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11．Two travelling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family．The family were rude and refused to let the angels stay in the guest room．Instead the angels were given a space in the cold basement．As they made their bed on the hard floor，the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it．When the younger angel asked why，the older angel replied："Things aren't always what they seem．"
    The next night the paircame to rest at the house of a very poor，but very hospitable（好客的）farmer and his wife．After sharing what little food they had，the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night's rest．When the sun came up the next morning，the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears．Their only cow，whose milk had been their only income，lay dead in the field．
The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel，"How could this happen？""Why did you not watch out for the cow？The first man had everything，yet you wat ched over his house，"she accused．"The second family had little but was willing to share everything，and you did not help．"
"Things aren't always what they seem，"the older angel replied．"When we stayed in the basement，I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall．Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to share his good fortune，I asked God if I could seal（封口） the wall so he wouldn't find it．Then last night as we slept in the farmer's bed，the angel of death（死神） came for his wife．I asked God if the angel could take the cow instead．Things aren't always what they seem．"
21．The underlined part"the pair"in the second paragraph two refers toD．
A．the poor couple    B．the rich couple    C．the guests        D．the angels
22．The younger angel was very angry becauseA．
A．the older angel treated the two families unfairly．
B．the older angel killed the farmer's cow．
C．the wealthy man gave them a bad place to live．
D．the angel of death took the cow away．
23．Why did the older angel let the farmer's cow die？A
A．Because she wanted to save the farmer's wife．
B．Because she wanted to teach the younger angel a lesson．
C．Because she was sympathetic to the rich．
D．Because God wanted the older angel to take the cow．
24．The story tries to tell the reader thatD．
A．the young should always learn from the old  
B．angels are always ready to help the poor．
C．angels are always ready to help the rich．
D．sometimes things are not what they seem．

Answer 1

分析 这篇短文讲述的是两个天使来到人间，他们先到了一个富人的家里，富人待他们很不好，让他们睡在地下室里．其中一个天使看到墙上有个洞，他帮这个富人把洞补好．
第二天两个天使又来到了一个穷人的家里，穷人夫妇对他们很热情，第二天穷人家的牛死了，天使没有帮忙．更年轻一点的天使觉得很不可理解．老一点的天使说，事情
并不是像你看到的那样的．我帮助穷人补洞是因为在那个地下室里有金子，这样富人就发现不了了；而昨天晚上死神天使来拿穷人妻子的性命，我让他用牛的命替换了他妻子的命．

解答 21．D，单词指代题，短文前面讲了两个天使来到人间的故事，因此这里的the pair指代的是Two travelling angels，故答案为D．
22．A，细节理解题．根据文章的第三段可知，年轻的天使对老天使的做法很生气，是因为富人对他们不好，他反而帮富人修补墙上的洞，而穷人对他们很好，在他们的牛生病时，天使却不帮忙．所以他觉得老天使对待这两个家庭不公平．故选A．
23．A，细节理解题．根据文章最后一段中 last night as we slept in the farmer"s bed，the angel of death came for his wife．I asked God if the angel could take the cow instead可知，原本死神天使是来去穷人妻子的命的，但是天使帮忙请求上帝用牛的性命来代替，故而救了穷人妻子的命．故选A．
24．D，主旨大意题．这篇短文通过这样一个故事想要告诉我们，有时候事情并不总是表面看起来的那个样子的，即So things aren‘t always what they seem．故选D．

点评 解答任务型阅读理解题，首先对原文材料迅速浏览，掌握全文的主旨大意．因为阅读理解题一般没有标题，所以，速读全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速读的过程中，应尽可能多地捕获信息材料．其次，细读题材，各个击破．掌握全文的大意之后，细细阅读每篇材料后的问题，弄清每题要求后，带着问题，再回到原文中去寻找、捕获有关信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主题句，阅读时，要有较强的针对性．对于捕获到的信息，要做认真分析，仔细推敲，理解透彻，只有这样，针对题目要求，才能做到稳、准．