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【题目】 There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care. To water his flowers, he used two buckets(桶). One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very dilapidated one, which had been used for many years, but was now past its best.

Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets. Then he would carry them along the road, one on each side, to the flowerbeds. The new bucket was very proud of itself. It could carry a full bucket of water without a single drop coming out. The old bucket felt very ashamed (惭愧的) because of its holes; before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked (漏) along the road.

Sometimes the new bucket would say, "See how helpful I am! How good it is that the gardener has me to water the flowers every day! I don't know why he still uses you. What a waste of space you are!"

And all that the old bucket could say was, "I know I'm not very useful, but I can only do my best. I'm happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me, at least.”

One day, the gardener heard that kind of conversation. After watering the flowers as usual, he said," You both have done your work very well. Now I am going to carry you back. I want you to look carefully along the road.”

Then the two buckets did so. All along the road, they noticed, on the side where the new bucket was carried, there was just bare(光秃秃的) earth; on the other side where the old bucket was carried, there was a joyous row of wild flowers, leading all the way to the garden.

【1】The underlined word in the first paragraph" dilapidated" probably means “ ”.

A.肮脏的B.光鲜的C.破旧的D.普通的

【2】Why did the old bucket feel ashamed of itself?

A.Because it leaked a lot.B.Because it was too old.

C.Because it was useless.D.Because it didn't look nice.

【3】From the conversations between the two buckets we know that .

A.the old bucket completely agreed with what the new bucket said.

B.the new bucket felt sorry for the old bucket.

C.the new bucket thought it a waste to keep using the old one.

D.the old bucket felt unlucky that the gardener still used it.

【4】The writer wrote the passage to tell us that .

A.practice makes perfectB.east or west, home is best

C.all roads lead to RomeD.old wood is best to burn

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

文章给我们讲述了一个寓言故事，通过两个水桶的故事，告诉我们每个人都是用自己的用处的。

【1】词句猜测题。联系上下文，上文提到一只桶是崭新的，而根据下文的“for many years”可知，用了许多年的应该是很破旧的。故选C。

【2】细节理解题。根据第二段“The old bucket felt very ashamed (惭愧的) because of its holes; before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked (漏) along the road”可知，旧桶对于自己的漏水感到很惭愧。故选A。

【3】推理判断题。A：旧桶完全同意新桶所说的。B：新桶为旧桶感到难过。C：新桶认为继续使用旧桶是浪费。D：那只旧水桶感到很不走运，因为园丁还在用它。根据文章大意可知，新桶嘲讽旧桶的破旧觉得使用旧桶是一种浪费，但旧桶并不赞同新桶的观点，虽然对自己的漏水感到很抱歉，但是认为自己还是有所价值。故选C。

【4】主旨大意题。A：熟能生巧；B：金窝银窝不如自己的狗窝；C：条条大路通罗马；D：老柴好烧。根据阅读全篇可知，无论是新桶还是旧桶都有自己所存在的价值，因此，抓住价值即可。D项体现了木材的价值，最符合文意。故选D。