Question

There once was an old man aged 50，who had a lazy son aged 30. The son couldn’t earn his own living(谋生), and still lived on his old father for food and clothing. The old man was very worried about him. So he took him to the fortune teller(算命先生)to have his fortune told．The father and son both believed what the fortune teller said —the father would live to 80 and the son to 62.

After they found out how long they were going to live, the son was very sad. His father comforted(安慰)him, “Don’t be so sad! You are only 30 now, and still have 32 years of good days ahead of you.”

“I'm not worrying about my own age. It’s your age which causes me great worry,” the son said.

The father was greatly moved感动 and said, “Don’t worry about me so much. I've got 30 years ahead of me too．”

“I’m not worried about your age either,” said the son. “I have found out that you will die two years earlier than I. So who will I depend on依靠 in the two years after your death?”

1.The old man had a son ______.

thirty years younger than him。

B．who earned a lot of money

C．who lived on him for food and clothing

D．who died two years earlier than him

2.The underlined words “ahead of'” mean “______”.

A．behind B．over C．in front of D．under

3.The father was moved when ______.

A．he thought his son was worried about him

B．he knew that his son would die ahead of him

C．his son would earn his own living when he died

D．he found his son worried about his money

4.The son was worried about his father because______.

A．he liked his father very much

B．he would have no money to buy food and clothing if his father died

C．his father was getting older and older

D．His father would get less and less money

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：从前有一个老人50岁, 他有一个30岁的懒惰儿子。儿子不能独立生活, 而且还依靠他的父亲来提供食物和衣服。老人因此很担心他。所以他带他去找算命先生，算命先生说道，父亲会活到80岁,儿子到62岁。

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2.ahead of you.句意：现在你仅有三十岁，在你的前面还有三十二年的好时光。结合上下文，明确为在前面之意。故选C

3.ahead of me too．”句意：父亲十分感动说：不要太担心我。我还有三十年的生存时间。结合选项，明确这位父亲认为儿子正在担心他。故选A

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考点：故事类短文阅读。