11.A Mountain of Green Beans
Another envelope in the mail.There's my name,Alexander Spencer,typed on the front.I throw it under the bed.The piles of envelopes are growing.
The envelopes were applications to all the colleges I was supposed to attend.I did open the first envelope.Then I saw the application,all those blank spaces I was supposed to fill with my own writing,spaces for my name and birth date and grade average and …statement of purpose.I looked at them for a long time.I could write for hours and not fill all those spaces.So I put the application back in the envelope.I would fill it out the next day,when I had time.But another envelope arrived.And then the pile began.
The pile scares me-it is really like a monster.All the while,I feel the weight of a million envelopes raining down on my head until my grandmother calls me and wants to know how I am.
"I am overcome by too many tasks,"I say.
"Honey,you just take it bit by bit,"she says,and she reminds me about the green beans.
When I was a little kid I hated green beans.But my mom said I couldn't leave the table until I ate ten green beans.All alone at the table,I stared at the green beans for what seemed like hours.It was a mountain of green beans.I couldn't do it.
My grandma came to me and asked if I could eat one green bean.
"But Grandma,I have to eat ten!"
She said all I had to do was to eat one green bean.One tiny little green bean.So I ate one.It was bad,but not as bad as I'd thought it would be.Then she asked me again if I could eat one.So I ate one green bean nine more times.
My grandma doesn't know about the envelopes,but she tells me anyone can do one thing every day.
Back in my room,I lay down on the bed.Just like I used to do when I was a little kid,I hang my head down to look at the pile of envelopes.There it is.But instead of a monster,I see a pile of green beans.Who's afraid of green beans?
60.Envelopes are piling up because the authorB.
A.doesn't know how to reply
B.feels bored of the paper work
C.doesn't want to attend college
D.has been too busy to open them
61.What does the author learn from the story of the green beans?C
A.A good start is half done.
B.Actions speak louder than words.
C.A long journey begins with a single step.
D.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
62.What do you think the author will do next?A
A.He will fill out the applications one after another.
B.He will go to the college that he dreams of.
C.He will throw away all the envelopes.
D.He will eat up the green beans.
分析 本文主要讲述了作者面对所有学院的申请感到十分烦躁,不知道要怎么完成,将它们堆积到一起,祖母通过我小时候吃青豆的故事告诉我做事要一点点完成,因此我决定要一个个写完这些申请.作者通过这篇文章告诉我们一个很长的路程我们要从一点点开始走.
解答 60.B 细节理解题,由第二段I looked at them for a long time.I could write for hours and not fill all those spaces.So I put the application back in the envelope.I would fill it out the next day,when I had time.But another envelope arrived.And then the pile began.可知作者对这些工作感到无聊,因此信被堆积,故选B.
61.C 理解推断题,根据One tiny little green bean.So I ate one.It was bad,but not as bad as I'd thought it would be.Then she asked me again if I could eat one.So I ate one green bean nine more times.可知作者是一点一点讲十个青豆吃完的,所以作者学会了一个很长的旅程起始于一个简单的事,故选C.
62.A 理解推断题,由最后一段I lay down on the bed.Just like I used to do when I was a little kid,I hang my head down to look at the pile of envelopes.There it is.But instead of a monster,I see a pile of green beans.Who's afraid of green beans?可知我将信看作是一个个小青豆,所以会一个个完成它们,故选A.
点评 本文考察学生的故事类阅读理解,抓住题干关键词,采用寻读的方法查找细节,能根据已知结果推测导致结果的可能原因.