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One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, "Look! There's a horseshoe .Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, "It isn't worth the trouble." His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries(樱桃).
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost no time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up .When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries ,his father said to him "My dear son ,if you had bent (弯腰)down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that he who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things."
根据短文内容,从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳答案。(10分)
小题1:Who picked up the horseshoe at last?
A.The son.B.The father.
C.Both the father and the son.D.Neither the father nor the son.
小题2:The farmer bought ___  with the money after he sold the horseshoe.
A.some breadB.some water
C.some cherriesD.some pennies
小题3:When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father___   .
A.beat the sonB.said nothing
C.felt vary happyD.became very angry
小题4:The father dropped the cherries one by one, because___    .
A.he wanted to teach his son a lesson
B.he wanted his son to do more exercise
C.he wanted his son to eat them all
D.he wanted to laugh at his son
小题5:From the story, we can learn that___    .
A.cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them
B.a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money
C.if we want to eat cherries ,we must pick up a horseshoe
D.if we don't worry about the little things, we cannot do the great things

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:D

试题分析:这篇短文讲的是发生在一对父子之间的故事,这个故事告诉我们,不在意眼前的小事的人,也无法完成大事。(细节往往决定成败)
小题1:细节理解题。根据文中原句His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. (他的父亲没有说话自己捡起了它(马蹄铁))可知此题选B。
小题2:细节理解题。根据文中原句There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries(樱桃).(在那里那个农民把马蹄铁卖掉用那点钱买了一些樱桃)可知此题答案是C。
小题3:细节理解题。根据文中原句His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. (他的父亲没有说话自己捡起了它(马蹄铁))可知此题选B。
小题4:推理判断题。根据文中描述父亲这样做是为了给儿子一个教训,故选A。
小题5:细节理解题。根据文中原句Always remember the lesson that he who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.(总是要记住这个教训,那些不关心小事的人会发现他不可能做成大事)可知此题选D。
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