Question

【題目】 Thomas Edison was a great American inventor. When he was 7 years old, his mother had an appendectomy(闌尾手術(shù)). But it was too dark. So Edison put mirrors near oil lamps to light up the room.

The story is in a Chinese textbook for primary school students by People’s Education Press. But the publisher recently said it will remove(去除) the story. That’s because many people think it’s not true. Many believe that the world’s first appendectomy was in 1886. But when Edison’s mother had the so-called appendectomy, it was 1854.

The publisher also said it will avoid using some other fake(假的) stories. For example, there’s a story about the first US President George Washington. The story says young Washington cut down a cherry tree in the yard of his house. But in fact, there was no cherry tree in the area at that time.

So what’s the problem? Experts say that some editors care too much about the educational meaning of a story and fail to check first if the story is true.

The publisher says, in the future, they will pay greater attention to the truth of the stories in the textbook. “We will invite experts to check our stories,” it said in a statement.

【1】The information about Tomas Edison is true EXCEPT ________.

A.He was from America.B.He was great.

C.He was a president.D.He was an inventor.

【2】Tomas Edison born in ________.

A.1861B.1847C.1886D.1854

【3】Why will publisher remove these two stories?

A.Because they are not interesting.

B.Because they happened a long time ago.

C.Because they are true.

D.Because they are not true.

【4】Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A.People didn’t have appendectomy until 1886.

B.Thomas Edison was very smart when he was 7.

C.Young Washington couldn’t cut down a cherry tree in his yard.

D.Thomas Edison didn’t put up mirrors near oil lamps to light up the room.

【5】What is the main idea of the story?

A.Expert will be invited to check the stories before they are put into use.

B.Some editors care about the educational meaning as well as the truth of the stories.

C.Even educational stories will be cut off Chinese textbooks if they fail to be true.

D.Students should learn from the great men’s stories because they have educational meaning.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

文章大意：本文介紹了一些編輯過于關(guān)注故事的教育意義，沒有首先檢查故事是否真實(shí)而導(dǎo)致一些錯(cuò)誤，而這些不真實(shí)的故事將被從教科書中去除掉。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第1段中“Thomas Edison was a great American inventor.”可知愛迪生是一個(gè)偉大的美國(guó)發(fā)明家，而不是總統(tǒng)。故選C。

【2】計(jì)算題。根據(jù)第1段中“When he was 7 years old, his mother had an appendectomy.”可知愛迪生的媽媽在他七歲時(shí)得了闌尾炎，結(jié)合第2段中“But when Edison’s mother had the so-called appendectomy, it was 1854.”講他媽媽患所謂的闌尾炎是在1854年，由此可計(jì)算出愛迪生在1847年出生。故選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第2段中“But the publisher recently said it will remove the story. That’s because many people think it’s not true.”及第3段中“The publisher also said it will avoid using some other fake stories. For example, there’s a story about the first US President George Washington. …”可知文中提到的關(guān)于愛迪生和華盛頓的這兩個(gè)故事都不是真的，因此將被從教科書中刪除。故選D。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第2段中“Many believe that the world’s first appendectomy was in 1886.”可知世界上第一例闌尾炎出現(xiàn)在1886年，A項(xiàng)正確；根據(jù)第1段中“So Edison put mirrors near oil lamps to light up the room.”愛迪生利用鏡子和油燈使房間變亮，由此可知他7歲時(shí)很聰明，B項(xiàng)正確；根據(jù)第3段中“The story says young Washington cut down a cherry tree in the yard of his house. But in fact, there was no cherry tree in the area at that time.”事實(shí)上華盛頓幼年時(shí)他所在的地區(qū)是沒有櫻桃樹的，C項(xiàng)正確；根據(jù)第1段中“So Edison put mirrors near oil lamps to light up the room.”可知愛迪生在油燈旁放了些鏡子來照亮房間，第2段中說的故事不實(shí)是針對(duì)愛迪生媽媽的病，并未否認(rèn)愛迪生做的事情，D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。故選D。

【5】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第2段中“But the publisher recently said it will remove the story. That’s because many people think it’s not true.”及最后一段中“The publisher says, in the future, they will pay greater attention to the truth of the stories in the textbook.”可知出版社將從教科書中移除不真實(shí)的故事，結(jié)合全文內(nèi)容可知本文主要講如果有教育意義的故事不是真的，就將被從語(yǔ)文教科書中移除。故選C。

文中講的教科書刪掉不真實(shí)的故事，屬于社會(huì)熱點(diǎn)問題，貼近現(xiàn)實(shí)生活。題目中有主旨大意題。做主旨大意題時(shí)要在理解文章大意的基礎(chǔ)上選擇對(duì)文章主旨概括最全面的一項(xiàng)，切忌以偏概全。第5小題中A、B、D項(xiàng)都只是與文章內(nèi)容相關(guān)的一個(gè)點(diǎn)，并不能概括文章的主旨，本文講要譯出教科書中不真實(shí)的故事，C項(xiàng)最能概括文章內(nèi)容。