Question

【题目】

Every Sunday morning, I take a light jog around a park near my home. There’s a lake in one corner of the park. Each time I jog by this lake, I see the same elderly woman sitting by the lake with a small metal cage beside her.

Last Sunday, my curiosity (好奇心) got the better of me, so I stopped jogging and walked over to her. As I got closer, I found that inside the metal cage were three turtles, slowly walking around. She had a fourth turtle on her lap (大腿) that she was carefully brushing.

“Hello,” I said. “I’d love to know what you’re doing with these turtles.”

She smiled. “I’m cleaning their shells,” she replied. “Anything on a turtle’s shell, like algae (海藻) or scum (浮沫), stops the turtle from swimming. It can also weaken the shell over time. I’m doing this to help the turtles. It’s my own way of making a difference.”

“Wow! That’s really nice of you! But there are turtles living in lakes all around the world. And few of these turtles have kind people like you to help them clean their shells. So how exactly are you sure that you are truly making a difference?” I questioned.

The woman laughed aloud. She then looked down at the turtle on her lap, brushed the last piece of algae from its shell, and said, “Sweetie, every act of kindness matters. If this little guy could talk, he’d tell you I just made all the difference in the world.”

回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过5个词。

【1】Where does the old woman sit each time the writer meets her?

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【2】When did the writer decide to have a talk with the old woman?

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【3】How many turtles did the woman have when the writer stopped to ask her?

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【4】Why did the woman clean the turtles’ shells?

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【5】What can you learn from the story?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】By the/a lake.

【2】Last Sunday.

【3】Four.

【4】To help/save the turtles.

【5】Every act of kindness matters. /Little things make a difference. /... (Any reasonable answer is OK.)

【解析】

这篇短文讲述的是“我”在每天慢跑经过一个湖的时候，总是看到一个老妇人坐在湖边，终于作者发现老妇人是在清洗乌龟的壳，她这样做是为了保护乌龟，虽然她不能帮助每只乌龟，但每一份善良都有意义。

【1】

根据短文第一段“Each time I jog by this lake, I see the same elderly woman sitting by the lake with a small metal cage beside her.”可知，“我”慢跑经过这个湖的时候，一个老妇人总是坐在湖边。故答案为By the/a lake.

【2】

根据短文第二段“Last Sunday, my curiosity (好奇心) got the better of me, so I stopped jogging and walked over to her.”可知，上周日，“我”的好奇心驱使我走向了老妇人，和她聊了起来。故答案为Last Sunday.

【3】

根据短文第二段“As I got closer, I found that inside the metal cage were three turtles, slowly walking around. She had a fourth turtle on her lap (大腿) that she was carefully brushing.”可知，笼子里有三只乌龟，老妇人的腿上有一只，一共有四只。故答案为Four.

【4】

根据短文第四段“She smiled. “I’m cleaning their shells,” she replied. “Anything on a turtle’s shell, like algae (海藻) or scum (浮沫), stops the turtle from swimming. It can also weaken the shell over time. I’m doing this to help the turtles.”可知，老妇人在清洗乌龟的壳，上面的海藻或浮沫会妨碍乌龟游泳，也会使壳变软。因此老妇人这样做是为了帮助拯救乌龟。故答案为To help/save the turtles.

【5】

根据文意以及短文最后一段“…and said, “Sweetie, every act of kindness matters.”可知，虽然我们不能拯救所有的乌龟，但每一份善良都有它的意义。文章最后一段的这句话正是点明文章主旨的句子。其他符合文意的答案可以，故答案为Every act of kindness matters. /Little things make a difference.