Choose the best answer（根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最恰當?shù)拇鸢?: ( 12分)
He was just an ordinary postman. Day after day, he shuttled(穿梭) back and forth across the village. For him, life
was without waves.

　　One day, he was delivering mail as usual. When he looked up in the sky, he suddenly lost his balance. It was a little stone that tripped him up（絆倒）. He observed the stone that had embarrassed（難堪） him, finding it strange but beautiful. In his eyes, this stone was like a lost jewel（寶石） covered with dust. The postman then placed the stone in his bag carefully. Because of this stone’s arrival, his day was lightened. He suddenly had a bold thought—I can build a castle with such beautiful stones. How magnificent it will be!
　　His ordinary life started to be different since then. He still delivered mail, but he collected every stone he could find along the way. All those dusty stones, in his eyes, glittered like diamonds.
　　Gradually, his small bag couldn’t hold his stones anymore and he needed to use a wheelbarrow to carry them. People didn’t understand what happened when they saw the postman delivering letters with a wheelbarrow full of stones.
　　After collecting enough stones, he started to build his castle. During the daytime, he passed along the dreams of others; and during the nighttime, he built his own dream. No one was willing to join in. But the postman was unmoved, still happily building his castle. Because he knew, the dream and the castle only belonged to him.
　　After 20 years of working day and night, the postman’s dream castle was finally completed. It was a magnificent castle just as he had imagined. It was a miracle arising from the ordinary.
　　This is a real story. The postman’s name is Xue Waller. The stone castle has become a famous tourist attraction in France, which is called“ ideal palace of Ferdinand Cheval.”At the entrance of the stone castle, there is a sentence—“I want to know how far a dream stone can go.”
小題1:The postman felt embarrassed because he _______.
A．lost his balanceB．lost his bag
C．delivered mailD．found a stone
小題2:The postman’s own dream was to _______
A．collect stonesB．deliver mail
C．find diamondsD．build his castle
小題3:The underlined word “glittered” in the third paragraph may mean ________.
A．shoneB．cleanedC．postedD．hid
小題4: Which of the following is not true?
A． A little stone tripped the postman up while he was delivering mail as usual.
B． The postman collected every stone he would find along the way.
C． The postman built his castle with the help of his family and friends.
D．The postman spent twenty years building his stone castle.
小題5: The postman named Xue Waller was ________.
A．GermanB．FrenchC． BritishD．American
小題6:From the passage we can learn that ________.
A． The postman had a colourful life before the accident in which he lost his balance.
B． The postman gave up his job in order to built his stone castle.
C． The stone that tripped the postman up was a real jewel.
D． Though people didn’t understand him, the postman continued his dream ---building a castle.

小題1:A 
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:B
小題6:D

試題分析：他只是一個普通的郵遞員。有一天，他像往常一樣送郵件。當他抬頭看天的時候，他突然失去平衡，被一個小小的石頭絆倒了。他發(fā)現(xiàn)石頭很美麗。在他眼中，這石頭像一個遺失的珠寶布滿灰塵。一天，他突然有了一個大膽的想法——用這些美麗的石頭建造一座城堡。經(jīng)過20年的日夜工作，郵遞員的夢想城堡終于完成了。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。問題：這個郵遞員為什么感到難堪？分析原文：When he looked up in the sky, he suddenly lost his balance. It was a little stone that tripped him up（絆倒. 句意：當他抬頭看天的時候，他突然失去平衡。被一個小小的石頭絆倒了。從而得知他感到難堪的原因是失去了平衡。故選A
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。問題：這個郵遞員的夢想是什么？分析原文：He suddenly had a bold thought—I can build a castle with such beautiful stones. 句意：他突然有了一個大膽的想法——用這些美麗的石頭建造一座城堡。明確他的夢想是用石頭建城堡。故選D
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。問題：在第三段中劃線詞的意思是什么？分析原文：All those dusty stones, in his eyes, glittered like diamonds.句意：所有那些積滿灰塵的石頭，他的眼睛中閃閃發(fā)光，像鉆石一樣。結合句意體現(xiàn)為閃爍之意，與選項中第一項意思相近。故選A
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。問題：下列描述不正確的一項是哪一個？分析原文： No one was willing to join in. But the postman was unmoved, still happily building his castle. 句意： 沒有人愿意參加這個活動。但是郵差不為所動，依然快樂地建設自己的城堡。結合選項的描述，第三項是錯誤的描述。故選C
小題5:細節(jié)理解題。問題：薛瓦勒是哪一個國家的人？分析原文：This is a real story. The postman’s name is Xue Waller. The stone castle has become a famous tourist attraction in France 句意：這是一個真實的故事。郵遞員的名字是薛瓦勒。石頭城堡已經(jīng)成為法國著名的旅游勝地。明確了他是法國人。故選B
小題6:細節(jié)理解題。問題：從短文中我們能學到什么？分析原文中最一句話：At the entrance of the stone castle, there is a sentence—“I want to know how far a dream stone can go.” 句意：在石頭城堡的入口處，有一句話：“我想知道一個夢想的石頭能走多遠�！蓖ㄟ^這句話體現(xiàn)出他雖然沒有得到大家的支持，但是依然堅持著夢想，最終成功了。故選D
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