第三段he said he would be successful with the sword and the shield and become a great hero．得知Sawa 告诉Wars他将来会成为一个著名的英雄。选C。

4.最后一段得知，Wars非常怀念初恋Sawa，在得到一片土地后，建了一个城市以他们名字命名，这就是波兰首都名称的来历。”选D。

5.Wars为了纪念初恋Sawa，给波兰首都命名为Warsaw。选D。

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