Question

A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Maliyuwa, a nearby village. They lived with the man’s big family—his parents, his brothers, their wives and children. The family kept an elephant, in which the young woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar.

Three months later the woman went back to her parents’ home, having quarreled with her husband. Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heart-broken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.

It went to the woman’s home. On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved (感动) by the act of the animal that she returned to her husband’s home.

1.The writer wrote the story in order to ______.

A．show that elephants are very clever

B．tell how a woman trained a wild animal

C．show that women care more for animals than men do

D．tell how an animal reunited (团圆) a husband and wife

2.The woman left her new home ______.

A．to visit her own parents in Maliyuwa

B．to see if the elephant would follow her

C．because she was angry with her husband

D．because she was tired of the large family

3.After the young woman left her husband’s home, the elephant ______.

A．returned to the forest                    B．was sad because it missed her

C．went to look for a new home               D．was sick because nobody fed it

4.The young wife went back to her husband because ______.

A．she knew he had sent the animal to her

B．the elephant had come to look for her

C．her parents told her to

D．she missed her new home

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了一头大象和它的女主人的故事，在一个农村的大家庭里，养着一头大象，这个女主人每天都喂它食物，有一次，女主人和她的丈夫吵架了，她跑会了娘家，大象看不见她的女主人它很伤心，不吃不干活，它于是就去找它的女主人，女主人见到了大象很是感动，于是就跟着大象回家了。

1.写作意图题。根据he young woman was so moved (感动) by the act of the animal that she returned to her husband’s home. 大象让这一家人又团圆了，故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据Three months later the woman went back to her parents’ home, having quarreled with her husband.她和丈夫吵架离开家，故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heart-broken. 大象很伤心，故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved (感动) by the act of the animal that she returned to her husband’s home. 妻子被大象所感动，因而回到了家中，故选B。

考点：故事类短文阅读。

点评：推测写作目的题和了解文章大意题有所不同，后者要知道文章讲什么，中心思想是什么。而前者是要知道写文章是为了什么，达到什么目的。因此，这种题比了解文章大意题更难解答，它不仅要求了解内容，还要了解作者的口气，分析作者的论述方法，这样才能推断出写作目的。