Question

　　 I was telling my son Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise. At the end I said, “Son, remember: being slow and steady (firm) wins the race. Don’t you think there is something to learn from the tortoise?” He opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60 meter race I should wish that Bill and Tony and Sandy all fall asleep half-way?” I was greatly surprised．“But the tortoise didn’t wish the hare would fall asleep.”

    “He much have wished that.” Sonny said．“Or how could he be so stupid as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than himself did.”

    “He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted．“He won the race by perseverance and by pushing on steadily”.

    Sonny thought for a while. “That’s a lie,” he said．“He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’ s for sure.”

    I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They are just “hopeless ”

1. Bill, Tony and Sandy must be the boys ________.

A．Sonny was afraid of

B．Sonny had run races with before

C．who were unknown to Sonny’s father

D．Sonny didn’t expect to race with

2. Sonny’s father wanted his son to learn________ from the tortoise.

A．how to run faster

B．how to push others

C．how to continue difficult things

D．how to run steadily

3. The writer argued with his son because

A．the tortoise won the race while the hare didn’t

B．his son disliked the tortoise

C．Sonny was sure he could win the next race if the other three boys wouldn’t join in

D．he tried to teach the moral (道德上的) lesson of the story while his son didn’t like it

4. When the writer says “ I gave up” at the end of the story he means

A．he gave up his belief in the moral lesson of the story of the hare and the tortoise

B．he gave up arguing with his son

C．he gave up Sonny as a hopeless child

D．he gave up believing the tortoise was the winner of the race

5. Which of the following is right according to the passage?

A．Today’s children are really stupid and hopeless

B．Sonny’s father was sorry that he couldn’t make himself understood

C．The writer thought the new generation was hard to understand lessons

D．Sonny believed that hare should win the race by his own effort

 

Answer 1

答案：BCDBB
提示：

1.　　   根据Sonny的话推断选B“Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60 meter race I should wish that Bill and Tony and Sandy all fall asleep half-way?” 2.　　   实际上父亲想让Sonny学习这则寓言中的含义 “He won the race by perseverance and by pushing on steadily”. 3.　　   父亲想让孩子明白寓言中的道理,但是孩子不愿意接受 4.　　   父亲一直在和儿子争辩,想让孩子接受寓意,但最后不得不放弃辩论,因为他没办法让儿子接受理解其中的寓意 5.　　   Sonny的父亲非常沮丧的停止了和儿子的辩论,因为他儿子不理解他想要表达的寓意