Question

【題目】 Joe was a boy with a special ability. He could make himself cry in less than a second. In this way, he could get almost everything he wanted.

One day, Joe met Pipo. Pipo had no family and was very poor. He was asking people for some money in the street. When people offered him some money, he would do something for them in return. Joe decided to help him make some money. He took off his hat, put it face-up on the ground and started crying sadly.

In a few minutes, Joe's hat was full of money, but when Joe gave Pipo the money, Pipo declined.

“It's much more fun making an effort to get things. Maybe I haven’t got everything I want, but I've done a lot of interesting things,” said Pipo. Joe walked away sadly. He had got everything he wanted, but he’d done nothing interesting the whole day. He hadn’t even enjoyed himself by spending almost all his time crying.

That evening, Joe wanted a piece of cake for his supper. When his mum refused, he wanted to cry. But he remembered what Pipo said. So he tried to get the cake in some other ways. To the joy and surprise of his parents, Joe spent the whole evening helping his mother with the housework. In the end, there was no cake. But that wasn’t so bad because Joe discovered it was much more fun doing all those things that evening rather than just sitting crying to get a piece of cake.

【1】When Joe wanted something, he __________.

A. worked hard to get itB. got it by crying

C. asked his friends for helpD. turned to his parents for help

【2】What can we know about Pipo?

A. Pipo made money by doing interesting things.B. Pipo always refused others’ help.

C. Pipo did something to pay for others' help.D. Pipo had a big family to support.

【3】The underlined word "declined" in Paragraph 3 means _________ in Chinese.

A. 接受B. 貶低C. 青睞D. 拒絕

【4】How did Joe s parents feel when he didn't cry for the cake that evening？

A. Happy and surprised.B. Disappointed and angry.

C. Worried and nervous.D. Glad and excited.

【5】What can we learn from the passage?

A. It's a piece of cake to do something.B. We should work hard to get something.

C. It's a good way to cry for something.D. Children should help with the housework.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

文章大意：本文講述了兩個男孩為了得到想要的東西采取的不同的方式，Joe利用自己表演的才能，獲取別人的同情，如愿以償。Pipo家境貧寒，但是拒絕Joe幫助他籌集的錢，他想通過自己的努力去爭取，而不想利用別人的同情心得到自己想要的。最后Pipo的做法感動了Joe，從此改變了原來的做事方式。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)He could make himself cry in less than a second. In this way, he could get almost everything he wanted.可知，當(dāng)Joe想要什么東西時，他會哭著得到它，故答案選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)When people offered him some money, he would do something for them in return.可知，當(dāng)人們給Pipo一些錢時，他會為他們做一些事情來作為回報，故答案選C。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)上文In a few minutes, Joe's hat was full of money,幾分鐘后，Joe的帽子里裝滿了錢，由轉(zhuǎn)折詞but，結(jié)合when Joe gave Pipo the money, Pipo declined.可推知句意是“當(dāng)Joe把錢給時Pipo時，Pipo拒絕了”，故答案選D。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)To the joy and surprise of his parents, Joe spent the whole evening helping his mother with the housework.可知，那天晚上Joe沒有哭著要蛋糕，他的父母感到高興和驚訝，故答案選A。

【5】主旨大意題。本文主要講述的是Joe利用自己表演的才能，獲取別人的同情，得到自己想要的東西。后來Pipo對他的影響很大，他改變了自己原來的做事方式。結(jié)合In the end, there was no cake. But that wasn’t so bad because Joe discovered it was much more fun doing all those things that evening rather than just sitting crying to get a piece of cake.可知，Joe通過自己的努力工作找到了樂趣，由此可知，我們應(yīng)該通過努力工作得到一些東西，這樣我們才更快樂；故答案選B。