Once upon a time,there was a father and a son.The son was very rude and often hurt others’feelings with bitter words.So he had no friends and got more and more fretful(煩躁的)day by day.The father had been trying to persuade him to change his bad manner but father’s efforts made no difference on the wild son.

One day,the father got an idea.He set up a wooden board and called his son over and gave him a hammer and a box of nails.He told the young man to hammer a nail every time when he had a quarrel.The son did so.After a day,he himself saw the board was filled with nails whose quantity was so huge which looked so ugly that he was shocked and finally made up his mind to be a nice guy.The father suggested he pull out one nail every time when he checked his bad temper and avoided talking impolitely.He did that.When the last nail was drawn out the son was so excited that he couldn’t help showing the board to his father.However,his cheer trailed_away and slowly he grew frustrated(沮喪的)while he was staring at the board which was actually as disagreeable as a water?sapped (被水侵蝕的)stone deep on the seabed.The father pointed to the holes left in the board and told him that sometimes the hurt just like the holes stuck in one’s mind forever.The boy cried and regretted being such an impudent(輕浮的)guy.Since then,he was polite and kind and made a lot of friends,and turned happily.

1.Many people didn’t like the son because he used to ________ them.

A.beat      B.hurt       C.fight with    D.laugh at

2.At first the son was ________ to listen to his father.

A.happy      B.sorry       C.ready      D.unwilling

3.Why did the father tell his son to hammer a nail?

A.Because his son had nothing to do.

B.Because his son liked to have a quarrel.

C.In order to change his son’s bad manner.

D.In order to love his son.

4.What does the underlined phrase“trailed down”mean?

A.減弱      B.放過       C.拋開      D.出軌

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A.The Father and the Son        B.The Son Had Quarrels with Others

C.A Great Father            D.How a Father Taught His Son

 

1答案 B

解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段第二句可知這個小男孩經(jīng)常用刻薄的話語去傷害別人。

2. 答案 D

解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段最后一句“made no difference on the wild son”可知父親的勸告對小男孩不起任何作用。

3. 答案 C

解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。他父親用一種奇特的方式來幫助他改正錯誤。

 

4. 答案 A

解析 詞義猜測題。由該短語所在的前句中的so excited 和however引導(dǎo)的表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系的含義可知他的激動的心情漸漸減弱。

 

5.答案 D

解析 主旨?xì)w納題。本文講述了孩子表現(xiàn)不好,但是做父親的并沒有苦口婆心地勸說,而是通過具體事例讓孩子理解,故選D項。

 

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