There was once a young man called Paul in a village in the USA. Paul was very lazy because his father was a rich farmer and he didn’t have to work. Mr Smith, a neighbour of his, was a blacksmith (鐵匠). He used to work in his shop all day. Paul spent hours and hours watching how the blacksmith worked every day. “Young man, why don’t you try your hand to make a shoe tack (鐵釘), even it is only to pass the time?” said the blacksmith one day, “ Maybe it will be useful to you some day.” Finally, the lazy boy began to have a try. After practicing some times, he became skilled and could make very nice tacks.
Years later, Paul’s father died and he lost all the things because of a war (戰(zhàn)爭). He had to move to another country and live by himself. It happened that there were many shoemakers paying high prices to buy tacks for the shoes, because in that part of the country there was a great need of tacks for soldiers’ shoes. Paul went to talk with them. He told them that he would make the tacks if they could help him find a workshop in the village. The shoemakers agreed. Then Paul made a lot of money by making tacks. “How funny it is!” he said to himself, “Even by making shoe tacks, one can become rich.”
小題1:Why didn’t Paul have to work?
A. Because he couldn’t do anything.
B. Because he was too lazy.
C. Because his father was very rich.
D. B and C.
小題2:What’s the Chinese meaning of skilled?
A．熟練的.B．適應(yīng)的.C．自信的.D．巧妙的.
小題3:What did Paul do after his father died because of the war?
A．He travelled to another country.
B．He moved to another country.
C．He learned to make shoes.
D．He started a workshop.
小題4:How many kinds of people appeared in the story except Paul ?
A．Five.B．Four.C．Three.D．Two.
小題5:What can we learn form the story?
A．Making tacks is important.
B．Wars can make people hard-working.
C．Nothing is difficult to learn.
D．Everything you learned may be useful.

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:B
小題5:D

小題1:根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容“Paul was very lazy because his father was a rich farmer and he didn’t have to work.”可知答案為D
小題2:根據(jù)單詞的意思可知答案為A
小題3:根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容“Years later, Paul’s father died and he lost all the things because of a war (戰(zhàn)爭). He had to move to another country and live by himself”可知答案為B
小題4:根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知答案為B
小題5:根據(jù)文章大意可知答案為D
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