Question

“如果你信念坚定，你只需要坚信所发生每一个结果都对你有利。也许过一段时间之后，你就会明白了”。相信这样主题的阅读表达文章能够让学生受益匪浅。

Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family.

The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion’s guest room. Instead the angels were given a small space in the cold basement.

As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied,

“Things aren’t always what they seem.”

The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife.

After sharing what little food they had the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest.

When the sun came up the next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in the field.

The younger angel was infuriated and asked the older angel how could you have let this happen? The first man had everything, yet you helped him, she accused. The second family had little but ___________________, and you let the cow die.

“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angel replied.

“When we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn’t find it. ”

“Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angel of death came for his wife. I gave him the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem. ”

Sometimes that is exactly what happens when things don’t turn out the way they should. If you have faith, you just need to trust that every outcome is always to your advantage. You just might not know it until sometime later.

1. What’s the best title of the passage?

                                                                          

2. Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?

The couple shared their little food with the two angels and then spared their bed for the two angels to rest for a good night willingly.

                                                                          

3. Please fill in the blank in the passage with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.（within ten words）

                                                                          

4. Do you think life is equal for the two families? And why? （within 30 words）

                                                                           

5. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

Answer 1

1. Things Are Not Always What They Seem.

2. After sharing what little food they had the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest.

3. was willing to share everything

4. Yes. Because the kind family got the good reward that belongs to them and the bad family got nothing for what they did.

5. 有些时候，事情实际上并不以它应有的方式发生。

解析:

1. Things Are Not Always What They Seem.

2. After sharing what little food they had the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest.

3. was willing to share everything

4. Yes. Because the kind family got the good reward that belongs to them and the bad family got nothing for what they did.

5. 有些时候，事情实际上并不以它应有的方式发生。