Sarah ran in, shouting, “Look what I found!”  Over the top of the paper I was reading; came a terrible thing that caused me to jump. It was a snake skin found in our garden.
“Isn’t it beautiful?” said my seven-year-old daughter.
I opened my eyes widely and looked at the snake skin in fear. I didn’t think it was beautiful, but I learned never to appear nonchalant(冷漠的)with children. Everything they see for the first time is important to their sense of beauty; they see only excellence in the world.
“Why does it do this?”  Sarah asked.
“Snakes shed(蛻) their skins because they need to renew themselves,”  I explained.
“Why do they need to renew themselves?” Sarah asked.
“We often need to shed our skins, those coatings that we cover ourselves with,” I said to my daughter. “We leave some things and find other thing unwanted or unnecessary. This snake no longer needs this skin. It is probably too little for him, and he probably doesn’t think he looks as smart in it as he once did. “
As we talked, I knew that she began to understand. Although she couldn’t understand clearly, she would know that renewal is part of progress; that we need to take a good look at ourselves, our rooms, schoolwork and spirit, and see what we need to keep and what we need to leave.  I was careful to tell that this is a natural way, not one to be forced.
“Snakes don’t peel off their skins when they like them. “I explained. “It happens as a natural thing of their growth. “
“I see, Dad,” said Sarah as she held the snake skin, and then ran off.
I hoped she would remember this; we need to throw some away because they are worthless or unnecessary. Then we can store them as memories m our deep hearts.
小題1:Father jumped up when her daughter came to him with a snake skin because ＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A．he didn’t want to read any more
B．he was in great fear of it
C．he wanted to praised her daughter
D．he hated snakes
小題2:Father’s patient explanation shows that ＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A．his daughter didn’t want to listen to him at all
B．he knew children saw only excellence in the world
C．his daughter couldn’t follow him at all
D．he wanted to teach everything to her
小題3:In this reading the underlined word ‘renew’ means ＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A．to begin to do something again
B．to make something newer than before
C．to replace something old with something new
D．to cover something old with something new
小題4:We learn from the reading that＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A．the girl seemed to understand what her father said
B．the girl wasn’t interested in the explanation
C．the father was good at raising snakes
D．the father liked the snake skin better
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A．Snake SkinB．Renew Ourselves
C．Father and GirlD．Great Discovery

小題1:B
小題2:B
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試題分析：短文大意：一天Sarah拿來從花園里撿來的蛇皮，我嚇了一跳但隨即想到不能對孩子們表現(xiàn)出冷漠，在他們眼里世界是美麗的。于是我給她解釋了蛇為什么會蛻皮。就像我們會把不需要的東西扔掉一樣，蛇蛻皮是一種成長過程中自然現(xiàn)象。我們也要時時審察自身，看看哪些東西需要保留哪些可以丟棄。我希望女兒能夠記�。何覀兛梢园褯]有價值的沒必要的東西丟棄，放在內心深處作為記憶。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。題干問爸爸看到蛇皮跳起來是因為什么。根據(jù)題干定位到第一段，讀到第三段首句I opened my eyes widely and looked at the snake skin in fear.可得知爸爸害怕這個蛇皮，所以答案選B.
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。問爸爸的耐心解釋說明了什么。文章從第四段女兒提問開始是與題干patient  explanation相關的部分，后文都是爸爸具體的解釋，只有第三段尾句說明了爸爸為什么要這么耐心地對女兒解釋這件事，即原文they see only excellence in the world，即選項B。而通過文中的As we talked, I knew that she began to understand.可判斷AC選項均錯誤。D選項中的everything范圍過廣，爸爸只是就蛇蛻皮一事進行解釋并與生活聯(lián)系講述了一些道理，并非想告訴孩子所有的事。所以選B.
小題3:詞義猜測題。問renew的意思，文中女兒提出問題 Why do they need to renew themselves? 爸爸解釋是因為This snake no longer needs this skin.蛇不再需要它了，即蛇皮是old things，不再需要了，第八段中進一步進行解釋時提到renewal is part of progress，更新是進步的一部分，且renew是本文升華后的主旨，在最后一段中也提到we need to throw some away because they are worthless or unnecessary，我們要舍棄沒價值的東西和不需要的東西，即用新的東西替代舊的，C選項即此意，故選C.
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。從文中可得知什么。 A.女兒似乎懂得了爸爸所說的，回到原文的As we talked, I knew that she began to understand.可知該項正確。B.女兒對爸爸的解釋不感興趣，同樣定位到女兒understand理解了，并說“I see, Dad”我明白了，可以得知女兒是認真聽了爸爸的解釋才能理解。C. 爸爸擅長養(yǎng)蛇�；氐轿恼碌谝欢巫詈笠痪湓扞t was a snake skin found in out garden.得知蛇是女兒在花園里撿的，且文章沒有提到爸爸養(yǎng)蛇，所以不正確。D. 爸爸更喜歡這個蛇皮。與文中說爸爸害怕蛇沖突，不正確。所以選A.
小題5:標題歸納題。此文的文章標題需讀懂文章主題升華的內容，文章通過爸爸解釋蛇為什么蛻皮而引申到了人也需要做同樣的事，這是成長的一個過程。原文提到我們應該see what we need to keep and what we need to leave.以及we need to throw some away because they are worthless or unnecessary，我們要審視哪些需要保留哪些需要舍棄，要舍棄那些沒有價值的和不需要的東西，即renew ourselves，更新我們自己，因此，答案選B.
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