Question

【题目】

Joe was an old man. The 75-year-old lived very happily in a village and had a beautiful family. Joe had four grandchildren, and they visited him during their holidays.

During one vacation, Joe was preparing his home for the kids: cleaning and buying their favorite foods. After he finished working, he realized he lost his favourite watch. The watch was a gift from his wife when their first child was born. Joe treasured the watch very much, especially after his wife’s death. He was very upset about losing it.

Once his grandchildren came, they promised him they would find the watch.

One granddaughter asked: “Grandpa, do you remember when you saw the watch last before it went missing?”

“I guess when I was cleaning the barn(谷仓)！” Joe replied.

The children looked for more than two hours with Joe, but they could not find it. The kids were now also sad, but they tried to comfort(安慰) their grandfather.

One grandson went back to the barn to search again. Joe asked why he was going there a second time. But the little boy just asked the others not to follow him and to remain silent.

He was there for about fifteen minutes and then rushed to his grandfather. He found the watch and happily gave it to Joe.

Joe was surprised and asked how he was able to find it. The little boy replied: “I sat there without making a noise, and the barn was so silent. After a few minutes, I heard the ‘tick, tick’ sound and found the watch.”

Joe hugged and thanked the little boy.

This is the power of silence. If we stay calm, we are more able to find the solution!

【1】From Paragraph 2, we learn that Joe__________.

A. knew his grandchildren very well B. liked doing housework very much

C. got tired of his grandchildren’s visits D. looked forward to his grandchildren’s visits

【2】The underlined word “treasured” means “_________”.

A. stored for future use B. valued highly

C. wore anytime D. mentioned carefully

【3】How did one of the grandchildren find the watch?

A. He did a thorough cleaning of the barn.

B. He searched the barn carefully for two hours.

C. He made no noise and followed the ticking sound.

D. He asked other children for help.

【4】Which is the right order of what happened in the story?

a. His grandchildren came.

b. They searched for more than two hours.

c. The little boy sat in the barn without making a sound.

d. One grandson went back to the barn again.

e. Joe lost his watch accidentally.

A. e a b d c B. e b a c d C. a e d b c D. a e c b d

【5】What can we learn from the story?

A. Love keeps us busy all the time.

B. Helping those in need makes one feel good.

C. Believe in yourself and you can surely succeed in the end.

D. Silence sometimes is more powerful than using your voice.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

本文讲述了乔的手表找不到了，非常伤心。他的孙子和孙女都来帮助他找那块手表。最后，他的一个孙子坐在谷仓里，不出声，听见了手表的“滴答”声，找到了那块手表。乔拥抱并感谢这个小男孩。

【1】D

推理判断题。根据During one vacation, Joe was preparing his home for the kids: cleaning and buying their favorite foods.可知乔为了孙子和孙女来度假，为孩子打扫干净房子，还准备了他们喜欢吃的食物，故推断他期盼他的孙子和孙女来，故选D。

【2】B

词义猜测题。根据He was very upset about losing it.可知他因为丢了那块手表，感到非常悲伤，因此猜测他非常珍惜那块手表，故选B。

【3】C

细节理解题。根据The little boy replied: “I sat there without making a noise, and the barn was so silent. After a few minutes, I heard the ‘tick, tick’ sound and found the watch.”可知这个男孩不出声，顺着“滴答”声找到那块手表的，故选C。

【4】A

推理判断题。根据第二段你的After he finished working, he realized he lost his favourite watch.可知乔丢了一块手表。根据第三段的Once his grandchildren came, they promised him they would find the watch.可知他的孙子和孙女到来了，根据第六段的The children looked for more than two hours with Joe, but they could not find it.可知他们寻找了两个多小时；根据第七段的One grandson went back to the barn to search again.可知有一个孙子去谷仓搜查；故选A。

【5】D

推理判断题。根据The little boy replied: “I sat there without making a noise, and the barn was so silent. After a few minutes, I heard the ‘tick, tick’ sound and found the watch.”可知这个小男孩通过不出声而听见手表的“滴答”声，最后找到了那块手表，因此沉默有时比出声更有力量，故选D。

根据题干要求，在文中寻找答案，并在答案所在的语句或段落，进行分析理解，词义猜测，推理判断和概括归纳，选出正确的选项。例如小题3，根据The little boy replied: “I sat there without making a noise, and the barn was so silent. After a few minutes, I heard the ‘tick, tick’ sound and found the watch.”可知这个男孩不出声，顺着“滴答”声找到那块手表的，故选C。