题目内容
There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn to not judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in the summer, and the youngest son in the fall.
When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen. The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. The second son said no - it was covered with green buds and full of promise. The third son disagreed, he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, and it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.
The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but one season in the tree's life. He told them that they cannot determine a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the nature of who they are - and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life - can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are over.
If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall. Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.
Don't judge a life by one difficult season.
46.Why did the man send his four sons to look at the pear tree in four seasons?
A.Because the sons didn’t get well on with each other.
B.Because the sons wanted to enjoy the different sights.
C.Because the man wanted his sons to learn to not judge things too quickly.
D.Because the man knew the pear tree completely.
47.What does the underline word “determine” mean according to the passage?
A. decide B. believe C. think D. judge
48.If you give up when it’s winter, what you will get?
A.the promise of your spring B.the beauty of your summer
C.fulfillment of your fall D.nothing
49.Which season is “the pain of the season” in Paragraph 4?
A.winter B.spring C.summer D.fall
50.According to the passage, the main idea is that ________.
A.the pear tree had four seasons
B.the man loved his sons very much
C.don't judge a life by one difficult season
D.the youngest son is the cleverest man
46. C 47. D 48. D 49. A 50. C
Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood(洪水) ,and quite a few houses were washed away, but Elizabeth’s house was high enough to escape it.
Elizabeth helped one of the families which had lost everything. She shared her home until the family could build a new house. Elizabeth’s friends could not understand her since she already had so many children to take care.
"Well," Elizabeth explained to her friends, at the end of World War II, there was a poor woman in a town in England .Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now .The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, “We won’t be able to have much for Christmas. I’m going to get just one present for us all .Now I’ll go and get it. She came back with a little girl who had no parents .Here’s our present, she said to her own children. The children were more than excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grow up as their sister. I was that Christmas present."
【小题1】 How many children did Elizabeth have?, 【小题2】 What did Elizabeth do after the flood? 【小题3】The Christmas present was Elizabeth herself, wasn’t it? 【小题4】 What do you learn from the story? |