【題目】 In the middle of a city, there was a museum that was decorated with beautiful marble tiles (大理石磚) and a huge marble statue (大理石像). Many people from all over the world visited the museum every day and admired the statue. One night, the marble tiles started talking to the marble statue.

Tiles: Hey statue. Don’t you think it’s unfair that everybody comes here to admire you while stepping on us?

Statue: My dear brothers. Don’t you remember that we are actually from the same place?

Tiles: Yes, we do. That is why we feel it is even more unfair. All of us were born from the same place, and yet the world treats us so differently now. This is so unfair!

Statue: Yes, you are right, my brothers. But do you still remember the day when the artist tried to work on you, but you refused him?

Tiles: Yes, we didn’t like him. We turned him away because we didn’t want to get hurt.

Statue: Well, since you refused his tools, he couldn’t work on you. When he decided to give up on you, he started working on me. I knew at once that I would be something different and special after his hard work. I bore (忍受) all the pain and allowed him to fashion (雕琢) me as he wanted!

Tiles: But it hurt quite a lot.

Statue: My brothers, there is a price for everything in life. Since you decided to give up halfway, you can’t complain about the world’s unfairness to you.?

The marble tiles became quiet and deep in thought. The harder the knocks you go through in life, the more you learn and can put to use in the future!

【1】What made the marble tiles feel that they were being treated unfairly?

A.The statue was better looked after.

B.The statue looked down on them.

C.They no longer shone after people stepped on them.

D.They didn’t get as much admiration as the statue.

【2】The artist gave up on the tiles because ________.

A.the tiles were too small to work onB.he hated to make tiles

C.the tiles refused to be hurtD.the statue offered a lower price

【3】What might the marble statue have experienced?

A.It hurt a lot, but never complained.B.It complained about unfairness.

C.It couldn’t get along with the artist.D.It couldn’t bear the pain.

【4】What lesson might the marble tiles learn from this?

A.Success only comes from struggle and hard work.B.Everybody should learn to bear unfairness.

C.No one should give up on their dreams.D.Failure is the mother of success.

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】A

【解析】

短文大意：本文是寓言故事，通過大理石瓷磚和雕像的對話，告訴我們：你在生活中經(jīng)歷的挫折越艱難，你學到的東西就越多，將來能用到的東西就越多！

【1】

題意：是什么讓大理石瓷磚覺得他們受到了不公平的對待？考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)它和雕像說的話“All of us were born from the same place, and yet the world treats us so differently now. This is so unfair我們都出生在同一個地方，但是現(xiàn)在世界對我們的態(tài)度是如此的不同。這太不公平了”，可知人們只欣賞大理石雕像而不是瓷磚讓他們憤憤不平，They didn’t get as much admiration as the statue（他們沒有得到像雕像那樣多的欣賞）符合題意，故選D。

【2】

題意：藝術(shù)家放棄了瓷磚，因為瓷磚拒絕被傷害�？疾榧毠�(jié)理解。根據(jù)“We turned him away because we didn’t want to get hurt我們拒絕了他，因為我們不想受傷”，可知the tiles refused to be hurt（瓷磚拒絕受到傷害）符合題意，故選C。

【3】

題意：大理石雕像可能經(jīng)歷了什么？考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)“I bore all the pain and allowed him to fashion me as he wanted我忍受著所有的痛苦，讓他隨心所欲地塑造我”，可知雕像經(jīng)受了巨大的痛苦，It hurt a lot, but never complained（它很痛，但從不抱怨）符合文意，故選A。

【4】

題意：大理石瓷磚能從中學到什么？考查綜合理解。根據(jù)最后“The harder the knocks you go through in life, the more you learn and can put to use in the future你在生活中經(jīng)歷的挫折越艱難，你學到的東西就越多，將來也能運用得越多”，可知只有經(jīng)過奮斗和努力才能取得成功，Success only comes from struggle and hard work（成功只來自于奮斗和努力）符合文意，故選A。

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