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【题目】 Tell a story and tell it well, and you may open wide the eyes of a child, open up lines of communication in a business, or even open people's mind to another culture or race.

"Most local stories are based on a larger theme, " American storyteller Opalanga Pugh says, "Cinderella (灰姑娘), or the central idea of a good child protected by her goodness, appears in different forms in almost every culture of the world. "

Working with students in schools, Pugh helps them understand their own cultures and the general messages of the stories. She works with prisoner too, helping them knowing who they are by telling stories that her listeners can write, direct, and act in their own lives. If they don't like the story they are living, they can rewrite the story. Pugh also works to help open up lines of communication between managers and workers. "To do business well, " she says, "there is a greater need for communication. " Storytelling can have a great influence on either side of the manager-worker relationship, she says.

Pugh spent several years in Nigeria, where she learned how closely storytelling was connected to the everyday life of the people there. The advantages of storytelling are found everywhere, she says.

"I learned how people used stories to spread their culture, " she says, "We are all storytellers. We all have a story to tell. We tell everybody's story. "

【1】The underlined sentence (Paragraph 3) suggests that prisoners can _____.

A.start a new lifeB.settle down in another place

C.direct filmsD.become good actors

【2】Pugh has practised storytelling with _____ groups of people.

A.2B.3C.4D.5

【3】What is the main idea of the text?

A.Storytelling can influence the way people think.

B.Storytelling is vital to the growth of business.

C.Storytelling is the best way to educate children in school.

D.Storytelling helps people understand themselves and others.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【解析】

文章大意：通过事例讲述了讲故事的好处，可以帮助人们理解彼此。

【1】细节理解题。句意：如果他们不喜欢他们生活的故事，他们可以重写这个故事。A. start a new life开始新的生活；B. settle down in another place去另一个地方安顿下来；C. direct films导演电影；D. become good actors变成好演员；根据句意和选项，故选A。

【2】推理判断题。根据Working with students in schools；She works with prisoner too；

Pugh also works to help open up lines of communication between managers and workers.

可知有三种，故选B。

【3】主旨大意题。根据“了解到讲故事与当地人的日常生活是多么紧密地联系在一起。她说，讲故事的好处随处可见。“我学会了人们如何用故事来传播他们的文化，”她说，“我们都是讲故事的人。我们都有故事要讲。我们讲述每个人的故事。”可知，再根据选项，故选D。

这是一篇通过讲故事来传播文化的事情。可以跟学生讲故事，跟囚犯讲故事，跟管理者，员工之间。把讲故事和人们的日常生活联系在一起，说明讲故事的好处。文章中涉及了细节理解题，推理判断题。主旨大意题。主旨大意题是根据全文或者第一段或最后一段来找出概括全文的内容。本文中的主旨是根据最后部分的内容来理解的，得出讲故事有助于我们理解对方，理解彼此。