Question

【题目】

There once lived a man with his wife and children in a very small house. There was always noise in his house as his children played, laughed and sang. The man could find no peace at all in his house, so he decided to ask a wise old woman for help.

He told her about his problem. “Bring all of your farm animals into doors to live in your house,” advised the woman. “Bring in your sheep, horses, cows, chickens…” The man thought it was not good. But since the old woman was known for her wisdom(智慧), he agreed to do as she said. He went home and brought inside all the farm animals he had.

As you could imagine, it was out of order at home. The animals made all kinds of noise. The man could find no peace at all, so he went back to ask the wise old woman. She listened patiently to his complaint(抱怨), and then offered some new advice. “Go home and take all of the animals out of your home.”she said. The man was surprised, as it had been only a few days since she had advised him to bring them all into his house. But he agreed to follow her instructions. He returned to his house and drove all the animals outside. To his surprise, his home became peaceful.

We should see how bad things can get before we thank for what we already have.

【1】Why did the man decide to ask a wise old woman for help? (根据短文内容回答问题)

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【2】What did the wise old woman advise the man to do for the second time? (根据短文内容回答问题)

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【3】How did the man feel after he drove all the animals outside? (根据短文内容回答问题)

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【4】In the passage the underlined word “them” refers to (指)________.

【5】The topic sentence(主题句) in this passage is“________”.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Because he could find no peace at all in his house.

【2】She advised him to take all of the animals out of his home.

【3】Surprised.

【4】farm animals

【5】We should see how bad things can get before we thank for what we already have.

【解析】

本文是一则故事，一个男人觉得家里不安宁，所以询问了聪明的老妇人，第一次这位聪明的老妇人建议这个男人把所有的农场动物带到家里，第二次又建议他把所有的农场动物从家里赶出去，此时这个男人感觉家里变得平静了，故事告诉我们：我们应该先看看事情会变得多糟，然后再感谢我们已经拥有的东西。

【1】根据第一段中“The man could find no peace at all in his house, so he decided to ask a wise old woman for help.”可知，这个男人在他的房子里找不到安宁，所以他决定向一个聪明的老妇人寻求帮助。故填Because he could find no peace at all in his house.

【2】根据第三段中“Go home and take all of the animals out of your home.”可知，第二次，这位聪明的老妇人建议他把所有的动物从他家里带走。故填She advised him to take all of the animals out of his home.

【3】根据第三段中“To his surprise, his home became peaceful.”可知，当这个男人把他家里的动物都赶出去以后，他的家里变得平静了，这让他感到很惊讶。故填Surprised.

【4】根据第二段中“Bring all of your farm animals into doors to live in your house”和第三段中“Go home and take all of the animals out of your home.”可知，第一次这位聪明的老妇人建议这个男人把所有的农场动物带到家里，第二次又建议他把所有的农场动物从家里赶出去，这前后只有几天的时间，them是人称代词，此处代指文中的farm animals。故填farm animals。

【5】结合全文可知，这个男人觉得家里不安宁，所以询问了聪明的老妇人，第一次这位聪明的老妇人建议这个男人把所有的农场动物带到家里，第二次又建议他把所有的农场动物从家里赶出去，此时这个男人感觉家里变得平静了，故事告诉我们：我们应该先看看事情会变得多糟，然后再感谢我们已经拥有的东西，所以文章的主题句是We should see how bad things can get before we thank for what we already have.故填We should see how bad things can get before we thank for what we already have.