Question

A story tells about an elder villager who led other villagers carrying salt day and night to a town in order to buy food for the winter. One night they camped in an open air with a starry sky above. The elder villager, following the tradition passed down from ancestors, took out three blocks(塊) of salt and threw them into the campfire to tell the change of weather in the mountains.

All people waited for the old man's "weather report": if the salt in the fire produced crackling sound(爆裂聲), they would have good weather; if no sound was produced, it then meant the good weather would soon end and a storm would come at any moment.

The elder villager looked serious. The salt in the campfire made no sound at all. He urged the whole team to set out immediately. A young man in the group thought it absurdly(荒謬地)superstitious(迷信的) to "forecast the weather by using salt".

It was not until the next afternoon, the weather suddenly changed, with cold winds blowing and a snowstorm coming. In fact, the method used by the elder man could be well explained by modern science: whether or not salt produces sound in campfire depends on air humidity(濕度).That is to say, when a snowstorm approaches, lead to high humidity, the salt blocks will not produce any sound in fire.

Young people often don’t mind the philosophy(哲學) of the old, regarding their ideas as out date and useless. To be honest, however, some beliefs in life are just like salt blocks that are distilled(蒸餾) from the sea: old as they are, they remain crystals(結晶), and carry with them deep memories of the sea.

根據材料內容選擇最佳答案，將其標號填入題前括號內。

1.Why did the villagers go to the town?

A. They wanted to buy some salt and food

B. They wanted to sell the salt and buy some food.

C. They wanted to check the old belief.

D. They wanted to forecast the weather by using salt

2.What will happen if it rains recently?

A. The salt in the fire will produce crackling sound.

B. The salt in the fire will produce no sound.

C. The salt will remain crystals.

D. The elder people will give us the weather report.

3.Why didn’t the young man think the “weather report” absurdly superstitious?

A. The villagers were always superstitious, especially the old man.

B. He didn’t believe the god and only believe the modern science.

C. He didn’t believe the traditional way could forecast the weather by using salt.

D. He thought the salt could tell us the weather.

4. What’s the meaning of the word “approach”?

A.到達 B. 遠離 C. 追逐 D. 消失

5.What’s the meaning of the last paragraph?

A. Young people shouldn’t believe the philosophy of the old. They are superstitious.

B. Salt blocks can carry the memories of the deep sea, so it can forest the weather.

C. All the belief in life are useful and can give us suggestions in our lives.

D. Young people should learn from the old because they are knowledgeable and have much experience.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述了一個故事，通過這個故事作者告訴我們，現(xiàn)在很多年輕人覺得老年人的一些做法是過時的，沒有用的。但其實很多時候這些個想法是很有道理的。

1.細節(jié)理解題。根據短文的開頭A story tells about an elder villager who led other villagers carrying salt day and night to a town in order to buy food for the winter.可知村民們帶著鹽去城里賣，為了能買食物過冬。由此可知選B。

2.細節(jié)理解題。根據短文的第二段中if the salt in the fire produced crackling sound(爆裂聲), they would have good weather; if no sound was produced, it then meant the good weather would soon end and a storm would come at any moment.可知，那個老一點的村民用他們傳統(tǒng)的方法來預知天氣情況：如果把鹽扔到火里，發(fā)出爆裂聲，就會有好天氣；如果沒有聲音，就意味著風暴隨時會來。故選B。

3.細節(jié)理解題。根據短文中A young man in the group thought it absurdly(荒謬地)superstitious(迷信的) to "forecast the weather by using salt"可知，一個年輕人不相信這種用鹽來預測天氣的作法，他覺得這很荒謬。故選C。

4.詞義猜測題。根據短文的大意和劃線單詞所在的句子That is to say, when a snowstorm approaches, lead to high humidity, the salt blocks will not produce any sound in fire可知，這種用鹽預測天氣的作法是有科學依據的。當風暴來臨的時候，濕度變高，鹽塊在火里就不會發(fā)出聲音。approach來臨，到來。故選A。

5.主旨大意題。最后一段中作者通過這個故事告訴我們，很多年輕人都覺得一些老人的作法是沒有道理的，其實一些古老的想法就像從海里蒸餾出來的鹽塊一樣，雖然時間很長了，但卻是很有道理的。故D選項最符合這一段的意思。

考點：人生哲理類短文閱讀。