14.Helene An always told her five daughters that there was strength in unity (團(tuán)結(jié))when they were young.To show this,she held up one chopstick,representing one person.Then she easily broke it into two pieces.Next,she tied several chopsticks together,representing a family.She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks.This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.
Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California.However,when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975,they didn't have much money.They moved their family to San Francisco.There they joined Danny's mother,Diana,who owned a small Italian sandwich shop.Soon afterwards,Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant.The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young.However,Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.
Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves,but one by one,the daughters returned to work in the family business.They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles.Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other,they worked together to make the business successful.Daughter Elisabeth explains,"Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity,and to have unity we must have peace.Without the strength of the family,there is no business."
Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996,with three generations of Ans working together.Now the Ans'corporation makes more than $20 million each year.Although they began with a small restaurant,they had big dreams,and they worked together.Now they are a big success.
5.Helene tied several chopsticks together to showB.
A.the difficulty of growing up
B.the strength of family unity
C.the advantage of chopsticks
D.the best way of giving a lesson
6.We can I earn from Paragraph 2 that the An familyC.
A.started a business in 1975
B.bought a restaurant in San Francisco
C.left Vietnam without much money
D.opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles
7.What can we infer about the An daughters?D
A.They did not finish their college education.
B.They could not bear to work in the family business.
C.They were troubled by disagreement among family members.
D.They were influenced by what Helene taught them.
8.What is the secret of Ans'big success?A
A.Family unity
B.Hard working
C.Intelligence
D.Having a large family.
分析 本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀,屬于記敘文,主要講述了"一根筷子易折斷,一捆筷子抱成團(tuán)",這就是團(tuán)結(jié)的力量.來自越南的An家族正是靠著團(tuán)結(jié)一心,在美國成就了一番大事業(yè).
解答 5.答案:B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.由文章第一段中的"she tied several chopsticks together,representing a family.She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks"可知,綁在一起的筷子顯示了家庭團(tuán)結(jié)的力量.故選B.
6.答案:C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第二段中的"when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975,they didn't have much money"可知,一家人離開越南時(shí),沒有多少錢.故選C.
7.答案:D.推理判斷題.A項(xiàng)與文中事實(shí)"the girls all graduated from college"不符;B項(xiàng)"孩子們不能忍受在家族企業(yè)中工作"與她們都在為家族企業(yè)工作的事實(shí)不符.C項(xiàng)"她們被家庭成員間的分歧所困",而文中事實(shí)是"Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other,they worked together to make the business successful".D項(xiàng)"他們被海倫所教的影響"由文中的"Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity"推理可知.故選D.
8.答案:A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.由第一段中綁在一起的筷子預(yù)示著家庭團(tuán)結(jié)的力量開始一直到最后一段,文章都在講述一個(gè)主題--家庭的團(tuán)結(jié)造就了成功.故選A.
點(diǎn)評 本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀,題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題,推理判斷題.做題時(shí)學(xué)生應(yīng)仔細(xì)閱讀原文,把握文章主要內(nèi)容,聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合所給選項(xiàng)含義,從中選出正確答案,一定要做到有理有據(jù),切忌胡亂猜測.