Question

Once a clever man was crossing a turbulent river. He wished to amuse himself by talking to the boatman.

"Do you know mathematics?" he asked.

"No sir." answered the boatman.

"Then you have lost one quarter of your life," said the wise man. "Do you know history?"

"No sir." answered the boatman.

"Then you have lost three quarters of your life." Just then a sudden gust of wind overturned the boat. "Do you know how to swim?" asked the boatman.

"No," answered the wise(=clever) man.

"Well then," replied the boatman, "you have lost your whole life."

1.The clever man knew a lot of knowledge except(除了)_______.

A. mathematics B. philosophy(哲學(xué))

C. history D. swimming

2.The clever man thought the boatman had lost ______ of his life.

A. one-fourth B. half

C. three fourths D. whole

3. When a gust of wind overturned the boat, ______ lost his life.

A. the boatman

B. the boatman and the clever man

C. the clever man

D. None of them

4.The story told us ______ .

A. not to be proud(驕傲的) B. to learn to swim

C. to be a boatman D. not to learn knowledge

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文告訴我們除了游泳聰明人知道很多知識(shí)，所以有點(diǎn)驕傲。聰明人認(rèn)為漁夫沒有數(shù)學(xué)等知識(shí)就是沒了生命的四分之三；但當(dāng)一陣風(fēng)把小船吹翻，漁夫說(shuō)這個(gè)聰明人丟了整個(gè)性命。這個(gè)故事告訴我們不要驕傲，每個(gè)人都有自己的長(zhǎng)處。

1.推理判斷題。除了游泳聰明人知道很多知識(shí)。根據(jù)"Do you know how to swim?" asked the boatman. "No," answered the wise(=clever) man. "可知選D。

2. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。這個(gè)聰明人認(rèn)為船夫失去了生活的四分之三。根據(jù)"Then you have lost three quarters of your life."可知答案。故選C。

3.當(dāng)一陣風(fēng)把小船吹翻，這個(gè)聰明人丟了性命。根據(jù)聰明人不會(huì)游泳可知答案。故選C。

4.這個(gè)故事告訴我們不要驕傲。由全文內(nèi)容可知答案。故選A。

考點(diǎn)：故事類短文閱讀。