One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There's a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag. Thomas said, “It isn't worth the trouble. His father s 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There's a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn't worth（值得） the trouble.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.
The father and the son walked on. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent (弯身)down earlier to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.
【小题1】Who picked up the horseshoe at last?

A．Thomas.	B．The old father.
C．Both the father and the son.	D．Nobody

【小题2】When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _______.

A．felt very happy	B．didn't say anything
C．beat the son	D．became a little angry

【小题3】The farmer bought _______ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.

A．some food	B．some water
C．some cherries	D．some pennies

【小题4】The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _______.

A．he wanted his son to eat them all

B．he wanted his son to do more exercise

C．he wanted to teach his son a lesson

D．he wanted his son to pick them up

【小题5】 From the story, we can learn that _______.

A．cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them

B．a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money

C．if the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoe

D．if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small ones

【小题1】B
【小题2】B
【小题3】C
【小题4】C
【小题5】D

解析【小题1】根据His father said nothing but picked it up himself.可知是他父亲自己拾起了马蹄铁，故选B。
【小题2】根据His father said nothing but picked it up himself.可知他父亲什么都没说，故选B。
【小题3】There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.可知他父亲卖了马蹄铁用这些钱买了些樱桃，故选C。
【小题4】根据When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him,可知他父亲这样做的目的就是为了给儿子讲一个人生道理，故选C
【小题5】通过文中父亲的谈话可知，选D，如果我们想做大事，就要从小事开始。故选D。
考点：考查一篇教育类短文
点评：本文中父亲通过一件捡马蹄铁卖钱买樱桃的事情,给他的孩子上了一堂人生教育课.阅读中注意这位父亲从开始的捡马蹄铁到后来的丢樱桃的行为表现,体会这些行为和他后来讲述的做人道理之间的关系,可以反复多读几遍.然后带着问题,再读短文,找出答题依据,完成短文.

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One day a man found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly in the forest. He sat there for several hours and watched the butterfly. Suddenly a small opening appeared, and the butterfly made its great effort to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no further.

So the man decided to help the butterfly. He cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon so that the butterfly could come out easily. But to his surprise, the butterfly got a heavy body and very small wings when it came out of the cocoon.

The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that the body would grow smaller at any moment and the wings would become larger and be able to fly. But neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling (爬) around with a heavy body and small wings. It was never able to fly.

The man was in his kindness, but he did not understand the nature rules. Before the butterfly came out of the cocoon, fluid(流体) from its body must be forced into its wings, and then it would be ready for flying. It must have a hard struggle (拼搏) to get through the small opening to get its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us to go through our life without any difficulties, it would make us fail. We would not be as strong as we could have been; we could never fly.

1.What was the butterfly doing at the beginning of the story ?

A．It was trying to make a cocoon for itself.

B．It was struggling to get out of its cocoon.

C．It was flying among the trees in the forest.

D．It was crawling around quietly on the ground.

2.The man cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon

A．to take the butterfly home

B．to help the butterfly come out easily

C．to kill the butterfly

D．to stop the butterfly growing bigger

3.What do you think of the man?

A．Patient but cruel.

B．Careful and wise.

C．Kind but unwise.

D．Brave and funny.

4.What does the last paragraph（段落） tell us?

A．Struggles are sometimes necessary in our life.

B．Nothing is difficult if we put our heart into it.

C．Every good deed will come back with good result.

D．The greatest happiness in the world is to help others.

5.What is the best title for the story?

A．The Love for the Cocoon.

B．The Joy of Helping Each Other.

C．The Lesson of the Cocoon.

D．The Expectation for the Butterfly.

Have you ever been sad because you failed in something? If so, please remember, for often, achieving what you expect is not the most important thing. Here is a story to tell you why.

One day a little boy decided to dig a hole behind his house after watching a science program. As he was working, a couple of boys stopped by to watch. "What are you doing?" asked one of the visitors. "I want to dig a deep hole all the way through the earth!" the boy answered excitedly. The older boys began to laugh, telling him that it was impossible to do it. Then they left.

The little boy kept on digging and digging. Suddenly, a few small colorful stones caught his eyes. He collected them and put them into a glass jar patiently. Humming a song, he went on digging. The jar was full soon. Then he talked to himself calmly and proudly, "Maybe I can't finish digging all the way through the earth, but look at what I have found in the process of digging !"

The boy's goal was too difficult, but it did cause him to go on, in other words, to cause us to keep working!

Not every goal will be achieved. Not every job will end up with a success. Not every dream will come true. But when you can't achieve your goal, maybe you can say, "yes, but look what I've found along the way! There are so many wonderful things that have come into my life because I tried to do something!" It is in the digging that life is lived. It is the unexpected joy on the journey that really has a meaning.

