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【题目】阅读理解
When her five daughters were young. Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity（团结）. To show this, she held up one chopstick, representing one person. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Next, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.
Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California. However, when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didn't have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Danny's mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However. Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.
Eventually（最终）the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elizabeth explains. “Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family, there is no business.”
Their expanding business became a large corporation（企业） in 1996, with three generations of An working together. Now the An' corporation makes more than ＄20 million each year. Although they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together. Now they are a big success.
（1）Helene tied several chopsticks together to show.
A.the strength of family unity
B.the difficulty of growing up
C.the advantage of chopsticks
D.the best way of giving a lesson
（2）We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the An family.
A.started a business in 1975
B.left Vietnam without much money
C.bought a restaurant in San Francisco
D.opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles
（3）What can we infer about the An daughters?
A.They did not finish their college education
B.They could not bear to work in the family business
C.They were influenced by what Helene taught them
D.They were troubled by disagreement among family members
（4）Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A.How to Run a Corporation
B.Strength Comes from Peace
C.How to Achieve a Big Dream
D.Family Unity Builds Success

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）A
（2）B
（3）C
（4）D
【解析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，"一根筷子易折断，一捆筷子抱成团"，这就是团结的力量。来自越南的An家族正是靠着团结一心，在美国成就了一番大事业。
（1）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的"This lesson about family unity..."可知，妈妈这样做是要告诉孩子们团结的力量。故选A。
（2）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“…they didn't have much money.”可知他们离开越南时，没有多少钱。所以答案是B。
（3）考查推理判断。根据第三段中的“Even though family mem?bers sometimes disagreed with each other,they worked to?gether to make the business successful.”和Daughter Elizabeth说的话可知，这五个女儿没有忘记妈妈的教诲，团结一心，把生意越做越大。故选C。
（4）考查主旨大意。文章通过讲述来自越南的An家族靠着三代人团结一心，在美国成就了一番大事业的故事告诉我们：团结就是力量。D项最能概括文章大意，故选D。