Question

【题目】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 picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the pennies he bought some grapes.

It was very hot, and there wasn’t a house or a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time. his father dropped a grape on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while. his father dropped another grape and once again. his son picked it up and put it in his mouth.

And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the grapes and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the grapes, his father said to him. “My dear son, if you had bent down early to pick up that horseshoe. It would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the grapes, always remember the lesson(教训)： A person who does not worry about the little things will find that he can not do the great things.”

【1】__________ picked up the horseshoe?

A. The father B. The son

C. Nobody D. The shop assistant

【2】The father bought some__________ after he sold the horseshoe.

A. pennies B. grapes C. trees D. water

【3】Thomas picked up the grapes and ate them because___________.

A. his father wanted him to eat them

B. he liked them

C. he was thirsty

D. he wanted to sell them

【4】The father dropped the grapes one by one because he wanted ___________.

A. his son to eat them all

B. to teach his son a lesson

C. to make fun of his son

D. to show his love

【5】From the passage, we can learn that __________.

A. if we want to eat grapes. we must pick up a horseshoe

B. a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us much money

C. we should worry about small things before we do the great things

D. It’s important to pick up a horseshoe on the road

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

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)

【1】A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A。

【2】B细节理解题。根据文中原句“There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the pennies he bought some grapes.”（在那里那个农民把马蹄铁卖掉用那点钱买了一些葡萄。）可知此题答案是B。

【3】C 细节理解题。根据文中原句“Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time. his father dropped a grape on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it.”可知，托马斯当时口渴了。答案为C。

【4】B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B。

【5】C主旨大意题。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C。