One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, "Look! There's a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag." Thomas said, 'It isn't worth the trouble." His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they lad a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent down earlier to pick up that horseshoe. it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.
小題1:Who picked up the horseshoe at last?
A．Thomas.
B．The old father.
C．Both the father and the son.
D．Neither the father nor the son.
小題2:The farmer bought _______ with the money after lie sold the horseshoe.
A．some food
B．some water
C．some cherries
D．some pennies
小題3:When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _______.
A．felt very happy
B．didn't say anything
C．beat the son
D．became a little angry
小題4:The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _______.
A．he wanted his son to eat them all
B．he wanted his son to do more exercise
C．lie wanted to teach his son a lesson
D．he wanted his son to pick them up
小題5:From the story, we can learn that _______.
A．cherries are so delicious that most of is like to eat-them
B．a(chǎn) horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money
C．if the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoe
D．if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small ones

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:D

試題分析：這篇短文主要描述了一對父子在路上見到一塊馬蹄鐵，父親讓自己撿起來，兒子不屑于做這樣的小事。后來父親通過一件事給了兒子一個很好的教訓。從而告訴我們，如果想做大事，就要從小事做起。
小題1:根據(jù)第一段His father said nothing but picked it up himself.描述，可知最后是父親撿起了馬蹄鐵，故選B。
小題2:根據(jù)There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.描述，可知他父親用這些錢買了一些櫻桃，故選C。
小題3:根據(jù)第一段His father said nothing 可知父親什么也沒有說。故選B。
小題4:根據(jù)最后一段父親的談話，可知父親主要想給自己的兒子一個教訓，故選C。
小題5:根據(jù)最后一段Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.描述，可知這篇短文告訴我們，如果我們想做大事，就要從小事做起。D
點評：本文淺顯易懂，層次分明，學生很容易把握文章中心內(nèi)容。答題中注意帶著問題閱讀短文，一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù)。對于不能直接找到根據(jù)的問題注意聯(lián)系上下文，根據(jù)短文中心總結(jié)出正確答案。
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