3．I remember a day when I was a little kid．I was making a sandwich in the kitchen when I noticed the date on one of the wine bottles．
"Dad，dad!"I cried．"This wine is too old to drink．"
"Son，hold on，"he said．
"No，you can't drink this tonight!This bottle of wine was made 10years ago．"
"Wait，let me tell you…"
"Would you like me to throw it away fro you？"I asked．
"Son，wait a second，"he said．"Son，some wines get better over time．The longer you wait to drink it，the better it will be．Although this may seem strange，it is true．"
When I was young，I didn't have any understanding of what this meant，but now，this would have been very helpful to remember as I went through my teenage years．
In our society，we forget this simple rule：The longer you want for certain things，the better they will be．But we want the best job as quickly as possible； we want to graduate from college in as few years as possible； we even speed through our homework just to chat with friends．When we do this，we lose something of great importance．
We all want to get to the next step so quickly that perhaps we don't get ready enough to get there．This has a negative effect on our society．When trying to go to the right college，we will do anything to get in and when we rush through our class-work，we may not study enough for the test，and end up failing．We need to be ready for whatever comes，ready for the unexpected．Wine gets better over time，so do the things in our paths of life．
56．Why did the author tell his father not to drink the bottle of wine？B
A．Because it smelt terrible．
B．Because it had been kept for years．
C．Because it was mixed with something else．
D．Because his father drank too much that night．
57．What the author's father saidA．
A．made the author puzzled when he was a little child．
B．was too simple a rule to be meaningful to the author．
C．threw the author into deep thought then．
D．was an excuse to drink the wine．
58．In the author's opinion，if we do things too quickly，we willD．
A．do it better
B．save much time
C．graduate from college more quickly
D．miss something useful to us in life
59．Which of the following best reflects the main idea of the passage？B
A．Well begun is half done．
B．More haste，less speed．
C．Failure is the mother of success．
D．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart．
分析 本文通过一瓶酒的故事告诉我们如果要想在生活中得到更多的东西，就要让我们的生活节奏慢下来，细细体会生活的美好．
解答 56．B 细节理解题，从对话里的"This wine is too old to drink．"可知作者是因为酒的时间太长了，不能喝了．选B．
57．A 细节理解题，从文章倒数第三段的句子：When I was young，I didn't have any understanding of what this meant，可知作者很惊讶，说明那个时候我不理解父亲的话．选A．
58．D 细节理解题，从倒数第二段的句子：But we want the best job as quickly as possible； we want to graduate from college in as few years as possible； we even speed through our homework just to chat with friends．When we do this，we lose something of great importance．可知作者认为太匆忙的话，会错过生活中的重要事情．选D．
59．B 主旨大意题，从全篇文章和最后一段的句子：Wine gets better over time，so do the things in our paths of life．可知是表达：欲速则不达．本文介绍的是如果要想在生活中得到更多的东西，就要让我们的生活节奏慢下来，细细体会生活的美好．故B正确．
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