Question

【题目】 I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise. At the end I said, " Son, remember: Be slow and steady ( 镇定的), and that will win the race. Don't you think there's something to learn from the tortoise?"

Sonny opened his eyes wide, "Do you mean next time when I'm entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?"

I was shocked, "But the tortoise didn't wish that the hare would fall asleep!"

"He must have wished that," Sonny said, "Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did."

"He didn't have such a wish," I insisted. "He won the race by perseverance, by pushing on steadily."

Sonny thought a while. "That's a lie," he said. "He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn't happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he'd never have won the race. That's for sure."

I gave up. Today's children are not like what we used to be. They're just hopeless.

【1】What does the underline word mean ________________.

A.侥幸的B.自然的C.坚韧不拔的D.乐观向上的

【2】According to Sonny, it was the tortoise's wish that ____________.

A.the hare would be as steady as he was

B.he could run faster than the hare

C.the hare would fall asleep during the race

D.he would have a sleep during the race

【3】Sonny believed that the tortoise won the race ___________.

A.by pushing on steadilyB.by luck

C.by taking a riskD.by telling a lie

【4】It is clear that the writer___________ in the end.

A.learned a lessonB.won the argumentC.became impatientD.was satisfied

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了一位父亲和儿子关于龟兔赛跑的辩论。在文中，儿子的观点和父亲的完全不一样了，说明两代人的思想上有了代沟。

【1】词义理解题。根据本句“…by pushing on steadily.”……稳步前进。可以推测，乌龟赢得比赛依靠稳步前进，所以是坚韧不拔的，故选C。

【2】细节理解题。根据“He must have wished that，”Sonny said，“Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare？”Sonny说：“他一定有那样的期望，否则他不会蠢到跟兔子赛跑．”可知Sonny认为乌龟是期望兔子在路上睡觉的．故选C。

【3】细节理解题。根据“He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn't happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race.”他赢了比赛是运气好．如果兔子不在半道上睡觉，乌龟是不会赢的．可知Sonny认为乌龟赢得比赛是因为运气好．故选B．

【4】推理判断题．根据 I gave up. Today's children are not like what we used to be．我放弃了．今天的孩子不再是我们过去的那样了．可知这是作者从中得到了一个教训，就是现在的孩子和原来是不一样的了。故选A．