Question

One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There’s a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn’t worth the trouble.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the pennies he bought some grapes.

It was very hot, and there wasn’t a house or a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a grape on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another grape and once again, his son picked it up and put it in his mouth.

And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the grapes and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the grapes, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you had bent down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the grapes, always remember the lesson: A person who does not worry about the little things will find that he can not do the great things.”

1.The horseshoe was picked up by ______

A. the father B.the son C.nobody

2.The father bought some ______ after he sold the horseshoe.

A.pennies B.grapesC.trees

3.Thomas picked up the grapes and ate them because ______.

A. he was asked toB. he liked themC. he was thirsty

4.The father dropped the grapes one by one because he wanted ______.

A. his son to eat them all

B. to teach his son a lesson

C. to make fun of his son

5.From the passage, we can learn that ______.

A. if we want to eat grapes, we must pick up a horseshoe

B. a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us much money

C. we should worry about small things before we do the great things

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要描述了一对父子在路上见到一块马蹄铁，父亲捡了起来，儿子不屑于做这样的小事。后来父亲通过一件事给了儿子一个很好的教训。从而告诉我们，如果想做大事，就要从小事做起。

1.His father said nothing but picked it up himself.描述，可知最后是父亲捡起了马蹄铁，故选A。

2.There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the pennies he bought some grapes.

描述，可知父亲用这些钱买了一些葡萄。故选B。

3.Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on.描述，可知是因为托马斯感到很渴。故选C。

4.

5.Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.描述，可知这篇短文告诉我们，如果我们想做大事，就要从小事做起。故选C。

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