Question

  When her five daughters were young,Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (团结) .To show this,she held up one chopstick,representing one per?son. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Next,she tied several chopsticks together,representing a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chop?sticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.

  Helene An and her family own a large restaurant bus?iness in California. However,when Helene and her hus?band Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975,they didn't have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Danny's mother,Diana,who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon after?wards,Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However,Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.

  Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves,but one by one,the daughters returned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other,they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elizabeth explains , " Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity,and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family,there is no business."

  Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996,with three generations of Ans working together. Now the Ans' corporation makes more than $20 million each year. Although they began with a smaJJ restaurant,they had big dreams,and they worked together. Now they are a big success.

15. Helene tied several chopsticks together to show      

   A. the strength of family unity

   B. the difficulty of growing up

   C. the advantage of chopsticks

   D. the best way of giving a lesson

16. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the An family      

   A. started a business in 1975

   B. left Vietnam without much money

   C. bought a restaurant in San Francisco

   D. opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles

17. What can we infer about the An daughters?

   A. They did not finish their college education.

   B. They could not bear to work in the family business.

   C. They were influenced by what Helene taught them.

   D. They were troubled by disagreement among family members.

18. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

   A. How to run a corporation

   B. Strength comes from peace

   C. How to achieve a big dream

   D. Family unity builds success

Answer 1

[文章大意]"一根筷子易折断，一捆筷子抱成团"，这就是团结的力量。来自越南的An家族正是靠着团结一心，在美国成就了一番大事业。

15. A细节理解题。根据第一段的内容，特别是"This lesson about family unity..."可知，妈妈这样做是要告诉孩子们团结的力量。故选A.

16. B细节理解题。由第二段中的"…they didn't have much money."可知他们离开越南时，没有多少钱。故答案为B.

17. C推理判断题。由第三段中的"Even though family mem?bers sometimes disagreed with each other,they worked to?gether to make the business successful."和Daughter Elizabeth说的话可知，这五个女儿没有忘记妈妈的教诲，团结一心，把生意越做越大。

18. D主旨大意题。文章通过讲述来自越南的An家族靠着三代人团结一心，在美国成就了一番大事业的故事告诉我们：团结就是力量。D项最能概括文章大意。