1.What did the boy do after watching a program?

A．He bought a glass jar.

B．He started to dig a hole.

C．He played with some visitors.

D．He went on watching the program.

2.What did the older boys think of the little boy?

A．He was silly. B．He was strict.

C．he was strong-minded. D．He was energetic.

3.When did the boy find the stones?

A．Before he met the older boys.

B．When he wanted to give up digging.

C．After the older boys laughed at him.

D．As soon as he began to dig the hole.

4.What does the underlined sentence "It is in the digging that life is lived." mean according to the article?

A．Life is to make a big success.

B．Life is to find the colorful stones.

C．Life is difficult but colorful.

D．Life is on the way to achieve the goal.

5.Which is the best title for this article?

A．Enjoying the process

B．How to achieve goals

C．A journey through the earth

D．Dig a deep hole all the way through the earth.

In a school some trouble was caused by the students. They are very naughty and didn’t obey the school rules.They often fought with each other and they didn’t forgive each other. One day a new teacher came to this school. When he heard that, he came up with a good idea.

He told each of his students to bring a clear plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school. For every person they didn’t want to forgive in their lives, they chose a potato, wrote the person’s name on it, and put it in the plastic bag.

Some of their bags were very heavy. They were then told to carry this bag with them everywhere for one week. They would put it beside their bed at night, on the seat when sitting in a car or on a bus, and next to their desk at school. Days of carrying the bags around with them made students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds. And they had to pay attention to it all the time so they didn’t forget it or leave it in embarrassing (令人难堪的) places. As time passed by, the potatoes went bad and smelt nasty.

Too often we think of tolerance as a gift to other people, and it clearly is for ourselves! If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred (仇恨) in our hearts, we will have to carry them around all our lives. After that, the students got on well with each other and didn’t fight anymore. Learn to forgive , and you will be happier at the same time.

1.The new teacher asked the students to bring ________ to school.

A．a clear plastic bag of potatoes

B．a clear plastic bag and a potato

C．some clear plastic bags of potatoes

D．a clear plastic bag and a bag of potatoes

2.They wrote the person’s name on the potato, who________.

A．they liked B．they didn’t forgive

C．hated them D．liked them

3.The underlined word “tolerance” means________.

A．感恩 B．宽容 C．仇恨 D．悔恨

4.From this passage we can know that ________.

A．we should learn to forgive

B．we should know something about potatoes

C．we shouldn’t use plastic bags

D．we should take potatoes to school

5.Which of following is NOT true?

A．Tolerance is a gift for other people and ourselves.

B．Carrying a bag of potatoes made the students embarrassed.

C．The students had to take bags of potatoes with them everywhere.

D．The students had to take bags of potatoes with them for about two weeks.

Once there was a parrot on sale in a pet store. It was a beautiful red and blue bird. It sat on a perch in the middle of the store, so that everyone could see it when they came in. The owner was very proud of it and asked a high price for it.

One day a man went into the store. "That's a beautiful bird,"he said to the pet store owner, "But why is it so expensive? Is it unsual bird?"

"No, it's not very unusual. It's expensive because it can talk," the pet store owner said.

"I see. How can I make it talk?" the man asked.

The pet store owner asked him, "Do you see those string tied to each of the bird's legs?"

"Yes," the man answered.

"Well, you pull those strings," the pet store owner told him."That will make the parrot talk."

The man asked,"Do you mind if I try?"

"Not at all," the pet store owner said.

The man walked up to the parrot and pulled the string on its left leg. The parrot said, "Good morning."

The man pulled the string on the parrot's right leg. This time the parrot said, "How are you today?"

"That's not very interesting, " said the man. "Any parrot could do that." Then he laughed, "But what wold happen if I pulled both strings at the same time?"

"I'll fall off my perch, you fool!" the parrot said.

1.The parrot was expensive because________.

A.it was pretty beautiful

B.it could talk with the people

C.it was a very unusual bird

D.it was in the middle of the store

2.The parrot would talk when _________.

A.people came into the pet store

B.it was the pet store owner

C.people said it was beautiful

D.people pulled the strings on its legs

3.Which is the first sentences that the parrot said to the man?

A.Good morning.

B.How are you?

C.That's wasn't interesting.

D.I'll fall off my perch, you fool.

4.From the story we know the parrot was_______.

A.kind B.silly C.clever D.crazy

5.The best title for the passage should be _________.

A.Unusual Parrot B.Parrot Talk C.Silly man D.Clever Owner

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