Question

Once an old villager was reading the Ramayana(罗摩传) while sitting in a railway station waiting for the train to come.

A young man with his was standing nearby and said to the old man, “You old fashioned people read only the Ramayana all the time. Do you not have any other book to ? What is so great in the Ramayana?”

The old man continued to read and smiled without any to the young man. Soon, the train . Everyone, in a hurry, rushed in to get a seat. It that the old man and the young man were next to each other in the train. And the old man to read the Ramayana.

Suddenly the young man that his wife was missing! He shouted anxiously, “My wife! is she? I think she has been left behind on the platform!”

The old man said to him , “If you had read the Ramayana, you would never have made this .”

“What?” said the young man.

The old man :

“It is said in the Ramayana that when Ram Chandra, Sita and Lakshmana were standing on the of the Ganga（恒河）and the boat man came with the , Ram Chandra asked Sita to get in the boat first and only after that did he the boat himself!

“So why are you me what is good about the Ramayana when you do not even know enough to your own wife and see that she gets onto the train first?

“You see, the Ramayana tells you even this!”

True enough, any time you are and cannot decide what your duty is, just read the Ramayana and you will find the to all your doubts!

Treat with respect all the things held sacred（神圣的）to others, you understand these things or not.

1.A. wife B. son C. friend D. mother

2.A. read B. see C. hear D. write

3.A. key B. reply C. attention D. feeling

4.A. reached B. arrived C. got D. entered

5.A. turned on B. turned up C. turned out D. turned off

6.A. visited B. divided C. waken D. seated

7.A. continued B. decided C. wanted D. refused

8.A. felt B. experienced C. understood D. realized

9.A. How B. When C. Where D. Why

10.A. luckily B. sadly C. happily D. calmly

11.A. mistake B. plan C. face D. progress

12.A. answered B. explained C. introduced D. showed

13.A. middle B. bank C. coast D. land

14.A. fish B. ropes C. boat D. goods

15.A. get up B. get off C. get on D. get in

16.A. advising B. asking C. telling D. begging

17.A. take charge of B. take hold of C. take care of D. take advantage of

18.A. confused B. surprised C. satisfied D. delighted

19.A. reasons B. stories C. answers D. aims

20.A. unless B. once C. though D. whether

Answer 1

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.B

17.C

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了一个发生在火车上的故事。一位老人在看《罗摩传》，旁边的年轻人认为老人在看没有用的书。当男子发现妻子未能和他一起上车时，老人建议年轻人看一看《罗摩传》。在生活中，无论我们对他人正在做的事情是否了解，我们都应该尊重他们的选择。

1.that his wife was missing”可知，年轻人是和妻子一起在候车，故选A。

2.any other book to 其它可以看的书，不定式作定语修饰book，故选A。

3.continued to read and smiled”可知，老人只是笑了笑又继续看书，老人没有回答年轻人的问题，故选B。

4.Soon, the train .火车很快就到了，reach后需跟宾语，排除A；enter是及物动词，后需跟宾语，排除D；get的意思较多，用arrived最合适，故选B。

5.It that the old man and the young man were next to each other in the train.结果，老人和那个年轻人的座位是挨着的，故选C。

6. A参观，拜访；B划分；C叫醒；D就坐。the old man and the young man were next to each other老人和年轻人的座位是挨着的，be seated表示“坐着”的状态，故选D。

7.And the old man to read the Ramayana.在座位上坐下之后，老人继续看《罗摩传》，continue to do sth继续做某事，故选A。

8.Suddenly the young man that his wife was missing!年轻人突然意识到(发现)妻子不见了，故选D。

9.his wife was missing”可知，年轻人的妻子不见了，年轻人是在找她，因此，年轻人问的是“我的妻子在哪里”，故选C。

10.The old man said to him , “If you had read the Ramayana,...老人心平气和地对年轻人说：“如果你看过《罗摩传》，......”，其它三项与语境不符，故选D。

11.If you had read the Ramayana, you would never have made this .老人说那个年轻人如果看过《罗摩传》的话，他就不会犯这个错误了，make a mistake犯错误，故选A。

12.“What?” said the young man.”可知，年轻人很不解地问老人，根据“It is said in the Ramayana that...”可知，老人是在向年轻人解释，故选B。

13.on the of the Ganga在恒河岸边，故选B。

14.Ram Chandra asked Sita to get in the boat”可知，船夫把船划了过来，Ram Chandra让Sita先上船，故选C。

15.and only after that did he the boat himself等Sita上了船之后，Ram Chandra也上了船，get in the boat登上船，故选D。

16.Do you not have any other book to ?”可知，这里指的是年轻人在候车时问老人为什么一直在看《罗摩传》，故选B。

17.when you do not even know enough to your own wife...这里指男子不知道照顾妻子并让妻子先上车，故选C。

18.cannot decide what your duty is”可知，在无法确定自己的职责时，说明前面说的是感到困惑时，故选A。

19.just read the Ramayana and you will find the to all your doubts看一看《罗摩传》，你就会找到所有疑问的答案，故选C。

20. you understand these things or not无论你是否理解，都应该尊重他人所做的事情，whether...or not无论......，故选D。

考点：故事类短文阅读