13．I remember a day when I was a little kid．I was making a sandwich in the kitchen when noticed the date on oneof the wine bottles．
"Dad，dad!"I cried．"This wine is too old to drink．"
"Son，hold on，"he said．
"No，you can't drink this tonight!This bottle of wine was made 10years ago．"
"Wait，let me tell you…"
"Would you like me to throw it away from you？"I asked．
"Son，wait a second，"he said．"Son，some wines get better over time．The longer you wait to drink it，the better it will be．Although this may seem strange，it is true．"
When I was young，I didn't have any understanding of what this meant，but now，this would have been very helpful to remember as I went through my teenage years．
In our society，we forget this simple rule：The longer you want for certain things，the better they will be．But we want the best job as quickly as possible；we want to graduate from college in as few years as possible；we even speed through our homework just to chat with friends．When we do this，we lose something of great importance．
We all want to get to the next step so quickly that perhaps we don't get ready enough to get there．This has a negative effect on our society．When trying to go to the right college，we will do anything to get in and when we rush through our class-work，we may not study enough for the test，and end up failing．We need to be ready for whatever comes，ready for the unexpected．Wine gets better over time，so do the things in our paths of life．
21．Why did the author tell his father not to drink the bottle of wine？D
A．Because it smelt terrible．
B．Because it was mixed with something else．
C．Because his father drank too much that night．
D．Because it had been kept for years．
22．What the author's father said．A
A．made the author puzzled when he was a little child
B．was too simple a rule to be meaningful to the author
C．threw the author into deep thought then
D．was an excuse to drink the wine
23．In the author's opinion，if we do things too quickly，we will．D
A．do it better
B．save much time
C．graduate from college more quickly
D．miss something useful to us in life
24．Which of the following best reflects the main idea of the passage？B
A．Well begun is half done．
B．More haste（匆忙），less speed．
C．Failure is the mother of success．
D．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart．
分析 本文通過一瓶酒的故事告訴我們?nèi)绻朐谏钪械玫礁嗟臇|西，就要讓我們的生活節(jié)奏慢下來，細(xì)細(xì)體會生活的美好
解答 21．D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章3，4，5行"Dad，dad!"I cried．"This wine is too old to drink．""Son，hold on，"he said．"No，you can't drink this tonight!This bottle of wine was made 10 years ago．"可知我是因為這瓶酒的時間太長了所以才想把它扔掉，故D正確．
22．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．從文章倒數(shù)第三段的句子：When I was young，I didn't have any understanding of what this meant，可知作者很驚訝，那個時候我不理解父親的話．選A
23．D．推理判斷題：從倒數(shù)第二段的句子：But we want the best job as quickly as possible； we want to graduate from college in as few years as possible； we even speed through our homework just to chat with friends．When we do this，we lose something of great importance．可知作者認(rèn)為太匆忙的話，會錯過生活中的重要事情．選D．
24．B．主旨大意題：從全篇文章和最后一段的句子：Wine gets better over time，so do the things in our paths of life．可知是表達(dá)：欲速則不達(dá)．選B
點評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
