Question

【题目】 In the middle of a city, there was a museum that was decorated with beautiful marble tiles (大理石砖) and a huge marble statue (大理石像). Many people from all over the world visited the museum every day and admired the statue. One night, the marble tiles started talking to the marble statue.

Tiles: Hey statue. Don’t you think it’s unfair that everybody comes here to admire you while stepping on us?

Statue: My dear brothers. Don’t you remember that we are actually from the same place?

Tiles: Yes, we do. That is why we feel it is even more unfair. All of us were born from the same place, and yet the world treats us so differently now. This is so unfair!

Statue: Yes, you are right, my brothers. But do you still remember the day when the artist tried to work on you, but you refused him?

Tiles: Yes, we didn’t like him. We turned him away because we didn’t want to get hurt.

Statue: Well, since you refused his tools, he couldn’t work on you. When he decided to give up on you, he started working on me. I knew at once that I would be something different and special after his hard work. I bore (忍受) all the pain and allowed him to fashion (雕琢) me as he wanted!

Tiles: But it hurt quite a lot.

Statue: My brothers, there is a price for everything in life. Since you decided to give up halfway, you can’t complain about the world’s unfairness to you.?

The marble tiles became quiet and deep in thought. The harder the knocks you go through in life, the more you learn and can put to use in the future!

【1】What made the marble tiles feel that they were being treated unfairly?

A.The statue was better looked after.

B.The statue looked down on them.

C.They no longer shone after people stepped on them.

D.They didn’t get as much admiration as the statue.

【2】The artist gave up on the tiles because ________.

A.the tiles were too small to work onB.he hated to make tiles

C.the tiles refused to be hurtD.the statue offered a lower price

【3】What might the marble statue have experienced?

A.It hurt a lot, but never complained.B.It complained about unfairness.

C.It couldn’t get along with the artist.D.It couldn’t bear the pain.

【4】What lesson might the marble tiles learn from this?

A.Success only comes from struggle and hard work.B.Everybody should learn to bear unfairness.

C.No one should give up on their dreams.D.Failure is the mother of success.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】A

【解析】

短文大意：本文是寓言故事，通过大理石瓷砖和雕像的对话，告诉我们：你在生活中经历的挫折越艰难，你学到的东西就越多，将来能用到的东西就越多！

【1】

题意：是什么让大理石瓷砖觉得他们受到了不公平的对待？考查细节理解。根据它和雕像说的话“All of us were born from the same place, and yet the world treats us so differently now. This is so unfair我们都出生在同一个地方，但是现在世界对我们的态度是如此的不同。这太不公平了”，可知人们只欣赏大理石雕像而不是瓷砖让他们愤愤不平，They didn’t get as much admiration as the statue（他们没有得到像雕像那样多的欣赏）符合题意，故选D。

【2】

题意：艺术家放弃了瓷砖，因为瓷砖拒绝被伤害。考查细节理解。根据“We turned him away because we didn’t want to get hurt我们拒绝了他，因为我们不想受伤”，可知the tiles refused to be hurt（瓷砖拒绝受到伤害）符合题意，故选C。

【3】

题意：大理石雕像可能经历了什么？考查细节理解。根据“I bore all the pain and allowed him to fashion me as he wanted我忍受着所有的痛苦，让他随心所欲地塑造我”，可知雕像经受了巨大的痛苦，It hurt a lot, but never complained（它很痛，但从不抱怨）符合文意，故选A。

【4】

题意：大理石瓷砖能从中学到什么？考查综合理解。根据最后“The harder the knocks you go through in life, the more you learn and can put to use in the future你在生活中经历的挫折越艰难，你学到的东西就越多，将来也能运用得越多”，可知只有经过奋斗和努力才能取得成功，Success only comes from struggle and hard work（成功只来自于奋斗和努力）符合文意，故选A。